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PowerSouth Lowman AC/DC Essential Voltage System
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Essential Voltage System Original Design Weaknesses Event Report New Design
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Original Design Overview
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Original Design Weaknesses Manual operation Break-before-make switching Lack of redundancy Lack of Data/Alarms
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480V Emergency Section Manual breaker operation with Kirk-key interface
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Diesel Generator No adequate PM testing on Diesel Generator
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Chargers/Batteries Single point of failure with one charger
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Inverters Single point of failure with one inverter feeding primary and secondary control power in some areas
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Event Report
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Event Recap Normal operation Unit 2 charger is impaired with no direct alarming
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Event Recap (cont.) Batteries become depleted Switchgear relaying begins to alarm
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Event Recap (cont.) Standby Charger was swapped to Unit 2 DC breaker from Standby Charger tripped numerous times
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Event Recap (cont.) AC Switchgear not able to transfer to station service No DC power Turbine Trips and spins down without adequate lube or seal oil supply.
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Rotor/Bearing Damage
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Hydrogen Seal Casing Damage
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Need for Improvement Safety Reliability Adequate feedback Automated operation where possible Redundancy
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Upgraded System Overview
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480V Automatic Transfer Normal Feed Emergency Feed
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480V Automatic Transfer Switch
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480V Paralleling Switchgear 480V Paralleling SWGR
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Diesel Generator/ Paralleling Switchgear Protective Relay Sync Indication Unit 2 Feed Unit 3 Feed Diesel Gen Feed
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350kW Diesel Generator
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Redundant Charging with Standby Utility Fed Charger Emer. Fed Charger Unit 2 Batteries Standby
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Battery Chargers Unit 3 Chargers Unit 2 Chargers Standby Charger
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Batteries Unit 3 Batteries Standby Batteries Unit 2 Batteries
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DC Switchboard/Distribution
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DC Switchboard Unit 2 Battery Breaker 2A Charger Feed 2B Charger Feed
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Dual Inverters Inverter 2A Inverter 2B
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Dual Inverters Inverter 2A Inverter 2B Inverter 3A Inverter 3B
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120V Essential Power Transformers 120V Essential Power Transformer 2A 120V Essential Power Transformer 2B
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Control Screen
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DC Voltage Visual
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Critical Event Response Open
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