A user´s experience with the design process for a multi-layer redundant UPS system for use in a chemical plant

Author

Donner, Gary ; Kalhori, Banafsheh

Author_Institution

Texaco Refining & Marketing Inc., Wilmington, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

23-25 Sep 1996

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

230

Abstract

This paper describes a unique type of vital AC power system used to support an instrumentation modernization project for a 1950s vintage chemical plant in the USA. The process used to design, install, test and commission this state-of-the-art uninterruptible power delivery system is discussed by the authors

Keywords

chemical industry; design engineering; industrial power systems; maintenance engineering; project engineering; uninterruptible power supplies; AC power system; USA; chemical plant power system; commissioning; design; installation; modernization project; multi-layer redundant UPS; state-of-the-art; testing; uninterruptible power delivery system; Chemicals; Control systems; Distributed control; Power system analysis computing; Power system modeling; Power system protection; Power system reliability; Power system simulation; Process design; Uninterruptible power systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 1996, Record of Conference Papers. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Incorporated Industry Applications Society 43rd Annual

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

ISSN

0090-3507

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3587-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.1996.564897

Filename

564897