Summary

To define the state of the art on innovations in maximising the capabilities of transmission and generation plants.

This includes new plant technologies, dynamic rating of equipment, new methods of analysing, planning, controlling, communicating, protecting, monitoring, maintaining and operating power systems as well as non-technical aspects like financial constraints, open networks, new structures in power industry, environmental and other externalities.

Finally to discuss how these conditions will influence the trend of "Working Plant and Systems Harder".

The list of papers is available, please contact the Publications Team to select the papers you are interested in.

SESSION 1 

DYNAMIC RATING OF EQUIPMENT?

  • 100-01 Improved transmission capacity for the Fenno-Skan HVDC link. J. Elovaara ; P-O. Lindh (Finland) ; G. Henning ; U. Jonsson ; E. Petersson (Sweden)
  • 100-02  Real time rating systems. Applications to a pipe-type cable and overloading of power transformer. G.Anders; J.M. Braun; M.Vainberg; S. Rizzetto; P. Zielinski (Canada)
  • 100-03 New ratings for service-aged power transformers, based on : condition, temperature rise, and copper hot-spot measurement. - W. Enright; M. O'Neill (New Zealand)
  • 100-04 Application of improved ratings for NGC's transformers and cables. I.R. Funnell ; M.H. Arthur ; S.T. Larsen; E.A. Simonson (United Kingdom)
  • 100-05 Predictive thermal ratings for NGC's overhead lines. S.P. Hoffmann ; M.J. Tunstall (United Kingdom)
  • 100-06 Management of increased power flows on the NGC transmission system. K.R.W. Bell; A.P. Rioms (United Kingdom)

    100-07 Application of dynamic thermal rating methods for overhead transmission lines : evaluation of field-test results.D.A. Douglass ; A.A. Edris; D.C. Lawry (United States)

SESSION 2 

EXPLOITING PLANT CAPABILITIES

  • 200-01 Improving long-term voltage stability by active power rescheduling of power plants during carrent limitation. S.G. Johansson (Sweden)
  • 200-02 Influence SVC to the increasing limitation of power transfer. E.E. Osmankovic Selver (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

    200-03 Power flow control and voltage support by using UPFC constrained by internai limits. Y.H. Song; J.Y. Liu (United Kingdom)

    200-04 Suppression of low-frequency interarea power swing by utilizing turbine governor system in a once-through thermal plant.T. Inoue; H.Taniguchi; H. Ando; M. Abe (Japan)

    200-05 Techno-economical evaluation of environmental constraints at Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station - Water management. - S. Pradhan (India)

    200-06 Power system transient stability enhancement by co-ordiilated fast valving and excitation control of synchronous generators. J. Machowski ; A. Smolarczyk (Poland) ; J.W. Bialek (United Kingdom)

    200-07 Series compensators and SCV's enhance power system performance. - J.O. Samuelsson , A.L. Wilk Wilczynski (Sweden)

  • 200-08 Using series capacitors, fixed and controlled, in the Swedish 400 kV system in order to   improve   transmission   capability. M. Danielsson ; P. Halvarsson ; D. Holmberg ; H-A. Jonsson; L. Angquist (Sweden)
  • 200-09 Dynamic and transient stability enhancement of Croatian Power System in UCPTE interconnection. M. Stojsavljevic ; M. Mehrnedovic; D. Nemec (Croatia)

    200-10 Dynamic characteristics of electromagnetically sectioned electric power station. N.I. Zelenokhat; V.A. Makeyechev; T.A. Vlasova (Russia)

    200-11 Réglage de l'excitation des alternateurs en régime sous-excité.  N.I. Zelenokhat ; V.M. Balouzine; J.A. Beljaev (Russia)

    200-12 Hybrid FACTS device applications for tailor-made solutions. D. Westermann M. Rahrnani; J. Guay; R. Pfister (Switzerland)

    200-13 Investigation of the effect of FACTS devices on the steady-state operation of the Hellenic transmission system.  G.J. Georgantzis N.D. Hatziargyriou ; J.G. Vlachogiannis ; E.A. Leonidaki (Greece)

SESSION 3 

DEVELOPMENTS OF SYSTEM OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES

Subsession 3.1

Managing Technical and Commercial Complexity

  • 310-01 The new ENEL's integrated control system. U. Bazzi; D. Bisci (Italy)
  • 310-02 Contribution of multiple entities on line loading relief procedure and system reliability. J. Toyoda; H. Saitoh ; E. Tsukada ; O. Ishioka ; I. Kanno (Japan)

  • 310-03 Reactive power market and reactive plant control in England and Wales.  A.M.  Chebbo ;
  • 310-04 Transaction management issues and solutions in North America - J.W. Pope (United States) D.J. Coates; A.P. Malins ; K.M. Radi (United Kingdom)

Subsession 3.2

Managing System Control

  • 320-01 Working the control engineer harder. C. Proudfoot; R.T. Earp; M.A. Lee (United Kingdom)
  • 320-02 New secondary voltage control framework for Slovenian power system. A. Gubina; R. Golob (Slovenia)

    320-03 Protection philosophy and strategies to counteract large area disturbances. M. J. Mackey ; A. Young ; H. Kuribayashi ; M.M. Fernandes ; L. Carmena ; C. Lebrevelec - Paper presented in the name of Working Group 34.09

  • 320-04 Power systems security analysis - New approaches used at EDF. - S. Henry ; Y. Schlumberger ; C. Lebrevelec ; M. Bulot ; J.M. Tesseron (France)
  • 320-05 Experimentation of a new voltage stability analysis tool in French national control centre. Y. Jacquemart; A. Giard ; V. Sermanson ; G. Nerin (France)

