Title :
In Service Availability of the AEP System Control Center
Author_Institution :
American Electric Power Service Corporation Columbus, Ohio
Abstract :
The development period availability expectations for the AEP System Control Center (SCC) are contrasted with the first two years of operational experience. The reasons for in-service unavailability are presented and discussed. Recommendations are made relative to the inclusion of new factors into procurement phase availability calculations and acceptance tests.
Keywords :
Availability; Computational modeling; Control systems; Failure analysis; Hardware; Maintenance; Power system analysis computing; Procurement; Redundancy; System testing;
Journal_Title :
Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPWRS.1987.4335307