Case
Histories
The
Reliant Story
The TVA Story
Industrial Grade UPS Systems Protect Electric Generating Plant Control
Room
Power Generating Plant Uses
Industrial Grade UPS System to Back-Up Critical Controls
Glass
Making Plant Uses UPS System To Ensure Continuous Operation
Nuclear
Power Station Installs New UPS System
Nebraska
Nuclear Power Plant Upgrades UPS System
New Hampshire Utility Uses Industrial Grade UPS
Systems At Several of Its Power Stations
•The
Reliant Story
•
33 IS NOT OLD..........AT
LEAST NOT IF YOU ARE
AN AMETEK SOLIDSTATE CONTROLS UPS SYSTEM!
This case study contains three separate, yet interconnected
stories.
The First story is about RELIANT ENERGY in Avon Lake, Ohio. Reliant Energy has undergone several name changes over the years. For many, many years, it was known as The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI). Then, for a brief period, it was under the Ohio Edison/Toledo Edison umbrella; subsequently it was known as First Energy and Orion Power. Now, of course, it is known as RELIANT ENERGY.
Reliant Energy is headquartered in Houston, Texas, but has plants all over the United States. The facility in Avon Lake, OH is a fossil and gas burning plant. Since 1973, an AMETEK Solidstate Controls' Inverter has been installed at the East Gate entrance to the building. This 3 kVA “Low Boy”, as it is called, was manufactured at Solidstate Controls, LLC. second facility on Oakland Park Ave. in Columbus, OH when Solidstate Controls was only about 10 years old. Even then however, Solidstate Controls was already a leading player in the Industrial UPS Market.
Some
of our veteran employees are a great source of knowledge about the plant
and the Solidstate Controls equipment there. This unit, in service and
still working fine in 2006, supplied power for the 30 MW unit that carries
a black load, and/or a peaking system. However, as part of the upgrades
being done to comply with the Clean Air Act, this 3 kVA unit was replaced
with a new 7.5 kVA system. The First Energy facility in Eastlake, OH,
had already installed a 7.5 kVA system, and the Avon Lake plant decided
it was time to do a similar replacement.
The
inside of the door of the 3kVA inverter contains the original manufacturing
tag and the name of the person who assembled this unit....Warren Wright
- who is still with Solidstate Controls, LLC. (over 40 years now!).
While at the factory in Columbus for hands-on training. Two of our employees, representing Mexico and Brazil, took advantage of the opportunity to visit a power plant site and see first hand how Solidstate Controls, LLC.’s products are applied and installed. As part of their experience they talked with clients at Reliant Energy about their experiences with Solidstate Controls, LLC.’s equipment, and what they need in order to meet their power protection requirements. This plant serves as a reminder of the longevity of our products' life cycle and lets our clients know that with the collaboration of proper maintenance, our systems can last longer than the name of a company.
