L b / O C H DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM RELIABILITY ASSESMENT AND TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVEMENT. A dissertation submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science by A.D. JANAKI RUPASINGHA LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA, SRI LANKA MORATUWA Supervised by: Prof. Ranjit Perera 6 Z \ 3 < Department of Electrical Engineering University of Moratuwa , Sri Lanka April 2008 University ot Moratuwa 91261 91281 DECLARATION The work submitted in this dissertation in the result of my own investigation, except where otherwise stated. It has not already been accepted for any degree and is also not being concurrently submitted for any other degree A.Dj^J^fpSsTngha Date:08/04/2008 I endorse the declaration by the candidate. Prof. Ranjit Perera ABSTRACT Although reliability indices were introduced in the past as Key Performance Indicators to gauge the activities of electricity utilities, reliability studies on electricity network are rarely carried out to determine what improvements can be made in the future. The data collected in the past has been only used for manual calculation of reliability indices in the various operating divisions with no attempts made to study & effect improvements based on them. This study focused on the following, • A study of the sustained failure indices such as SAIDI & SAIFI making use of the SynerGEE software package for medium voltage distribution network, as an initial computation of indices. • Comparison of the results with values for reliability indices obtained in practice using past data from operating divisions & their system control centres in the CEB. • Identification and selection of mitigation techniques in Kalpitiya that is a heavily salt polluted area of the North Western province of Sri Lanka. • Analysis of the effectiveness of the selected mitigation techniques to improve the reliability level in the Kalpitiya area and a financial analysis to justify the viability of the project. • Proposing methods for reliability improvement, such as better maintenance practices, policies, augmentation of lines and improvement of switching arrangements. ii The tool available in the SynerGEE software package for reliability calculation in the distribution network has not been used effectively in the past for calculations and mitigation planning purposes due to unavailability of proper data base. In this study the SynerGEE software package has been used to calculate the sustained failure indices such as SAIDI and SAIFI for the medium voltage distribution network of the North Western Province initially with mitigation techniques applied. Further it is recommended that similar studies are conducted in other areas of the CEB as well and techniques applied to critical regions with much benefit to be derived in the future. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First I thank very much Prof. Ranjit Perera without whose guidance, support and encouragement, beyond his role of project supervisor this achievement would not be end with this final dissertation successfully. I take this opportunity to extend my sincere thanks to Mr. Lalith Fernando -DGM (Planning & Development)-Rl, Mr. S.R.K. Gamage- CE (Planning) -R1 & Dr. Wijekoon-CE (Planning)-R3 for encouraging me to carry out this project.. I also thank Mr.A.C.S Wijethilaka- System Planning Engineer (NWP), Mr Kapila Weerasuriya-CE(Development),Mr. A.K. Dayaparendran, Mr.W.S. Silva, Mr Kamal Perera in the Distribution Planning Branch, Region 1, for facilitation me with the necessary data and the information. It is a great pleasure to remember the kind cooperation of all colleagues in Post Graduate programme and all family members for backing me from start to end of this course. iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AAC- All Aluminum Alloy Conductors ABS- Air Break Switch ACSR-Aluminum Conductor with steel reinforcement AR- Auto Reclosure CAIDI-Customer Average Interruption Duration Index CAIFI-Customer Average Interruption Frequency Index CSC- Consumer Service Centre DDLO- Drop Down Lift Off DGM- Deputy General Manager GDP- Gross Domestic Product GSS- Grid Sub Station HT - High Tension LBS- Load Break Switch LT - Low Tension GSS- Grid Power Station NWP- North Western Province PSS- Primary Substation SAIDI-System Average Interruption Duration Index SAIFI-System Average Interruption Frequency Index SIN-Substation Identification Number SIR -Silicon Rubber CONTENTS Declaration i Abstract ii Acknowledgement iii Abbreviation iv List of Figures viii List of tables ix 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Motivation 2 1.3 Objective 3 1.4 Scope of work 3 1.5 SynerGEE Software Package 4 2 Distribution System Reliability in NWP of Sri Lanka. 