Substation Designs - Primary Plant, Secondary Plant and Civil/Structural

As a specialist power systems engineering house, TDx Power is experienced in the design of complete transmission and distribution substations including primary plant, secondary plant and civil and structural works. Our design experience includes voltage levels up to 400 kV. TDx Power renders design services to Eskom, municipal electricity distributors, mining and industrial customers, specialist contractors, as well as larger consulting engineering firms which do not have this expertise.

Our substation design services typically involve the following:

• geotechnical investigations;
  
• civil works design;
  
• earth electrode design;
  
• substation yard and building sizing and layout;
  
• switchgear and primary plant design and specifications;
  
• switchgear and other plant and equipment layout;
  
• substation structures, conductors, clamps and busbar detailed designs;
  
• definition of protection, metering, telecommunications and control and philosophies;
  
• ac/dc power systems detail design and specifications;
  
• protection detail design and specifications;
  
• metering detail design and specifications;
  
• energy metering and remote metering reading systems design and specifications;
  
• supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and energy management systems design and specifications;
• integrated protection and control solutions (ICAP) and substation automation systems (SAS) design and specifications; and
  
• design and specifications for telecommunication systems.

TDx Power has designed medium and high voltage substations for clients which include utilities, mining and industrial customers in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Uganda and other countries.