Resilience of Electric Power Substation Equipment
MCEER researchers are working on a series of studies supported by $1.2 million from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the California Energy Commission (CEC). The research will continue a long-time MCEER focus on the seismic resilience of electric power substation equipment. The projects are led by Andrei Reinhorn, in collaboration with Andre Filiatrault and Michael Constantinou. They also include a project advisory committee comprising industry participants that will provide continuing guidance to the research program.
Individual Projects
Individual projects will focus on the following:
- Evaluation and Improvement of Substation Equipment, specifically transformers – to include computational finite element modeling of substation transformers, and the testing of composite post insulators. This project is funded by BPA.
- Improved Seismic Performance of Transformer Bushings – to experimentally evaluate high-voltage transformer-bushing interaction and enable their future analysis and physical seismic qualification. Current IEEE 693 qualification procedures consider both the bushing and the transformer, but fail to recognize the interaction between the two. This project is funded by the CEC.
- Reducing Disruption of Power Systems in Earthquakes – to develop and execute a multi-year research program to improve seismic protection of substation equipment through development of advanced methods for protecting substation equipment. This project is funded by BPA.
Workshops
Earthquake Response of Substation Equipment
October 24, 2008 | Buffalo, New York
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Working Group IEEE 693 Fall Meeting
October 22-23, 2008 | Buffalo, New York
Reports
Articles from MCEER's Research Progress and Accomplishments Volumes
Seismic Perfrmance Analysis of Electric Power Systems (1997-1999) (PDF 0.58 MB)
Masanobu Shinozuka, Tsen-Chung Cheng, Maria Q. Feng and Sheng-Taur Mau
Advances in Seismic Performance Evaluation of Power Systems (2001-2003) (PDF 4.52 MB)
Masanobu Shinozuka, Maria Feng, Xuejiang Dong, Stephanie Chang, Tsen-Chung Cheng, Xianhe Jin and M. Ala Saadeghvaziri
Experimental and Analytical Study of Base-Isolation for Electric Power Equipments (2000-2001) (PDF 0.58 MB)
M. Ala Saadeghvaziri and Maria Q. Feng
MCEER Bulletin Articles
MCEER Establishes Electrical Utility Consortium (Spring 2005)
Articles from MCEER's Student Research Progress and Accomplishments Volumes
Issues of Seismic Response and Retrofit for Critical Substation Equipment (2002-2003) (PDF 0.62 MB)
Ali Ashraf, New Jersey Institute of Technology; advisor: M. Ala Saadeghvaziri
Analytical Study on Rehabilitation of Critical Electric Power System Components (2001-2002) (PDF 0.25 MB)
Seyed Ai Ashrafi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; advisor: M. Ala Saadeghvaziri
Estimating Indirect Economic Losses from Electricity Lifeline Disruption Following Catastrophic Earthquake in Memphis, TN. (2000-2001) (PDF 0.13 MB)
Gauri-Shankar Guha, Pennsylvania State University
Student Research Posters
Seismic Design and Rehabilitation Strategies for Power Systems with Considerations to Other Extreme Events (2006) (PDF 2.31 MB)
Navid H. Allahverdi Pur; New Jersey Institute of Technology; advisor: M. Saadeghvaziri
Qualification Test of 230kV Vertical-Break Disconnect Switch System (2006) (PDF 4.84 MB)
D. Kong; University at Buffalo; investigators: A.M. Reinhorn; A. Filiatrault; A. Schiff
Analytical Study on Rehabilitation of Critical Electric Power System Components (2005) (PDF 0.37 MB)
Navid H. Allahverdi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; advisor: M. Ala Saadeghvaziri
Post-Earthquake Restoration Modeling for Electric Power Systems (PDF 2.84 MB)
Zehra Cagnan, Cornell University; advisor: Rachel Davidson
Seismic performance measures for Water and Electric Power Systems (2005) (PDF 3.95 MB)
Sanjay Coelho, University of British Columbia; advisor: Stephanie Chang
Two-Dimensional Shaking Table Test of Transformer Bushing with Seismic Isolation Device (2005) (PDF 3.3 MB)
Thu Pham, University of California at Irvine; advisor: Maria Feng
