Make automatic power source transfers a success for your plant

Author

Gabba, A. Paul ; Hill, James D.

Author_Institution

Dow Chem. Co., Freeport, TX, USA

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

2001

Firstpage

423

Lastpage

433

Abstract

A systematic approach is presented to analyze the effects of power source transfers on the operation of process plants. Various solutions and guidelines are presented to improve the effectiveness of power transfers. The solutions range from a methodology to analyze and desensitize a plant to a sophisticated high speed autosynchronizing transfer system. The approach and solutions are based on two- and three-breaker open-loop (standby “ready to close”) transfer schemes. Normally, closed tie breaker transfer systems are not included in the scope of this paper

Keywords

chemical industry; industrial plants; industrial power systems; petroleum industry; power supplies to apparatus; power system faults; power system relaying; switchgear; switching; automatic power source transfers; high speed autosynchronizing transfer system; petrochemical facility; power transfers effectiveness improvement; process plants operation; relays; ride-through; switchgear; three-breaker open-loop transfer scheme; two-breaker open-loop transfer system; undervoltage transfer; unplanned power outage; Automatic control; Chemicals; Feeds; Personnel; Power generation; Power system relaying; Power system transients; Production facilities; Switches; Switchgear;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/28.913705

Filename

913705