{"id":12013,"date":"2024-07-24T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/de\/?p=12013"},"modified":"2025-07-07T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:10:34","slug":"ecotap-franco-pizzutto-mr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/07-2024\/ecotap-franco-pizzutto-mr\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe have much more transparency in the distribution grids.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What was important in the development of the ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

From the out\u00adset, our aim was to devel\u00adop a com\u00adpact on-load tap-chang\u00ader that would enable volt\u00adage reg\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion trans\u00adform\u00aders (VRDTs) that would fit into exist\u00ading sub\u00adsta\u00adtions. It also had to be afford\u00adable so that it could be used across the board, and instal\u00adla\u00adtion also had to be as sim\u00adple as pos\u00adsi\u00adble. Anoth\u00ader impor\u00adtant point was that it should be main\u00adte\u00adnance-free so that net\u00adwork oper\u00ada\u00adtors would have as lit\u00adtle work as pos\u00adsi\u00adble with it. And I would say that we have suc\u00adceed\u00aded!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MR has already sold 10,000 ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae. How has the tap-changer evolved since its launch?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae, which is now in its third gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion, has enabled VRDTs to become stan\u00addard in dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion net\u00adworks. We have been able to suc\u00adces\u00adsive\u00adly reduce the weight, and the con\u00adtrol unit is ultra com\u00adpact at 10 cen\u00adtime\u00adters wide and 32 cen\u00adtime\u00adters high. We have also been able to reduce the costs and there\u00adfore the price by opti\u00admiz\u00ading the design so that it can be par\u00adtial\u00adly auto\u00admat\u00aded and man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtured in large quan\u00adti\u00adties. The range of appli\u00adca\u00adtions has also been extend\u00aded. The ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae is now not only suit\u00adable for dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion grids, but can also keep pro\u00adduc\u00adtion sta\u00adble in indus\u00adtri\u00adal plants or help to get more out of renew\u00adable ener\u00adgy sys\u00adtems. We have also tak\u00aden cus\u00adtomer feed\u00adback into account and intro\u00adduced a MODBUS inter\u00adface for com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion, for exam\u00adple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWith the third gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of the ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae, the VRDT has become the stan\u00addard in dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion grids.\u201d<\/p>\nFran\u00adco Piz\u00adzut\u00adto, Busi\u00adness Devel\u00adop\u00adment Man\u00adag\u00ader<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Are further innovations planned?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In future, we want to offer dynam\u00adic set-point con\u00adtrol as an option in the form fac\u00adtor of the stan\u00addard con\u00adtroller. Until now, this has only been avail\u00adable as an addi\u00adtion\u00adal mod\u00adule which takes up addi\u00adtion\u00adal instal\u00adla\u00adtion space. While the stan\u00addard con\u00adtrol algo\u00adrithm uses a fixed volt\u00adage set\u00adpoint as the tar\u00adget val\u00adue, dynam\u00adic con\u00adtrol allows the tar\u00adget val\u00adue to be adjust\u00aded up or down depend\u00ading on the dai\u00adly con\u00adsump\u00adtion and gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What potential still exists?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adiza\u00adtion gives us many oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to bring more trans\u00adparen\u00adcy to dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion grids. This makes it much eas\u00adi\u00ader, for exam\u00adple, to exam\u00adine the actu\u00adal load pro\u00adfile in an area to deter\u00admine how many addi\u00adtion\u00adal PV sys\u00adtems can actu\u00adal\u00adly be includ\u00aded and how many wall box\u00ades can be per\u00admit\u00adted. The mea\u00adsure\u00adment data from the ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae con\u00adtroller can be used here to record the actu\u00adal trans\u00adformer load pro\u00adfile: What is my max\u00adi\u00admum feed-in, what is my max\u00adi\u00admum load? Oper\u00ada\u00adtors can use such data to plan their grids much more effi\u00adcient\u00adly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allrounder<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae is a clever solu\u00adtion for sev\u00ader\u00adal appli\u00adca\u00adtions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capacity expansions
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The dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion grid is the main area of appli\u00adca\u00adtion for the third-gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae with 30 amps. It keeps the volt\u00adage in the local grid sta\u00adble, increas\u00ades the absorp\u00adtion capac\u00adi\u00adty, and is designed for trans\u00adform\u00aders up to a volt\u00adage class of 24 kilo\u00advolts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Relieving the medium voltage<\/h4>\n\n\n
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The ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae also saves on grid expan\u00adsion in the medi\u00adum-volt\u00adage grid and, by decou\u00adpling the low volt\u00adage from fluc\u00adtu\u00ada\u00adtions in the medi\u00adum volt\u00adage, the VRDT also makes a larg\u00ader volt\u00adage band avail\u00adable there. When used over a wide area, the usable volt\u00adage band is extend\u00aded, thus increas\u00ading the absorp\u00adtion capac\u00adi\u00adty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stable industrial processes<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Stable industrial processes<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

If a very pre\u00adcise volt\u00adage or a larg\u00ader con\u00adtrol range is required, the ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae with 100 amps and a pre\u00ads\u00ade\u00adlec\u00adtor is the right choice. It offers 17 oper\u00adat\u00ading posi\u00adtions and sup\u00adplies indus\u00adtri\u00adal, agri\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal, and com\u00admer\u00adcial process\u00ades with a defined and sta\u00adble volt\u00adage band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Optimum use of renewables<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Optimum use of
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The ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae can also be used to opti\u00admize renew\u00adable ener\u00adgy gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion sys\u00adtems because a VRDT enables more through\u00adput pow\u00ader for the invert\u00ader and makes it eas\u00adi\u00ader to meet grid con\u00adnec\u00adtion require\u00adments. And, thanks to its small size, it even fits into trans\u00adform\u00aders in wind pow\u00ader nacelles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Save
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The VRDT can also help to save ener\u00adgy because tar\u00adget\u00aded volt\u00adage reduc\u00adtion in the dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion grid can reduce elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty con\u00adsump\u00adtion. This method, called Con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion Volt\u00adage Reduc\u00adtion (CVR) has been shown in a study by the British grid oper\u00ada\u00adtor Elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty North West (ENWL) to reduce con\u00adsump\u00adtion by up to 8 per\u00adcent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Established standard<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

<\/i><\/strong> Is the volt\u00adage reg\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion trans\u00adformer (VRDT) still an inno\u00adva\u00adtion or is it now an estab\u00adlished stan\u00addard?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/i><\/strong> How the ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae I from MR also makes sin\u00adgle-phase trans\u00adform\u00aders reg\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fran\u00adco Piz\u00adzut\u00adto, Busi\u00adness Devel\u00adop\u00adment Man\u00adag\u00ader at MR, on the devel\u00adop\u00adment of ECOTAP\u00ae VPD\u00ae and its areas of appli\u00adca\u00adtion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-07-2024"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12013"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13604,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12013\/revisions\/13604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onload.reinhausen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}