Title :
Combined power quality and condition monitoring of offshore network cabling systems and installations
Author :
Djokic, S.Z. ; Renforth, Lee ; Seltzer-Grant, Malcolm ; McKeever, P.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
A radical rethink of existing asset management practices and implementation of novel solutions for power quality (condition and performance) monitoring, system state identification and fault detection are required to reduce the cost and increase security, reliability, and quality of electricity supplied from offshore generation systems. Recent estimations suggest that cost of offshore wind generated electricity (from development, construction and operations) should fall to about £100/MWh by 2020 to make this technology truly competitive. This presentation/paper asserts that combined power quality and condition monitoring, based on advanced, flexible and real-time sensing, diagnostic and controlling intelligence, can offer an effective solution for reducing operating and maintenance costs of monitored offshore network cables and related installations.
Keywords :
asset management; condition monitoring; cost reduction; fault diagnosis; offshore installations; power cables; power supply quality; power system measurement; power system reliability; wind power plants; asset management; condition monitoring; cost reduction; fault detection; offshore installations; offshore network cabling systems; offshore wind generated electricity; power quality monitoring; real-time sensing; system state identification; cabling systems/installations; condition and performance monitoring; fault detection; offshore networks; partial discharge; power quality; system state identification;
Conference_Titel :
Power Quality, IET Seminar on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/ic.2012.0132
