Recent trends in reliability of large industrial power systems

Author

Love, Daniel J.

fYear

1990

fDate

1990

Firstpage

145

Lastpage

149

Abstract

The author stresses the challenges and complexities facing an engineer when designing a new facility or retrofitting an existing industrial power system. Industrial facilities are making more efficient use of their energy from all sources, with cogeneration being prevalent, as plants generate electricity for self-consumption and for sale to utilities. Inverter systems for uninterruptible power supplies and adjustable speed drives for AC motors also generate harmonic voltages which adversely affect the power quality. Power quality affects the reliability of the plant system. Plant shutdowns due to computer or machine tool logic failures can be as expensive as those caused by a power supply interruption or an inadequately designed industrial facility

Keywords

power systems; reliability; AC motors; adjustable speed drives; cogeneration; facility design; harmonic voltages; industrial power systems; invertor systems; logic failures; power quality; power supply interruption; reliability; retrofitting; shutdowns; uninterruptible power supplies; Cogeneration; Design engineering; Industrial plants; Industrial power systems; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power quality; Power system reliability; Reliability engineering; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Colloquium in South America, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE

Conference_Location

Argentina, Brazil, Chile

Print_ISBN

0-87942-610-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COLLOQ.1990.152821

Filename

152821