Evaluating your electrical distribution system and modernizing with vacuum technology

Author

Lucas, William ; Hawks, Wm Russell

Author_Institution

General Electr. Co., Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

14-18 Apr 1996

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

119

Abstract

A majority of the operating cement plants today have medium voltage electrical switching equipment in use which was built in the 1960s and 1970s. Because of plant expansions or to increase reliability and reduce maintenance cost, it may be time to review the remaining life and application of the existing equipment. In order to simplify the decision making process, this paper establishes the basic analysis of evaluating an electrical distribution system and consideration of using vacuum retrofit in existing medium voltage switchgear. The continued demand for vacuum interrupters relates to their successful field experiences, increased confidence in reliability, cost effectiveness and simplicity of the installation

Keywords

cement industry; distribution networks; economics; industrial power systems; maintenance engineering; power system protection; vacuum interrupters; MV distribution system; cement plants; cost effectiveness; decision making process; modernization; reliability; retrofit; vacuum interrupters; vacuum switchgear technology; Cement industry; Costs; Decision making; Maintenance; Materials handling; Medium voltage; Reliability engineering; Switchgear; Vacuum systems; Vacuum technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cement Industry Technical Conference, 1996. XXXVIII Conference Record., IEEE/PCA

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

ISSN

1079-9931

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3014-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CITCON.1996.506017

Filename

506017