    320-06 The coupled transmission/generation simulation in a deregulated context. J.L. Sellier ; M.  Martinez-Gragera;  O. Chatillon ; A. Bruhns;  S. Vitet (France)

Subsession 3.3

Managing Large Systems

  • 330-01 Compact and task oriented visualization techniques displaying global power system operating states. A.J. Hauser; J.F. Verstege (Germany)
  • 330-02 Development of an emergency stability control system for large capacity interconnection power system. - M. Saeki ; H.  Matsuoka; M. Sato; Y. Nagae ; R. Tsukui ; M. Tanaka ; K. Takasaki (Japan)

    330-03 Strategy for substation information, control and protection within the National Grid Company. -  J.A. Downes;  D.C. Cooper;  J.E.  Fitch (United  Kingdom)

    330-04 New communication technologies for enhancing performance of utility substations. - R. Subramanian ; H. Al Hosani ; A.M. Lasheen ; A. Samuel (U.A.E.)

    330-05 Inter-area oscillations during development of large interconnected power systems. - R. Witzmann; J. Rittiger ; W. Winter (Germany)

  • 330-06 Upgraded control system for improved and reliable operation of the Ghana power network. - J. Wiafe; E.S. Asare (Ghana)

SESSION 4 

INVESTMENT PLANNING AND  NEW TECHNOLOGIES

  • 400-01 On the asymmetrical operation of transmission systems. A.R. Sana;  R.J. Marceau ; D.T. McGillis; D.X. Do; C. Todde (Canada)?
  • 400-02 The application of relocatable Static Var Compensators and relocatable mechanically switched capacitors for transmission system flexibility. R.C. Knight ; LW. Whitlock (United Kingdom)
  • 400-03 Balance between generating plant costs and system load following requirements. M.E. Flynn ; M.J. O'Malley ; M. Power ; P. Brown (Ireland)
  • 400-04 lmplementation of risk management techniques for transmission capacity planning. C. Ward (United Kingdom)

  • 400-05 Deduction of new network planning criteria with the· help of the probabilistic reliability analysis. -M. Roggenbau; H.J. Haubrich;
  • 400-06 Review of the NGC transmission security and quality of supply standards. - L.A. Dale; G.H. Bailey ; P.H. Buxton ; M. Zhu ; B. Wharmby ; P. Hagerty (United Kingdom) H.P. Gerch; G. Kaendler (Germany)

SESSION 5 

MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES

  • 500-01 Modern maintenance techniques to enhance system availability. D.K. Nandi ; V.K. Khare (India)
  • 500-02 An international survey of maintenance policies and trends. M.R. Allison - paper presented on behalf of Cigré Study Committees 23 and 39 - Joint Working Group on Maintenance and Reliability.

    500-03 Extending equipment life - An application of asset management planner. - G.J. Anders ; M. Vainberg ; J. Endrenyi (Canada) ; M. Lebow (United States)

    500-04 The development of an automated off-line circuit breaker monitor for multi-head circuit breakers. B.M. Pryor; D. Gibson; D. Courtney; C. Francioni (United Kingdom).

    500-05 Report on the second international survey on high voltage gas insulated substations (GIS), Experience in life expectancy, maintenance and environmental issues. I. Welch, D. Kopejtkova, P. O'Connell, J.P. Taillebois, C.N. Cheung, F. Heil ; S. Kobayashi - Paper presented in the name of Working Group 23.02

  • 500-06 Advanced maintenance management techniques for HV circuit-breakers. A.L.J. Janssen (The Netherlands); R.A. Sarkinen (United States) ; G. de Radiguès (Belgium) ; Y. Yamagata (Japan) ; A. Giboulet; A. Girard  (France)
  • 500-07 New maintenance strategies for power systems supported by substation automation. V. Lohmann; I. De Mesmaeker; B. Eschermann ;J. Bertsch (Switzerland)

    500-08 The impact of a condition based maintenance strategy on network system operations. R.D. Damstra; E.R.S. Groot; P. Wester;

  • 500-09 Maintenance strategies for transmission assets in England & Wales. I.C. Davis ; W.J. Wilkinson (United Kingdom) C.M. Ackerman ; J.J. Srnit ; H.E. Dijk (The Netherlands)

SESSION 6

EXPLOITING SUBTRANSMISSIONSYSTEMS (INCLUDING DISPERSED GENERATION)

  • 600-01 Dynamic voltage restorer and solid-state transfer switch-application of innovative and cost­ efficient equipment to meet customer requirements for power quality improvement. K. Chan ; G. Kieboom; P. Daehler; O.Gaupp (Switzerland)
  • 600-02 Energy storage for improving power quality. P.J. Birkner (Germany)

    600-03 Transformer technology for mobile substations. J. Declercq (Belgium) ; D. de la Cruz (United States) ; J.C. Duart (Switzerland) ; H. Snyder (Canada); R.J. Whearty (United States)

  • 600-04 Techniques to improve the utilization of renewable generation in electrical power systems. -
  • 600-05 L'environnement et les autres externalités : apport de l'utilisation des faisceaux et de l'alimentation par cdg dans la protection de l'environnement. M. Yao K. Lataille (Ivory Coast) L.B. Reis; E. A.F.A Fadigas; D.S. Ramos (Brazil)

Additional informations

Publication type Symposia
Reference SYMP_LON_1999
Publication year 1999
Publisher CIGRE
Pages number 6
Price for non member 80 €
Price for member Free
LONDON: Working Plants and Systems harder. Enhancing the management of plants and power systems
LONDON: Working Plants and Systems harder. Enhancing the management of plants and power systems