FORUM 2010

Dublin, Ireland

October 18-19, by invitation of our host ESBI

Venue: hotel Davenport at Merrion Sq.

 

REPORT

Monday 18th October

 9:00 Introduction by ESBI

9:30   Voltage and current limits and upgrade of substation in general

10:30 Break

11:00    Knowledge management / transfer

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Health index and importance index

15:00 Break

15:30 Continuation

17:00  Dynamic resistance working group

18:00 End of the work day

19:00 Social gathering followed by

20:00 Dinner hosted by ESB Networks and EirGrid

Tuesday 19th October

8:30         Collection of failure reports, Failure modes

10:30 Break

11:00     Private stations – grid code

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Presentation on flooding + copper theft

15:00 Break

15:30 Strategic issues for the AMforum

16:30 end of the FORUM   

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QUESTIONS to answer:

Knowledge management / transfer

How does your company:

•          Arrange preserving knowledge

•          Deal with loss of knowledge?

•          Internal information flow / circulation / access / knowledge-base

•          Training and development program for engineers

•          Official collaboration with university

•          Imposing restriction on sharing knowledge (intellectual property)

 

Health index and importance index

•  How do you create them – what information used

•  How do you use them

•  How do you defend them

 

Voltage and current limits and upgrade of substation in general

•  What is your company policy regarding higher operating voltages than rated

•  Current overloads – and upgrades

•  How do you evaluate the real limits of equipment

•  Evaluation of supporting structure

•  If you do not upgrade how do you manage the risk

Private stations – grid code

•  What is included in the Grid code and private substation connection to the grid (wind-farm and solar + industrial)

• Contracts with private organizations for above?

• What should be there?

• Commissioning procedure

 

Collection of failure reports AMforum and Failure modes

• Known failure modes of suspect  transmission station equipment.
  An example is the danger of porcelain instrument transformers exploding, health and safety, exclusion zones, collateral damage, HR etc.
   

Presentation on flooding,  ESBI
 

Copper theft, RTE

 

The O'Callaghan Davenport Hotel is a traditional elegant hotel with a historic facade that dates back to 1863. The Davenport is a well known Dublin landmark located in central Dublin 2 within strolling distance of Grafton Street, Merrion Square and Trinity College.