Substations

CIGRE Study Committee B3 is responsible for the design, construction, maintenance and ongoing management of substations and for electrical installation in power stations, excluding generators. SC B3 serves a broad range of target groups in the Electric Power Industry whose needs include the technical, economic, environmental and social considerations of this scope in varying degrees. Major objectives include increased reliability and availability, asset management, environmental impact containment, and the adoption of appropriate technological advances in equipment and systems to achieve these objectives. Terry Krieg was born in Gawler, South Australia, where he currently resides. He studied electrical engineering at the University of South Australia following a Certificate of Electrical Engineering and an apprenticeship as an Electrical Instrument Maker. He was appointed Chairman of the CIGRE Substation Study Committee B3 (Substations) in 2012. In a career that spans more than 40 years in the power sector, he has held senior management and technical positions at a number of Australian power utilities in generation, transmission, and distribution, where he led the introduction of new approaches to maintenance, substation design standardization, online condition monitoring, asset management, and risk management. He has held senior technical roles including major substation design, test and commissioning, condition monitoring, high voltage, and diagnostic testing of high voltage network plant. An honors (first class) graduate of the University of South Australia (Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical), he is also a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia (FIEAust) and a Registered Professional Engineer Queensland (RPEQ). He is an endorsed assessor for the asset management specification BSi PAS-55:2008 and, as a consultant, assists companies to develop asset management practices aligned to ISO 55000. In addition, Terry is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has presented more than 45 engineering and management papers and keynote addresses on aspects of substations, strategic asset management, diagnostics and monitoring, and the management of power networks to a number of international industry conferences and events.

Introduction.- Planning and Concept.- Air-Insulated Substations.- Gas-Insulated Substations.- Mixed Technology Switchgear Substations and Gas Insulated Lines.- UHV and Offshore Substations.- Secondary Installations.- Environmental Impact of and on Substations.- Substation Management Issues.- Future Trends.