T&D Equipment & Systems

Adequate condition assessment and monitoring of T&D equipment enables you to determine effective strategies and procedures

Power equipment such as turbines, generators, transformers, circuit breakers, cables and overhead lines represent a major capital investment in power stations and grids. With a high duty-cycle, or repeated short duration overloading, aging and wear of such components can be appreciable. In practice, however, many components perform well even after their economic lifetime has expired. As a result, extension of service life is a serious option to reduce investment costs. On the other hand, life extension may increase the probability of failure, depending on the operation and maintenance practice. Adequate condition assessment and monitoring enables you to determine effective strategies and procedures for operation, maintenance and replacement, thereby controlling potential risks.

 

You can download an interesting article on this subject from the context menu on the right. This article "Future-proofing the present" was published in the November/December 2009 issue of Megawhat, the first power industry magazine in the Middle East region.