A risk evaluation based approach to replacement strategy of aged HVDC components and its application at BCTC

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1834-1840

  Li, Wenyuan ^a   Choudhury, Paul ^a   Gillespie, Don ^a   Jue, Joseph ^a  

^a British Columbia Transmission Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging failures; HVDC system; Power system reliability; Replacement strategy; Risk evaluation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CABLES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; POWER TRANSMISSION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEGRAPH;

AGING FAILURES; HVDC SYSTEM; POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY; REPLACEMENT STRATEGY; RISK EVALUATION;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 55149113244     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2007.899280     Document Type: Article

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