Outages of electric power supply resulting from cable failures Boston Edison Company system
Factual data are provided regarding 5 electric power supply interruptions that occurred in the Boston Metropolitan area during April to June, 1979. Common to all of these outages was the failure of an underground cable as the initiating event, followed by multiple equipment failures. There was signi...
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ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc1061837 2023-05-15T17:34:29+02:00 Outages of electric power supply resulting from cable failures Boston Edison Company system 1980-07-01 Pages: 198 Text https://doi.org/10.2172/5083196 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1061837/ English eng Commonwealth Associates, Inc., Jackson, MI (USA) rep-no: DOE/RG/06674-01 grantno: AC01-78RG06674 doi:10.2172/5083196 osti: 5083196 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1061837/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc1061837 Hvac Systems Massachusetts Outages Power Systems Electrical Equipment Usa 200301* -- Power Transmission & Distribution-- Ac Systems Ehv & Uhv-- (-1989) Hvdc Systems North Atlantic Region Failures Ac Systems Power Distribution Power Transmission Cables Dc Systems 200302 -- Power Transmission & Distribution-- Dc Systems-- (1989-) Electric Cables 24 Power Transmission And Distribution Equipment North America Underground Power Transmission Urban Areas Conductor Devices Report 1980 ftunivnotexas https://doi.org/10.2172/5083196 2018-01-27T23:09:25Z Factual data are provided regarding 5 electric power supply interruptions that occurred in the Boston Metropolitan area during April to June, 1979. Common to all of these outages was the failure of an underground cable as the initiating event, followed by multiple equipment failures. There was significant variation in the voltage ratings and types of cables which failed. The investigation was unable to delineate a single specific Boston Edison design operating or maintenance practice that could be cited as the cause of the outages. After reviewing the investigative report the following actions were recommended: the development and implementation of a plan to eliminate the direct current cable network; develop a network outage restoration plan; regroup primary feeder cables wherever possible to minimize the number of circuits in manholes, and to separate feeders to high load density areas; develop a program to detect incipient cable faults; evaluate the separation of the north and south sections of Back Bay network into separate networks; and, as a minimum, install the necessary facilities to make it possible to re-energize one section without interfering with the other; and re-evaluate the cathodic protection scheme where necessary. (LCL) Report North Atlantic University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library Back Bay ENVELOPE(-67.000,-67.000,-68.183,-68.183) |
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Hvac Systems Massachusetts Outages Power Systems Electrical Equipment Usa 200301* -- Power Transmission & Distribution-- Ac Systems Ehv & Uhv-- (-1989) Hvdc Systems North Atlantic Region Failures Ac Systems Power Distribution Power Transmission Cables Dc Systems 200302 -- Power Transmission & Distribution-- Dc Systems-- (1989-) Electric Cables 24 Power Transmission And Distribution Equipment North America Underground Power Transmission Urban Areas Conductor Devices Outages of electric power supply resulting from cable failures Boston Edison Company system |
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Hvac Systems Massachusetts Outages Power Systems Electrical Equipment Usa 200301* -- Power Transmission & Distribution-- Ac Systems Ehv & Uhv-- (-1989) Hvdc Systems North Atlantic Region Failures Ac Systems Power Distribution Power Transmission Cables Dc Systems 200302 -- Power Transmission & Distribution-- Dc Systems-- (1989-) Electric Cables 24 Power Transmission And Distribution Equipment North America Underground Power Transmission Urban Areas Conductor Devices |
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Factual data are provided regarding 5 electric power supply interruptions that occurred in the Boston Metropolitan area during April to June, 1979. Common to all of these outages was the failure of an underground cable as the initiating event, followed by multiple equipment failures. There was significant variation in the voltage ratings and types of cables which failed. The investigation was unable to delineate a single specific Boston Edison design operating or maintenance practice that could be cited as the cause of the outages. After reviewing the investigative report the following actions were recommended: the development and implementation of a plan to eliminate the direct current cable network; develop a network outage restoration plan; regroup primary feeder cables wherever possible to minimize the number of circuits in manholes, and to separate feeders to high load density areas; develop a program to detect incipient cable faults; evaluate the separation of the north and south sections of Back Bay network into separate networks; and, as a minimum, install the necessary facilities to make it possible to re-energize one section without interfering with the other; and re-evaluate the cathodic protection scheme where necessary. (LCL) |
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Outages of electric power supply resulting from cable failures Boston Edison Company system |
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Outages of electric power supply resulting from cable failures Boston Edison Company system |
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Outages of electric power supply resulting from cable failures Boston Edison Company system |
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Commonwealth Associates, Inc., Jackson, MI (USA) |
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1980 |
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