Substation Horror Story A Consultant´s Perspective

Author

Dzieduszko, J.W. ; Oduber, L.H.

Author_Institution

Quanta Technol., Raleigh, NC

fYear

2008

fDate

1-3 April 2008

Firstpage

377

Lastpage

409

Abstract

The Water-en Energiebedrijf Aruba (WEB) N.V. is the sole utility company on Aruba and is responsible for the production of power and the production and distribution of potable water. The plant, located in Balashi, has a total installed capacity of 234 MW (incl. 26 MW diesel emergency generators), while the average daily demand is approximately 120 MW. All produced power is sold to the distribution company (N.V. Elmar) at 60 kV, which in turn distributes power throughout the island. Additionally the W.E.B. Aruba N.V. power plant is interconnected through 60kV power cables to the refinery powerhouse, located in San Nicolas. This interconnection is normally maintained at zero MW and serves primarily as backup for each other during emergency situation.

Keywords

power cables; power system interconnection; substations; Balashi; N.V. Elmar; San Nicolas; W.E.B. Aruba N.V. power plant; Water-en Energiebedrijf Aruba N.V; diesel emergency generators; distribution company; emergency situation; potable water distribution; power 234 MW; power 26 MW; power cables; power production; refinery powerhouse; substation; utility company; voltage 60 kV; Inductors; Power cables; Power generation; Power system interconnection; Power system protection; Production; Protective relaying; Substation protection; Transformers; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Protective Relay Engineers, 2008 61st Annual Conference for

Conference_Location

College Station, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1949-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPRE.2008.4515067

Filename

4515067