{"title":"Reduced insulation thickness for extruded medium-voltage power cable systems-cable performance and first network applications","authors":"D. Meurer, M. Sturmer","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971344","url":null,"abstract":"Since the introduction of medium-voltage cables with extruded insulation, essential improvements in materials, design and technology have taken place resulting in a remarkable increase of the electrical and ageing performance. In spite of this technological progress, the specified insulation thickness has never been modified. The currently high safety margins and the increasing cost pressure lead to a study of whether a reduction of the insulation thickness would be possible today. This report presents the results of an investigation on cables with a 4 mm thickness of XLPE or EPR insulation in different designs (France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland) which were tested as 12/20 (24) kV cables. The use of such cables will require adapted accessories. Therefore system tests with slip-on and coldshrink joints and terminations were additionally performed. Finally a proposal for new dimensions of extruded medium-voltage cables is made and the first realisations in utility networks in Belgium and France are presented.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122740603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Condition assessment of distribution PILC cables","authors":"V. Buchholz, M. Colwell, J. Crine, A. Rao","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971354","url":null,"abstract":"The condition assessment of paper insulated lead covered cables (PILC) cables is a crucial factor for many utilities and this paper is devoted to the evaluation of some new diagnostic techniques enabling users to effectively manage their PILC cable assets. We used electrical, metallurgical and chemical techniques to measure the electrical, chemical, dielectric and metallurgical properties of paper-impregnated insulation. The nondestructive electrical tests performed on three full-length field-aged PILC cables were: the isothermal relaxation current (IRC), the LIpATEST leakage current test and the return voltage method (RVM). Chemical tests were performed on small samples of paper tapes and oil taken from the same samples. They were: dielectric analysis, Fourier transform infra red (FTIR) spectroscopy and moisture content analysis. The electrical techniques ranked the cables consistently, that is one cable aged 23 years seemed to be more severely aged than the older (34 years) and younger (4 years) cables. This could possibly be explained by the acids detected in the oil of the 23 year old cable using FTIR spectroscopy. Although more data on more cables would be needed it already appears that the tested techniques could assess the condition of the insulation of PILC cables. Water ingress is often associated with cracks in the lead sheaths due to fatigue and creep failure. Metallurgical tests were performed on the lead sheaths of four PILC cables and they revealed that artificial cracks of different depths introduced on the surface of the lead sheaths were easily detected by the visual and fluorescent dye penetrant inspections. An eddy current inspection technique was successful in detecting the artificial surface flaws on the lead sheaths. The hardness of the older lead sheath, as measured by the Brinell test, tends to be lower than that of the lead sheath of the younger vintage cables.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"12 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113932199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power quality improvement case study of the connection of four 1.6 MVA flywheel dynamic UPS systems to a medium voltage distribution network","authors":"T. Richard, R. Belhomme, N. Buchheit, F. Gorgette","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971243","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the feasibility of connecting flywheel dynamic UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems to a 20 kV distribution network. The studied UPS systems implied diesel generators for long duration power cuts on the RV side. Different aspects are considered: quality of supply including harmonics, voltage and frequency control, impact on the protection system, the neutral grounding and the customers' protection devices, dynamic behavior and stability of the whole system (UPS and network) etc. Results of a case study carried out on an existing medium voltage network are presented, both for normal and islanded operation of the network.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132506990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing the data and choosing the right protocol","authors":"J. McDonald","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971375","url":null,"abstract":"The need for information in the deregulated, competitive utility environment places even greater emphasis on the communication protocol. Historically, suppliers have developed their own protocols that best suited their products. The system suppliers and integrators who tried to integrate these products had a difficult time making these products talk to each other. Worse yet, even the same protocol had different versions that caused incompatibility between two systems or devices. With the greater emphasis on the communication protocol today, there is greater emphasis on standardization of communication protocols. The most focused industry activity today in protocol standardization is in the substation integration and automation area. Specifically, these efforts address a standard intelligent electronic device (IED) protocol, as well as a standard substation local area network (LAN) technology. The efforts also include an integration architecture to bring the substation information out of the substation and into the utility enterprise.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"192 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132100822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computation of cable parameters for pipe-type cables with arbitrary pipe thicknesses","authors":"Y. Yang, J. Ma, F. Dawalibi","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971316","url":null,"abstract":"New formulae have been developed for computing the parameters of pipe-type power cables with arbitrary pipe thicknesses. The formulae are developed using cylindrical wave propagation equations in polar coordinate forms. Numerical results are presented showing the comparison with the results based on existing formulae. The study presented in this paper expands on the theory for the computation of pipe-type cable parameters. For the case of a very thin pipe, the accurate computation of the cable parameters is now possible with the new formulae.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130978470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Andersson, D. Destefan, J. Ramboz, S. Weiss, J. DeHaan
