Delaying wire upgrades

[alphanomega]

What are innovative ways to alleviate overcongestion? Our transmission lines are close to its capacity limits, but we cannot reinforce our trans. system in the same year. How can we handle the load growths for the next few years if our lines are already at its limits?

In other words, our utility is searching for new ways to delay line construction. However, we have once again reached capacity limits after already installing short term solutions such as voltage support devices and advance controls. Bad planning on our part. We have already looked into

 

[nbucska]

Could you please explain what you are writing about ?
Power or info xmission? What is your present system
and its data ? ( Updating means improving the data --
to know, what is considered improvement, you must
know the status quo )



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[alphanomega]

My department is not realy concerned about data/info. It's about the power transmission. Just an open-ended question for brainstorming purposes.

 

[alehman]

Sometimes power factor correction near the load can free up some ampere capacity on the lines. Voltage upgrade is another option in some situations. Perhaps there is some other path owned by someone else on which you can borrow some capacity. Otherwise you'll need to look at conservation, perhaps time diversification of load, or add local generation (maybe temporary?).

 

[wareagle]

alphanomega
You should have at least a 5 yr plan that takes into account load growth. Each the 5 yr average growth % is used to project the yearly demands on your system. You then can predict the expected year that you need to do improvements to the system.
You said "Our transmission lines are close to its capacity limits, but we cannot reinforce our trans. system in the same year." How can you let this condition happen? You don't have much choice. If the lines are overloaded they tend to burn down.

 

[advidana]

Don't worry the bosses alway will come up with the money when the line burn up. Start planing now for replacing the xmission lines because you will not have a lot of time to spend on the issue when the lines are loss.

 

[busbar]

No offense is meant, but it sounds like you have received two clear warnings. Load growth should bring requisite economic growth, but funds for system reinforcement have seemingly been used elsewhere.

There are two approaches—make sure your cellphone battery is well charged, or make sure it dies soon. Just don’t get anyone killed in the process.

 

[alphanomega]

Yeah it would seem that someone in the planning department should already been fired to get us in this sort of predicament; but this is just a worst case scenario to take into account a very large unpredicted load growth. We already have a plan in action to upgrade the lines.

 

[busbar]

Middle-manager MBAs may have you taken away in a straitjacket, but maybe it’s time to suggest something simple but anarchistic like limiting production to save a very expensive mop-up.

All indications were that being party to events like NASA and their frozen booster-engine "lucky putty" were none too pleasant.

And, see that your resume is current.