2.1 NWP Province 6 2.2 Electricity Distribution Network of NWP 6 2.3 Reliability Assessment for NWP Province 8 2.4 Average Reliability Indices for Year 2005 & 2006 10 2.5 Causes for system outages 11 2.6 Feeder tripping details 18 3 Methodology 3.1 Updating the map of MV distribution network 22 3.2 Data collection 23 3.3 Data analysis and Calculation 25 3.4 Modelling the network in SynerGEE 28 3.5 Assigning in put data to the digitized model 29 3.6 Reliability analysis 30 vi 4 Calculation Exposure zone reliability and Effectiveness of the mitigation techniques 4.1 Exposure Zone Reliability estimation 32 4.2 Quantification of the effectiveness of the mitigation 38 techniques 5 Frequently Repeated Breakdowns in MV Distribution network and Solutions for them 5.1 DDLO without having minimum clearance 41 5.2 MV Breakdowns due to way-leaves 41 5.3 Improper connection of HT jumpers 42 5.4 Jumper connection without allowable clearance 43 5.5 Corrosion of concrete poles in coastal areas 43 5.6 Sagged MV line touching LT poles 44 5.7 Improper Electrical Connections 45 5.8 HT or LT conductors are not tensioned properly 45 5.9 Insulator pollution 45 5.10 Usage of incorrect fuse size 45 5.11 High earth impedance at substations 47 5.12 Two HT circuits are drawn on the some poles 47 6 Result and Analysis 6.1 Analysis of the Result obtained from the SynerGEE reliability 50 tool 6.2 Case Study ( Selected Mitigation Technique) 55 7 Conclusion and Recommendation 7.1 Conclusion and discussion 64 7.2 Proposals for Improvement of the network 65 vii References 7 4 Annexure Annexure 2.1 The map of Electricity Distribution Network of NWP 75 Annexure 2.2 The definitions of the reliability indices 76 Annexure 3.1 A performance report about daily functions of each 77 CSC Annexure 3.2 Daily report on 33kV feeder trippings 79 Annexure 3.3 Summery report of failures 80 Annexure 3.4- HT breakdowns/failures recorded at the DCC 84 Annexure 3.5 Sin numbers and the number of customers assigned 87 to sub stations Annexure 4.1 Questionnaire prepared to distribute among the 90 consumers Annexure 6.1 Co-relation between rainfall and operation frequency 91 of HT DDLO Annexure 6.2 Puttalam- Kalpitiya Feeder 92 List of Figures Figure 2.1 Analysis of recorded outages 9 Figure 2.2 Percentage of effected consumers due to different outage categories 9 Figure 2.3 Percentage of consumer hours lost due to different outage categories 10 Figure 2.4 Analysis of LT faults 12 Figure 2.5 Identified reasons for LT failures reported to each CSC 14 Figure 2.6 Restoring time vs. percentage of LT faults reported 15 Figure 2.7 HT faults reported in 2005 15 Figure 2.8 Identified reasons for HT failures reported each CSC 17 Figure 2.9 Restoring time vs. percentage of HT faults reported 18 Figure 2.10 Fault rate vs. percentage of total circuits 21 Figure 4.1 Frequency Distribution of M V power failure of the selected area 35 Figure 4.2 Frequency Distribution of M V power failure of the selected area 36 Figure 5.1 Incorrectly fixed DDLOs 41 Figure 5.2 Tree branches touching M V conductors 42 Figure 5.3 Improper electrical connections 42 Figure 5.4 Jumper connections without allowable clearance with cross arms 43 Figure 5.5 Corroded concrete poles at coastal areas 44 Figure 5.6 Sagged M V Line touch on LT pole 44 Figure 5.7 Improper Electrical connections 45 Figure 5.8 Damaged DDLO fuse bases 46 Figure 5.9 Untidy connections of transformer tail wires 48 Figure 5.10 Damaged L T fuse bases 48 IX List of Tables Table 2.1 M V distribution facilities at the end of 2006 7 Table 2.2 Network details of each area at the end of year 2006 8 Table 2.3 Summary of the annual average event - 2005 & 2006 8 Table 2.4 Reliability indices of N W P network for year 2005 & 2006 11 Table 2.5 Contribution from the transmission & distribution network to reliability indices 11 Table 2.6 Summary of Average L T breakdown details for year 2005 & 2006 12 Table 2.7 Summary of HT breakdown details 16 Table 2.8 Summary of feeder tripping details 18 Table 2.9 Fault rate of each feeder 19 Table 3.1 Breakdown categories 25 Table 3.2 Equipment failure rates and repair time assigned for the model 27 Table 3.3 Letter allocation of sin number for the areas & CSCs 30 Table 4.1 Summarize result of the survey 34 Table 4.2 Cut set of average time taken to restore the power supply 36 Table 4.3 Reliability indices for Exposure Zones 38 Table 4.4 Mitigation zones and their effectiveness 39 Table 6.1 Result from SynerGEE Software package 50 Table 6.2 Table of comparison between the feeders of N W P 53 Table 6.3 SAIDI & SAIFI comparison Table 54 Table 6.4 Comparison of general capabilities of Insulators 57 Table 6.5 SAIDI & SAIFI comparison with both type of insulators 58 x Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background The reliability studies on power systems are very important in order to take decisions to develop & rehabilitate the power system to produce a satisfactory service to customers. Much consideration has been given in all countries to improve the reliability of power systems since it has an immense impact on economy of each country. A reliability study committee was appointed several years ago to study and recommend measures to be taken to improve power system reliability & power quality in the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB ) which is the main electricity utility responsible for most of Generation, Transmission & most of distribution of the electricity in the country. Based on the recommendation of the committee the monitoring of reliability indices, System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI), Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI) & Customer Average Interruption Frequency Index (CAIFI) were started at the provincial level by the system planning engineers. However, due to various reasons this attempt to monitor the reliability indices was not successful. The required data relevant to the failures were recorded in registers at the Distribution control centres that carried details of power outages & scheduled interruptions along with their reasons. However these data are not used for reliability improvement due to improper data recording, inaccurate data etc. Thus this indicates that extensive work has to be carried out in the future to improve the scheduled maintenance programme to reduce the supply breakdowns and to enhance protection and fault isolation techniques with proper identification of the fault rectification and supply restoration. The objective was to minimize the losses due to unserved energy at the same time improving the service to customers. There are two major approaches to reliability assessment and prediction: 1.2.1) Traditional methods based on probabilistic assessment of field data. 1.2.2) Methods based on the analysis of failure mechanisms and physics of failure. This study is particularly based on the 2nd method which is more accurate and useful for failure analysis and finding reasons for failures. The SyenerGEE software package used in this study is also based on the 2nd Method. The study has been confined to the North western Province ( NWP) of the CEB and it includes calculation of the sustained failure indices SAIDI & SAIFI aimed at estimating the reliability to customers in the province In this project, failure rates and equipment repair times were calculated based on the previous data collected from the provincial control centre of NWP for 2 years and failure rates and equipment repair rates that were calculated for each consumer service centre individually. It was observed that it is fair to calculate them individually due to the following reasons. Failure rates for the equipment heavily depend on • geographical location of installation • Effectiveness of the mitigation techniques • Influence of the animals such as birds, Monkeys and reptiles • Skill & Attitudes of the