NDLI: Eliminating hurricane-induced storm surge damage to electric utilities via in-place elevation of substation structures and equipment

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Baker, Joseph W.
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Author affiliation: DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations, 4725 Highway 28 East, Pineville, Louisiana, USA (Baker, Joseph W.)
Abstract	When coastal communities suffer the consequences of multiple “hundred year” tropical storms within the span of just a few years, electric utilities must take action to increase the resistive strength of their system's operating assets to the destructive forces of these storms. This paper will describe a cost-effective storm hardening technique — elevating in place an existing high profile distribution substation — that has been employed to mitigate damage caused by hurricane-induced storm surge flood waters to existing electric power transmission and distribution substation equipment, all while avoiding disruption of power to the communities serviced by the utility. This paper will examine (1) the process by which the structural engineering and technical obstacles were identified at the onset of the project and (2) how the details of these challenges were overcome in a collaborative team approach involving the electric utility and two specialty contractors. Finally, this paper will examine (3) the results of the in-place substation elevation approach compared to the stated objectives of the project.
Sponsorship	IEEE Power & Energy Soc.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	5
File Size	468993
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479936564
ISSN	21608563
DOI	10.1109/TDC.2014.6863459
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-04-14
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Substations Hurricanes Storms Surges Sea measurements Power industry Floods Project Management High Voltage Techniques Structural Engineering Engineering Drawings
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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