Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión) ride-through requirements
Low-voltage ride-through, Frequency ride-through for Ecuador. Every breakpoint below is read from the code itself, and where a point was taken off a published figure rather than stated in the clause, the section under that chart says so — an envelope that stops where its published chart stops or a curve with no recorded source class.
What is the low-voltage ride-through envelope for Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión)?
The plant must ride through for any voltage that stays on or above this envelope. The envelope holds 0 pu from t = 0 to 250 ms; then ramps linearly from 0.25 pu at 250 ms to 0.85 pu at 1.5 s; then 0.85 pu from 1.5 s, plotted to 60 min.
The clause states this boundary as a line; intermediate points are interpolated between its stated vertices. The envelope stops where the published chart stops; the code states no end time. Check these points against the clause quoted below before relying on them.
| From | To | Voltage | Between the points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 250 ms | 0 pu | Held flat |
| 250 ms | 1.5 s | 0.25 → 0.85 pu | Ramps linearly |
| 1.5 s | plotted to 60 min | 0.85 pu | Held flat |
The clause this came from
Regulación Nro. ARCONEL-001/24 «Código de Conexión del Sistema Eléctrico Ecuatoriano» (expedida por Resolución ARCONEL-003/2024, Sesión de Directorio de 04 de septiembre de 2024), numeral 22.2 lit. a) y Gráfico 8; banda de Tabla 8 (numeral 22.1 lit. a); categorías en Tabla 1.
What is the frequency ride-through envelope for Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión)?
The plant must ride through between the upper and lower bands. The upper (over-frequency) band holds 63 Hz from t = 0 to 90 s; then 62 Hz from 90 s to 30 min; then 61 Hz from 30 min onward — the last band the envelope defines, with no stated end time. The lower (under-frequency) band holds 57.5 Hz from t = 0 to 90 s; then 58 Hz from 90 s to 30 min; then 59 Hz from 30 min onward — the last band the envelope defines, with no stated end time.
Check these points against the clause quoted below before relying on them.
Upper limit
| From | To | Frequency | Between the points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 90 s | 63 Hz | Held flat |
| 90 s | 30 min | 62 Hz | Held flat |
| 30 min | no stated end | 61 Hz | Held flat |
Lower limit
| From | To | Frequency | Between the points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 90 s | 57.5 Hz | Held flat |
| 90 s | 30 min | 58 Hz | Held flat |
| 30 min | no stated end | 59 Hz | Held flat |
The clause this came from
Regulación Nro. ARCONEL-001/24, ARTÍCULO 19 numeral 19.1 lit. a), Tabla 3; made applicable to category D by the opening paragraph of ARTÍCULO 22.
Who does Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión) bind, and since when?
This code does not carry a short scope statement — read the clause quoted above for who it binds. No date of effect is published here — grid codes are reissued, so check the current issue before relying on it.
These figures are a reading aid, not legal advice. Grid codes are reissued: verify against the current edition before you design to them.
Digitised operating parameters beyond ride-through — droop, reactive capability, operating ranges — are published for 36 of the 66 codes in this atlas, not yet for Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión). That is a gap on this site, not a statement that Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión) sets none — the atlas hub marks the codes that carry them.
Curve data last checked against the code on — 66 standards, 130 envelopes, published by bess.engineer under CC BY 4.0.
Questions this page answers about Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión)
- Does Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión) require ride-through, or only that the plant does not trip?
- Ride-through. Every envelope on this page is a performance duty the plant must meet, not a protection-setting no-trip boundary — they are different obligations. That is what these curves are; they are not everything Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión) contains. The requirement sentence under each chart says which side of the curve is the compliant one.
- Are the numbers on this page taken from Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión) itself?
- Every breakpoint is read from the code, and where a point was taken off a published figure rather than stated in the clause, the section under that chart says so — on this page that includes an envelope that stops where its published chart stops or a curve with no recorded source class. The clause each curve came from is quoted under it.
- Which events are charted for Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión)?
- Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión) is charted here with 2 envelopes — low-voltage ride-through, frequency ride-through (LVRT, FRT). No high-voltage envelope is charted here — check Ecuador (ARCONEL-001/24 Código de Conexión) itself before concluding it sets none.
Ride-through, in context.
An envelope is a compliance boundary; understanding why it exists is a different question. The ride-through and grid-forming entries cover the engineering, and the Engineering Foundations course builds it from the physics up.
Elsewhere in South America: Argentina (CAMMESA PT-4 Anexo I, Fig. Ai.1), Argentina (CAMMESA PT-4), Brazil (ONS Submódulo 2.10), Chile (NTSyCS), Colombia (CREG 060/2019, red de 500 kV), Colombia (CREG 060/2019), and 2 more