ac and dc transmission comparison for Kaiparowits coal-fired generation plant

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · IEEE Trans. Power Appar. Syst.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7239617

Edgell, R M; Bayless, R S

Various technical and economic comparisons were made of long distance EHV AC and DC transmission expansion plans for remote generation plants. The future Kaiparowits coal-fired plant located in Southern Utah is used as the case study to evaluate dynamic system performance, subsynchronous resonance, economics, and transmission system reliability. The reliability analysis outlines a comparison of AC versus DC transmission system reliability and quantifies the results in terms of economics. Because of the difficulties involved with the comparison of transmission alternatives from a reliability standpoint--especially when comparing AC and DC alternatives, a conventional generation resource reliability program has been applied in a new manner to quantitatively assess transmission reliability. This is a departure from standard transmission planning practice and is the basic significance of this paper.

• Research Organization: Southern California Edison Co., Rosemead
• OSTI ID: 7239617
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Power Appar. Syst.; (United States) Journal Volume: PAS-95:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

200301* -- Power Transmission & Distribution-- AC Systems
EHV & UHV-- (-1989)
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24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
AC SYSTEMS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DC SYSTEMS
ECONOMICS
EHV AC SYSTEMS
EHV DC SYSTEMS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
NORTH AMERICA
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
POWER PLANTS
POWER SYSTEMS
RELIABILITY
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
USA
UTAH