Upgrading a large oil refinery electric power system

Author

Fernandez, Luis Fernandez

Author_Institution

Paraguana Refining Center, Falcon, Venezuela

Volume

2

fYear

2001

Firstpage

1165

Abstract

This paper describes the activities developed in Amuay Refinery of Petroleos de Venezuela, to upgrade its 182 MW electric power system, through the interconnection with an external independent power producer and major modifications in the electrical distribution system, in order to restore the system reliability, operational flexibility and equipment maintainability. Design criteria, power system analysis, power distribution installations and automation for generation, distribution and control room developed during the upgrading project are reviewed.

Keywords

industrial power systems; maintenance engineering; oil refining; power distribution control; power distribution reliability; power generation control; 182 MW; Amuay Refinery; Petroleos de Venezuela; control room; design criteria; distribution automation; electrical distribution system; equipment maintainability; external independent power producer interconnection; generation automation; major modifications; oil refinery electric power system upgrade; operational flexibility; power distribution installations; power system analysis; system reliability; Maintenance; Oil refineries; Power distribution; Power system analysis computing; Power system control; Power system interconnection; Power system reliability; Power system restoration; Power systems; Refining;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2001. Thirty-Sixth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2001 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7114-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2001.955639

Filename

955639