maintenance staff 1.2 Motivation The outcome of this reliability study will develop a methodology to evaluate reliability indices such as SAIDI, SAIFI & MAIFI using the SynerGEE software. They can be used as guidelines for proper planning of network expansions, 2 maintenance schedules and operating policies. As a distribution planning Engineer of CEB, the author was motivated to select this topic for her study due to above facts. The concept of reliability is considered as one of the priorities of Electricity utilities in order to improve customer satisfaction. The reliability improvement will help industries and the national economy attracting more investors participating in production process leading to employment generation in the country. 1.3 Objective The objectives of this study is to, • Calculate the reliability indices using SynerGEE software package for NWP and compare them with the manually calculated values based on the actual failures recorded by the Distribution Control Centre • Estimate the effectiveness of mitigation techniques • Make the recommendations for the reliability improvements 1.4 Scope of work SynerGEE software package has been used in the CEB for more than 4 years and tools are available to calculate the SAIDI & SAIFI reliability indices although these tools have not been used effectively for the network planning. Tools available in SynerGEE to analyse the system reliability have been studied and it is required to carry out the following activities to run the reliability option in SynerGEE software package. Following activities are carried out to model the network and to perform the reliability study using SynerGEE Software. (1) Updating MV distributions maps of North western Province. (2) Data collection- Equipment failure data , number of consumers for each substation, MV Failures and their causes, data required to calculate failure 3 rates for exposure Zones & to calculate the effectiveness of mitigation techniques. (3) Data analysis and calculation-categorized the data to calculate the failure rates and repair time for the equipments (4) Modelling the MV distribution network in SynerGEE and assigning the failure rates and their repair time to the switch gear. (5) Assigning in put data to digitized model • Input data for equipment • Input data for substation transformers • Input data for exposure/mitigation zones (6) Run the Reliability Analysis in SynerGEE. (7) Proposing reliability improvements to network. 1.5 SynerGEE Software Package. Reliability is one of a tool available in SynerGEE Software Package to estimate the power system reliability [8], SynerGEE Reliability is a comprehensive package to aid in the simulation and analysis of distribution system reliability. Delivered on the SynerGEE platform, it is a powerful tool for investigating root-cause and configuration effects on system and customer level reliability. SynerGEE Reliability brings you the following features and characteristics: • Zone-based failure rates, repair times, and repair costs with provisions for single- or three-phase lines • Use of failure rates based on historical outages • In depth root-cause analysis • Comprehensive and detailed switching models • By-phase analysis • By-cause analysis • Sectionalizing, reclosing, pickup • Capacity evaluation 4 • Unlimited and customizable causes • Failure rates by category and subcategory • Mitigation over multiple subcategories • Comprehensive contingency-based interruption, switching, and pickup plans • By-phase analysis and results reporting • Handling of automatic switches and auto-transfer switches Reliability metrics indicate how well a utility serves its customers. More specifically, they indicate the value that customers realize through their current service. Since quality of service is basic to the long-term health of any utility, reliability metrics are a fundamental concern of engineers, managers, and executives alike. These metrics often affect financial decisions related to long-range and business planning. In addition, as movements toward deregulation and open competition continue, issues of distribution system reliability become even more important. 5 Chapter 2 Distribution System Reliability in NWP of Sri Lanka. 