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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Edmonton, Alta.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5569-5
DOI :
10.1109/PESS.1999.787446
