Transcript 032-IWD_Activity-Report-WG_A3.30_2014-03

Activity Report 2014
Study Committee A3
HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT
WG A3.30
SUBSTATION EQUIPMENT OVERSTRESS
Convener:
Antonio Carvalho - BR
Secretary:
Jorge Amon - BR
Number of Members:
15
Regular Members:
11 (BR, CH, USA, NE, IN, CR, FR, SA)
Corresponding Members:
4 (D, BR, JP, CA)
Dismissed inactive members: 4
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Activities & discussion items
Study Committee A3
HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT
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Five meeting until date:
September 2011 in Vienna,
March 2012 in Baden,
August 2012 in Paris,
March 2013 in Rio,
September 2013 in Johannesburg.
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Work divided in 6 different topics:
1. Stressing parameters:
- Environmental, Electrical, Dielectric, Mechanical, Prioritization of stressing parameters
2. Equipment capabilities
- Standards, Test protocols, Specification, Influence of aging (WG A3.29)
3. Review of utilities processes to assess potential overstresses risk
4. Measures for risk mitigation:
- What utilities do (or should do) to mitigate equipment´s overstress risks?
5. Proposal for improvements on the overstress management process:
- gap analysis of utilities overstress management X main stressing parameters & available
information on equipment capabilities
- proposals for improvement & recommended processes
- suggestions for standards improvements
6. Brochure annexes:
- overstress checking procedures for selected equipment and stress parameters.
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Activities & discussion items
Study Committee A3
HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT
State of the work:
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Item 1 (Stressing parameters) already concluded;
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Item 2 (Equipment capabilities):
 standards analysis to be finalized next meeting;
 test protocols and specification analysis to be prepared for sept./2014;
 Aging influence: waiting for WG A3.29 results;
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Item 3 (Review of utilities processes):
 Experiences so far collected: ONS, AXPO, EDF, LIANDER, BPA, VLPGO (NG,
TERNA, REE, ONS & RTE)  first draft foreseen for sept./2014;
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Item 4 (Measures for Risk Mitigation):
 Experiences so far collected: ONS, AXPO, EDF, LIANDER, BPA, VLPGO (NG,
TERNA, REE, ONS & RTE)  first draft foreseen for sept./2014;
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Item 5 (Proposal for improvements): last task, conclusion foreseen for May 2015
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Item 6 (Annexes): already started for CB and CT, conclusion foreseen for March 2015
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Membership
Study Committee A3
HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT
Members
Email
Company
Country
1
Antonio Carvalho (Convener)
[email protected]
ONS
Brazil
2
Christian Lindner
[email protected]
AXPO
Switerland
3
Kenn Edwards
[email protected]
BPA
USA
4
Jorge Amon Filho
[email protected]
FURNAS
Brazil
5
Marcel Hooijmans
[email protected]
Liander NV
Netherland
6
Robin Kumar Sarkar
[email protected]
POWERGRID
India
7
Petr Kopejtko
[email protected]
EGU HV Laboratory
Czech Republic
8
Reto Karrer
[email protected]
ABB
Switzerland
9
Santosh Kumar Annadurai
[email protected]
ALSTOM
India
10 Pierre-Daniel Moreau
[email protected]
EDF CIST
France
11 Sphiwe Nkosi
[email protected]
Eskom
South Africa
12 Armin Schnettler
[email protected]
RWTH Aachen University
Germany
13 Jonas Oliveira
[email protected]
ABB
Brazil
14 Yubun Komatsu
[email protected]
15 André Mercier
[email protected]
Corresponding members
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March 2014
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
IREQ
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Japan
Canada