2.1 North Western Province (NWP) NWP comprises of Puttalam and Kurunegala Districts. For administration purposes the NWP is divided into 19 AGA divisions. The total land area is 7756 sq. km. The total population in 2004 is 2.18 million. North Western province is one of the fastest developing provinces in Sri Lanka. Where Sri Lankan transport network is concerned many routes linking Northern and Central provinces with the city of Colombo pass through the NWP. As a result the province has a fast economic growth and geographical diversity that has promoted different type of industries established within the province. Agriculture is the main income generator of NWP. Paddy and Coconut based industries are very common. Since the western boundary is demarcated by the sea, several fishery based industries and salt extraction industries have been established over the past. Tourism is a key industry in the coastal belt from Wennappuwa, to Kalpitiya. Several historical ruin kingdoms such as Paduwasnuwara, Yapahuwa etc. and large lakes such as Magalle, Thabbowa etc. and Wilpattu national park are some of the tourist attraction in NWP. Few industries based on minerals such as clay, sand and graphite are located at certain parts of NWP. Large-scale manufacturing industries are established at several Free Trade Zones located at Makendura, Badalgama and Polgahawela. Hence, NWP is providing high contribution for the economic development of Sri Lanka. GDP contribution from NWP is 231,975 million Rupees [13 ] 2.2 Electricity Distribution Network of NWP MV network of NWP is fed by five 132/33kV Grid Substations located at Puttalam, Madampe, Mallawapitya, Bolawatta and Thulhiriya. The map of Electricity Distribution Network of NWP is given in Annexure 2.1. The MV distribution is mainly carried out at 33kV except at Kurunegala city limits and coastal belt of Wennappuwa and Chilaw areas. To facilitate medium 6 voltage distribution and to improve the supply reliability of distribution net work in Kurunegala City is carried out at l lkV. In the costal areas designed for 33kV overhead lines are energized at l l k V to minimize the frequent failures due to salt contamination on line insulators. Bare Aluminum conductors ACSR or AAC is used for MV distribution. 33kV distribution is done with Lynx or ELM double circuit express lines from grid substation up to gantries and several Racoon distributors are used from gantries to the distribution transformers. At gantries Auto reclosure are connected to avoid entire feeder tripping due to transient faults. Air break switches are used to sectionalize the MV circuit. Over current and earth fault protection is provided at Grid substation for 33kV feeders. At mid points of MV lines, DDLO switches are used to ensure the isolation of the exact section during the faults. The distribution facilities of NWP MV network are presented in Table 2.1. Table 2.1: MV distribution facilities at the end of 2006 Item Unit Available Installed Quantity LBS / ABS Nos. 165 Auto Re-Closure Nos. 31 Primary S/S Man/Unman Nos. 01/15 Gantry Nos. 17 Boundary Meter Nos. 12 Capacitor Bank Nos. 5 Distribution S/S Km i. 33kV LT 1913 i i . l lkV LT 300 33kV O/H Km 2711.5 33kV U/G Km 0.12 l lkV O/H Km 275.4 The LV distribution system is 400V, 3 phase, and 4-wire. Bare Aluminum conductors are commonly used for LT distribution but insulated bundle conductors are also used in highly congested areas. Distribution transformer capacity is not allowed to exceed 160kVA other than city in _ 7 limits. Maximum LT feeder length is limited to 1.8km to ensure the stipulated voltage at the feeder end. MV and LV network details of each NWP Area is presented in Table 2.2 Table 2.2: Network Details of each Area at the end of year 2006 [4] Area Consumers Substations LT lines/km HT Lines/km Kuliyapitiya 101288 440 3365 547 Kurunegala 95065 458 2207 532 Chilaw 98034 592 4121 891 Wariyapola 77638 390 2866 769 Wennappuwa 61525 333 1284 248 Total 433,530 2213 13843 2987 2.3 Reliability Assessment for NWP Province Distribution Planning group of region 1 of CEB has started collecting data related to LT & HT break downs failures since 2005 and data are currently available to evaluate reliability of HT network