Brownout in C.A. La Electricidad de Caracas Power System, Started After a Failure in a Line at 230 kV Due to a Forest Fire

Author

de Andrade, Luis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Protection & Control, C.A. La Electr. de Caracas

fYear

2006

fDate

15-18 Aug. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This article analyzes the technical and environmental causes and effects of a brownout in over one half (northern area) of the power system of C.A. La Electricidad de Caracas (EDC) on March 05, 2003. On this date, a forest fire in the "El Avila National Park" led to a fault in the Tacoa-Boyaca #1 line (230 kV). Based on this analysis, some conclusions and recommendations are set forth with a view to preventing similar events in the future and avoiding massive load curtailment mass rationing of the load

Keywords

fires; power system faults; 230 kV; CA La Electricidad de Caracas Power System; El Avila National Park; Tacoa-Boyaca fault; forest fire; massive load curtailment mass ration; Cities and towns; Fires; Integrated circuit interconnections; Ocean temperature; Power systems; Protection; Protective relaying; Sea level; Sea measurements; Variable speed drives; Analog system fault diagnosis; Fault currents; Fault diagnosis; Fault location; Operational amplifiers; Oscillography; Power system faults; Power system protection; Protective relaying;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission & Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America, 2006. TDC '06. IEEE/PES

Conference_Location

Caracas

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0287-5

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0288-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDCLA.2006.311407

Filename

4104603