NATIONAL POWER QUALITY PROJECT- www.guckalitesi.gen.tr
AIM OF THE PROJECT: To come up with novel, high technology, and application specific solutions in accordance with the new regulations, and the penalty limits difficult to attain concerning reactive energy consumptions, and current harmonics of large industrial plants.

Within this project, it is aimed at monitoring the parameters affecting Power Quality and Reactive Power Flows in the Turkish Electricity Transmission System, determining and evaluating the problems thereof, and implementing counter measures. The contract of the project has been signed and effectuated on March 1, 2006; and the period of the project defined in the contract is 3 years.

MISSION: By using the human resources and the information background in the country, the mission is to produce approaches, techniques and technologies which will be applied for improving Power Quality, and controling reactive power flows in such a way that power quality will be improved extensively and flexibly, in accordance with the changing conditions and future expectations in the country.

VISION: The vision is to put into practice in the Turkish Electricity Transmission System the most extensive power quality project carried out in the world, and to develop the most advanced technologies, which can be maintained, extended, and improved countrywide.

GOALS
	To identify principles, approaches, hardware, and software requirements which will enable to monitor Power Quality parameters continuously in the Turkish Electricity Transmission System, and to carry out development activities accordingly, To make reactive power and the energy flows in the Turkish Electricity Transmission System monitored,
		To comply with the universal standards, increasing the quality of power in the Turkish Electricity Transmission System in the medium and long term,
To make TEİAŞ be able to apply the judgments of the "Electricity Market Network Regulation" dated 31.12.2003 and the "Regulation on Supply Reliability and Quality in Electricity Transmission System" dated 10.11.2004 gradually, To contribute substantially to Turkey's needs concerning engineer and researcher potential specialized in the field of power quality in the medium and long term.

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POWER QUALITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

PROJECTS:

• 6.3kV, 1.5MVAr Static Synchronous Compensator Systems for Kemerkoy Thermal Power Plant, 2006-2007
• 31.5kV 2MVAr Unified, Relocatable Static VAR Compensator Systems for Turkish Coal Mining (TKI, ELI, ÇLI, BLI, GELI and YLI) 2001-2005
• Thyristor Controlled Reactor Based Reactive Power Compensation System for ISDEMIR Laddle Furnace, 2004
• 34.5kV, 1250kVAr Reactive Power Compensation System for Bursaray Bursa Light Rail Transportation System, 2003
• 15 kV, 1MVAr Reactive Power Compensation and Harmonic Filtering System for TRT Çakırlar Radio Transmitter Station, 2002
• 10.5 kV, 2 x 7.5 MVAr Reactive Power Compensation and Harmonic Filtering Systems on a Turn-key Basis for Seydişehir ETİ Aluminum Works, 2001
• ISDEMIR (İskenderun Steel and Iron Plant) Reactive Power Compensation System for Mersin River Water Pumping Station, 2001

TOPICS:

• Application specific, novel solutions at medium voltage for large industrial plants
• Power quality research and technology development projects:

• High Performance Damped Shunt Filters
• Static Reactive Power Compensation and Harmonic Filtering Systems
• Relocatable, Generalized and Modular Thyristor Controlled Reactor Based Systems (Conceptionally first in the world)
• Static Synchronous Compensators (Topology, technique, and application: first time in the world)

BENEFITS / ADVANTAGES:

• Contribution to the national technology and economy by producing need-driven solutions for the industrial companies in the field of Power Quality
• The first creative/innovative solutions implemented in the world so far
• Original and novel technology systems which can reduce the dependency on the international technologies and be implemented in the country
• Improving power quality and increasing energy efficiency
• Scientific publications (International journal and conference papers)