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This paper discusses important decisionmaking criteria for developing and enhancing electrical maintenance programs. Although these concepts can be applied to virtually any type of equipment maintenance, this paper focuses primarily on the maintenance of electrical equipment such as transformers, generators, motors, and power cables.

• Conceptual reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)
• Condition-based maintenance
• Technical and financial advantages of RCM over preventive maintenance
• Mathematical models used to illustrate trending and life prediction

This paper will discuss the condition monitoring (CM) inspection and testing program acceptable for compliance with the Commission’s regulations for condition monitoring of safety-related cables in nuclear power plants.

Attendees will learn:

• Elements of a CM inspection and testing program
• How these elements can be used to detect, quantify, and monitor the status of aging mechanisms
• How to ensure compliance with Commission regulations

Alternative dielectric fluids were initially developed as replacements for PCBs because of safety and environmental concerns associated with PCBs. Natural esters, fluids based on vegetable oils, are both biodegradable and have flashpoints above 300ºC, so they meet both safety and environmental concerns.

Attendees will learn:

• Physical and chemical properties of natural esters
• Differences between mineral oils and natural esters
• Updated dissolved gas analysis (DGA) of natural esters

Correct transformer oil testing is essential to condition assessment of the equipment under test.

Attendees will learn:

• Different aspects of sample requests, sampling, analysis, data transfer, data analysis and review
• How Web-based technologies support information chain of custody and integration
• Correct, step-by-step procedures to ensure accurate results

The ever present emphasis on technological efficiency is just one of several forces behind the pressure on companies to “go green” despite a trying economy. This seminar will cover aspects of technology used to determine whether a motor should be replaced or repaired.

Attendees will learn how to assess:

• Motor components
• Environmental factors
• Efficiency

The paper provides a brief background on Smart Grid and the benefits of Smart Grid to utilities, consumers, businesses, and industrial facilities. The paper explains the Smart Grid related responsibilities given to the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

Attendees will learn about:

• The current state of Smart Grid activities in the United States
• Testing and Certification effort of the NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel