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  1. thermionic1

    Cargill FR3 natural ester fluid field transformer filling.

    "How complicated or any special equipment required to carry out field services." OP hasn't mentioned the voltage rating or size of the unit, which dictates what type of equipment is used. From the https://www.cargill.com/doc/1432076502266/r2040-retrofill-guide-power-tds.pdf page 4/5 the...
  2. thermionic1

    138kv Cable in Tray

    I worked in a GIS station that took in 138kV UG cables. The cables came in in the basement and were on cable trays while they made their way to the GIS, about 100' or so before they went up on risers to the gear. This is a permanent configuration.
  3. thermionic1

    Can a PLC provide custom overcurrent protection settings of a circuit breaker with trip unit?

    Imagine the PLC protection, then a fault occurs, then PLC fails to trip. Someone or something very expensive gets hurt. Investigation finds faulty PLC as root cause.
  4. thermionic1

    Electrical Contact Grease Question

    The correct answer is always consult the manufacturer for latest maintenance recommendations. Other less correct answers might be GE Red / Mobile 28 or Anderol 757 for moving parts in the mechanism. Never WD-40. Auto parts store lubricants should be avoided. The attached paper, discusses HV...
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    Data Storage Costs

    Is that a typo? 120MW? Nope. And I heard from the TSO this week that in the final configuration they are planning on 3600MW. Yes, 3.6 Giga Watts! Enough to send 3 DeLorean's back to the future! My limited understanding is that AI data centers use 3-4 times the electricity that a...
  6. thermionic1

    VRLA batteries and gas detection requirements

    In three different states, I've seen 3 different set ups for VRLA batteries in a brand new substation control house. #1 - No special monitoring equipment. #2 - Batteries in containment with a garage door like set up with monitoring. #3- Full blown battery monitoring and fire suppression...
  7. thermionic1

    Data Storage Costs

    Data storage, I don't know. AI Data centers....We have one being built in our footprint. Phase I & II are being built to handle 1200MW continuous, with more to come.
  8. thermionic1

    Monitoring of Exciter and Rotor winding insulation resistance

    This paper describes a Basler Diode monitor https://docs.ips.us/docs/W1002340.pdf
  9. thermionic1

    Starting Methods for Brushless Synchronos Motors

    This is the manual from a GE Sync motor controller that goes though it a bit. https://sertecrelays.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/spmman.pdf
  10. thermionic1

    PT Ferroresonance vs Modern SEL relay

    We have several thousand distribution subs in our system. Feeder protection is either CO's or SEL. We started putting SEL 251's in the early/mid 90's, now we use 351A's. I don't recall every seeing resistors on any of our PT circuits, nor do I recall any issues with our Y-Y PT's. Nearly all...
  11. thermionic1

    When to use OLTC?

    A Cigre report found that 41% of transformer failures were due to OLTC. If you don't need it, don't spend the extra money or add extra risk.
  12. thermionic1

    PFC equipment not registering current use despite working

    Check for CT shorting screws (or shorting devices) still installed on a terminal block that feeds the power meter. New equipment is generally shipped with shorting devices in place and need to be removed once the circuit is complete.
  13. thermionic1

    Current transformers- over voltage on open circuiting secondary

    We had an open CT on our system a few years back. It was a ring bus, dead tank breakers, with the CT's paralleled in the control house, then feeding a digital distance relay. It took about a month for the problem to show. The overvoltage caused the relay magnetics board transformer to flash...
  14. thermionic1

    Can we operate Emerson Scada system/Server with Siemens PLC 400 ?

    That should be possible with the correct protocol licenses and perhaps some protocol conversion. Our generation group has standardized on Emerson Ovation DCS and is currently in the process of integrating within the fleet. One plant for example is GE and uses GE DCS. As of now, we integrate...
  15. thermionic1

    HV GIS Substation Considerations

    I've worked in several GIS stations in our footprint, as well as other utilities. 1- Most GIS I've seen has been indoors. Some buildings have the transformers indoors with suitable fire suppression. I was at a 345 GIS station last fall that was about 40 years old. Built in the middle of...
  16. thermionic1

    dc dielectric test for 33kv cable

    Carried out dc dielectric test for a 33KV XLPE You should really be using AC VLF for XLPE cable.
  17. thermionic1

    FREJA 300 - Programma - Megger.

    Eu experimentei algo semelhante. Você pode tentar (se for absolutamente necessário que funcione agora) abri-lo e pressioná-lo com alguma força para encaixar as placas de circuito.
  18. thermionic1

    Proper Test Switch Wiring

    IN North America, the ABB/Westinghouse FT test switch is very popular for a variety of reasons, including that it's the same mechanism that was used on the electrotechnical relays of the past. The FT switch has a companion test paddle (separate source) that many relay techs carry several at all...
  19. thermionic1

    What kind of 2 VT Connection is this?

    Follow up: The black VT's (incoming line) were rewired on the primary and secondary sides and connected to a single relay. I had my phase angle meter (and battery), and it was then determined that Va and Ic, Vb & Ib and Vc and Ia seem to match. The currents were wired from a terminal block...

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