system in NWP. Distribution planning group of region 1 has given a quantitative assessment of outages and sufficient attention has been given to reliability related issues. To collect the failure data of the distribution network, Provincial Control centre has been established in September 2004 at the DGM (NWP)'s office. The main objective was to monitor and analyse the daily performance of CSCs and thereby improving the supply reliability. Data have been taken from the Distribution Control Centre of NWP for the analysis given below. Table 2.3 shows the summery of the annual average events occurred during year 2005 & 2006 in NWP. Table 2.3: Summery of the annual average events -2005 & 2006 Outage Events Effected Consumer.hours Type Recorded Consumers Lost 1 HT Feeder tripping 77 744807 1561427.9 2 HT Breakdown 212 199001 492505.4 3 Interruptions 59 104739 526934.8 4 LT Breakdowns 2151 70855 341266.9 Definitions for the above mentioned outage types are given below HT Feeder Tripping - Entire HT feeder is tripped from the Grid substation. HT break down-HT breakdowns in MV distribution. Interruption- Scheduled interruptions in MV distribution system. LT breakdowns- Breakdown in low voltage distribution network. For the purpose of easy analysis recorded events, affected consumers and Consumer hours lost are pictorially presented in Figure 2.1, Figure 2.2 and Figure 2.3 respectively. Fig 2.1: Analysis of recorded outages Contribution of Each Outage Category on Total Reported Outage HT Feeder Breakdown tripping 9% 4% / Interrupptions 1% LT Breakdowns 86% Fig.2.2: Percentage of effected consumers due to different outage categories Contribution of Each Outage Category on Totally Reported Effected Consumers HT LT Breakdowns Breakdown 20% 43% **" m„ Interrupptions 4% tripping 33% 9 Fig:2.3: Percentage of consumer, hours lost due to different outage categories Contribution of Each Outage Category on total Consumer.hours lost LT Breakdowns 11% HT Breakdown 2 1 % Interrupptions 18% Feeder tripping 50% Above analysis clearly indicates that feeder trippings reported for year 2005 & 2006 are only 4% of the total outages but it affected as many as 33% of the consumers resulting in losses as much as 50% of the consumer hours. Therefore the main contribution to SAIDI values was from HT breakdown failures as the 33kV and l l k V outages affected thousands of customers. LV outages have limited impact and only a few hundred customers were affected by them. 2.4 Reliability Indices for Year 2005 & 2006 a) Assumptions Reliability indices are calculated based on the following assumptions: • Individual breakdowns related to service connection i.e. service wire, meter or cut-outs are not considered. • Feeder trippings of less than three minute duration due to transient faults are not considered. Calculated reliability indices based on the assumptions mentioned above are presented in table 2.4. The definitions of the reliability indices are given in the Annexure 2.2 10 Table 2.4: reliability indices of NWP network for year 2005 & 2006 Reliability Indices SAIDI/hrs SAIFI CAIDI CAIFI CIII ASAI HT Network Breakdown 53.2 11.8 4.5 0.0007853 1273 HT Scheduled Interruptions 13.3 1.0 13.1 0.0008739 1144 Entire HT Network 66.4 12.8 5.2 0.0007923 1262 99.2 LT Network 8.1 9.8 0.8 0.006466 155 99.9 Entire NWP Network 74.5 22.6 3.3 0.0032496 308 99.1 The generation and transmission failures in Sri lanka are relatively seldom and more frequent failures occurs in the 33kV MV distribution system and downwards. Table 2.5 shows the Transmission & medium voltage failure contribution to SAIDI 85 SAIFI indices in NWP for year 2006. Table 2.5: Contribution from the transmission and distribution network to reliability indices SAIDI/hrs SAIFI Contribution from the transmission failures 12 1.1 Contribution from the Distribution failures 62.5 22.6 2.5 Causes for system outages Summary of Average HT & LT breakdown reported to each CSC in the years 2005 & 2006 and judgements of CSC staff about the reasons for breakdown are given below. Apart from that feeder tripping details are also presented. 