{"title":"Unique EHV current probe for calibration and monitoring","authors":"A. Andersson, D. Destefan, J. Ramboz, S. Weiss, J. DeHaan","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971264","url":null,"abstract":"A unique current probe for high-voltage systems has been developed and placed into operation. The current measurement system is based on a high-precision split-core Rogowski coil paired with a hybrid optical data link. This system can measure steady state and transient currents of greater than 60 kA with excellent linearity. It is designed to check and verify the accuracy of high-voltage metering current transformers and to function as a clamp-on stationary current probe for wide-area measurement systems. This paper presents a technical description of this hybrid optical current probe, laboratory and calibration test results, installation procedures, and initial operational experiences. Applications, including on-line current transformer calibration, and the economic impact of improving measurement accuracies are presented.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125680992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A scalable system for automating outage management for electrical utilities","authors":"J. Abrams","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971410","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the challenges and critical success factors of scaling low-cost solutions for utility trouble call entry and management that were generally used at coops and municipal utilities to meet the needs of larger utilities through actual implementation experiences.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"235 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114560506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Dawalibi, W. Ruan, S. Fortin, J. Ma, W. K. Daily
{"title":"Computation of power line structure surge impedances using the electromagnetic field method","authors":"F. Dawalibi, W. Ruan, S. Fortin, J. Ma, W. K. Daily","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971317","url":null,"abstract":"The power line structure surge impedance is computed using an electromagnetic field approach for various transmission and distribution line structure configurations (ranging from a single wood pole to lattice steel towers) including their grounding systems. The influence of the soil resistivity and different grounding system configurations on the structure surge impedance has been studied. The structure surge impedances are computed for three impressed surge current waveforms: (a) step current wave; (b) ramp current wave; and (c) typical double-exponential lightning surge current. The computed surge impedances using the electromagnetic field approach are compared with those obtained using formulae based on a geometrical model of the power line structure. It is shown that the computed values based on the electromagnetic field theory are, to various degrees, different from the values computed using the formulae based on the geometrical model of the structure. The study also reveals that: (a) the surge impedance of a lattice steel tower decreases only slightly when the soil resistivity is increased from 0.1 /spl Omega/-m to 500 /spl Omega/-m; and (b) when the footing resistance is held constant, the surge impedance of a single pole changes by about 5%, when counterpoises instead of rod clusters are used.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117342896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selecting substation monitoring","authors":"W. Bergman","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971374","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a methodology that can be used to evaluate the parameters that are important to the individual user and even to the individual substation equipment. The method recognizes parameters that are important to the individual user and can be tailored to individual circuits. The method recognizes the principles of asset and risk management. Monitoring is implemented on the basis of optimizing circuit breaker failures, delivery point reliability, equipment life, and maintenance effort while maximizing human and environmental safety, and return on assets.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123914177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A near real-time information management strategy","authors":"P. Yarka","doi":"10.1109/TDC.2001.971411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2001.971411","url":null,"abstract":"Near real-time information management processes and enabling technologies can be applied to a variety of utility organization functions ranging from customer service to operations and maintenance. A near real-time information management strategy must be assembled as an integrated whole to build a cost and benefit-justifiable business case. The strategy typically incorporates several new and adjusted business processes along with enabling technology infrastructures. A key to successful development of a near realtime information management strategy is viewing end-to-end components, such as near real-time information acquisition, delivery, aggregation, analysis and integration as a single enabling platform for many key utility business processes. As in justifying financial investments for geospatial information systems and enterprise integration systems, near real-time information management will be ultimately justified through the required applications-enabling infrastructure. This presentation highlights processes that can be enhanced via near real-time information integration, along with the enabling technology infrastructures, as examples of components required for development of a near real-time information management strategy.","PeriodicalId":182269,"journal":{"name":"2001 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition. Developing New Perspectives (Cat. No.01CH37294)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122173341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}