FPL's Christmas 1991 transmission outages

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/61.248297· OSTI ID:5313979

Burnham, J T; Busch, D W; Renowden, J D ^[1]

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1. Florida Power Light Co., Juno Beach, FL (United States). Transmission Line Dept.

A record number of contamination related outages occurred on FPL transmission lines during Christmas of 1991 and resulted in an investigation of inservice insulator performance. The field investigation process used was enhanced by recent improvements in outage data recording. Also used in the analysis were weather information, the results of recently completed accelerated aging tests of polymers, and specially conducted tests on the effects of weathering steel stain on porcelain insulators. Specific insulator problems were identified and actions taken to reduce the possibility of recurrence.

• OSTI ID: 5313979
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 8:4; ISSN 0885-8977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRICAL INSULATORS
SURFACE CONTAMINATION
POWER SYSTEMS
OUTAGES
RELIABILITY
CONTAMINATION
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
240200* - Power System Networks
Transmission & Distribution- (1990-)