A probabilistic procedure for the reliability assessment of substation development options

Author

Bagen, B.

Author_Institution

Syst. Planning Dept., Manitoba Hydro, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

3-5 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

278

Lastpage

283

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic procedure for the reliability assessment of substation development options. The procedure is based on a probabilistic cost/benefit analysis and can be used to evaluate different alternatives in terms of both reliability and cost. A commercially available computer program is used to calculate various reliability indices. The technique is applied to analyze 230 kV substation development options for a utility wind interconnection project. The methodology proposed, the indices suggested and the results provided in this paper should prove useful in planning and design of substations for various practical engineering developments.

Keywords

power system interconnection; power system planning; reliability; substations; commercially available computer program; probabilistic cost; probabilistic procedure; reliability assessment; substation development option; utility wind interconnection project; Layout; Power system reliability; Reliability engineering; Substations; Wind farms; Cons/benefit analysis; probabilistic approach; reliability assessment; substation reliability; wind integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Winnipeg, MB

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0405-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEC.2011.6070211

Filename

6070211