DocumentCode
343439
Title
Maintenance practices and Year 2000 preparations at the Virginia Smith Converter Station
Author
Klemm, Nicholas S. ; Schmidt, Ernest G. ; Torgerson, Duane R.
Author_Institution
Western Area Power Adm., Sidney, NE, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
964
Abstract
The 200 MW back-to-back Virginia Smith Converter Station (VSCS) provides an asynchronous tie between the East and West AC power networks of the United States of America. Since being made available for commercial operation in March of 1987, a number of operational and maintenance issues have arisen prompting the need for preventive maintenance plans and procedures. This paper presents operating and maintenance experiences and preventive maintenance procedures adopted to ensure reliable operation of the station. Also discussed are Year 2000 (Y2K) concerns and testing
Keywords
HVDC power convertors; maintenance engineering; power system interconnection; substations; 200 MW; AC power networks interconnection; HVDC power convertor substation; Y2K; maintenance experiences; maintenance issues; operational issues; preventive maintenance; Aluminum; Board of Directors; Converters; Inductors; Power conversion; Preventive maintenance; Surface fitting; Testing; Thyristors; Valves;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location
Edmonton, Alta.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5569-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PESS.1999.787446
Filename
787446
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