2.5.1 LT Breakdown details and identified reasons Average Percentage distribution of LT system faults reported in year 2005 is shown in Figure 2.4 11 Fig. 2.4: Analysis of LT faults LT faults reported in 2005 & 2006 Fuse Broken Conductor Broken 2% tf failures 0% 38% fifcaJ^ Service Pole Broken 0% mains 60% As shown in Fig.2.4, 60% of the reported faults are service main problems and 38% are due to the blown out fuses. Table 2.6 shows the summery of average LT breakdowns reported to each CSC during the year 2005. Table 2.6: Summery of Average LT breakdown details for year 2005 & 2006. Area CSC Servi ce Pole Fuse Conductor Transf . Tota l Name Mains Broken Blown Broken Failure s Chilaw Chilaw 5465 1 1410 27 1 6904 Madampe 1527 6 724 34 2 2293 Puttalam 5918 3 1367 54 3 7345 Kuliyapitiya Giriulla 1516 55 1860 196 0 3627 Kuliyapitiya 1873 16 2212 68 3 4172 Narammala 1260 4 1562 44 0 2870 Pannala 1741 11 1847 194 0 3793 Kurunegala Gokarella 1764 8 2466 79 0 4317 Mallawapitiya 1986 2 1720 4 1 3713 Pothuhera 2125 3 1109 18 1 3256 Town 2567 18 833 121 3 3542 Wariyapola Maho 1615 10 998 26 1 2650 Nikaweratiya 1678 2 882 53 3 2618 Wariyapola 2133 6 1689 20 3 3851 12 Wennappuwa Bolawatta 1311 6 913 22 5 2257 Nattandiya 1421 0 1400 3 2 2826 Wennappuwa 1738 8 949 4 5 2721 Total 37638 159 23941 984 33 62755 According to Table 2.6 massive number of service failures have been reported from Chilaw and Puttalam CSCs. When comparing with other breakdown categories service breakdowns are the most common type of breakdown. Identified reasons for LT breakdowns reported to each CSC are shown in Fig.2.5. It is observed that the reasons for breakdowns vary from CSC to CSC. As shown in Fig.2.5, way leaves is the main problem of LT failures of CSCs in Kurunegala and Kuliyapitiya Areas. However, aging of equipment installed in the network caused the large number of LT failures in Chilaw and Wennappuwa Areas. In average 66 numbers of LT fuses blow and 103 numbers of service breakdowns are reported in a day. 13 F ig 2 .5 Id en ti fi ed R ea so ns f or L T fa il ur es R ep or te d to E ac h C S C 1 0 0 % 80 % 60 % -j 40 % 20 % 1 0% • V eg ita tio n • B ra nc he s C om in g Fr om D is ta nc es • B ur nt J um pe rs a nd c on du ct or s • Lo os e Sp an s an d En ta lg en tm en t • C ra ck ed I ns ul at or s, L A , T /F b us hi ng s • D ue to a ni m al s an d B ird s • N on A vi la bi lit y of L T Pr ot ec tio n • A C B T ri pp in gs , F us es B lo w n • U G c ab le F au lt • C on su m er f au lt • Sa bo ta ge • A cc id en ts d ue to V eh ic le s • D ue to B ro ke n Po le s O T ra ns fo rm er F ai lu re s • B ur nt T ai lw ire s an d C ab le s • A gi ng o fF us es • B ad W ea th er P O th er s Fault clearing time vs proportion of total LT faults are plotted and shown in Fig.2.6. Fig. 2.6: Restoring time vs percentage of LT faults reported o 40 x: Percentage of LT breakdowns As shown in Fig.2.6, 50% of the LT faults are restored within 5 hours period. However, more than 24 hours were taken to rectify 20% of the LT breakdowns. These 20% mainly includes blown out LT fuses at remote locations. 2.5.2 Details of HT Breakdowns Percentage distribution of HT system faults reported in year 2005 is shown in Fig.2.7. Fig. 2.7: Analysis of HT faults HT Faults reported in 2 0 0 5 & 2006 Pole Jumper Broken problems Conduc tor 0% & Others Broken - Z,--- ' 5% 1% HT Fuse Blown 94% As shown in Fig.2.7, 94% of the reported faults are due to the blown out fuses and 5% are caused by improper jumper connections etc. 15 — " . ' Table 2.7 shows the summery of average HT breakdowns reported to each CSC and deports during the years 2005 8& 2006. Table 2.7: Summery of HT breakdown details Area CSC Name HT Fuse Blown Conductor Broken Pole Broken Jumper problems and others Total Chilaw Chilaw 129 3 1 5 138 Madampe 95 4 0 3 102 Puttalam 304 6 2 66 378 Kuliyapitiya Giriulla 214 4 1 9 228 Kuliyapitiya 126 9 0 8 143 Narammala 111 0 0 1 112 Pannala 152 1 1 2 156 Kurunegala Gokarella 246 6 4 44 300 Mallawapitiya 124 0 0 4 128 Pothuhera 152 3 1 5 161 Town 31 0 0 2 33 Wariyapola Maho 137 1 0 1 139 Nikaweratiya 129 1 0 0 130 Wariyapola 318 0 0 4 322 Wennappuwa Bolawatta 92 0 0 2 94 Nattandiya 53 0 0 0 53 Wennappuwa 38 0 0 1 39 Total 2451 38 10 157 2656 Reasons idenfied for HT failurers are given in illustrated in Fig.2.8. 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