DHS releases final Recovery Transformer report
USA, Washington, D.C.: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has announced the completion of its Recovery Transformer (RecX) program and published a final report that contains lessons learned, evaluations, and considerations for a spare transformer strategy to support the U.S. national electric grid.
USA, Washington, D.C.: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has announced the completion of its Recovery Transformer (RecX) program and published a final report that contains lessons learned, evaluations, and considerations for a spare transformer strategy to support the U.S. national electric grid.
RecX is a mobile spare extra high voltage (EHV) transformer designed to be rapidly deployed in the event of a transformer failure, whose prototype has been developed by ABB and the Electric Power Research Institute, reports Newswise.
The use of RecX reduces the time needed to transport, install, and energize the equipment from the typical 8-12 weeks to less than six days.
The RecX final report discusses functional specifications for recovery transformers, evaluation of existing spare transformer strategies, and considerations for developing new ones, and should serve as the initial foundation of the U.S. national spare transformer strategy.
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