Substation Condition Assessment
It is essential to monitor the condition of your HV/MV substations and cables to avoid costly asset failure and interruptions to power supplies, as well as to improve strategic decision making and aid the cost-effective planning of substation maintenance.
- Minimise downtime costs and maximise availability of supply
- Improve network performance, reliability and safety
- Identify faults as they develop - before they lead to failures
- Predict when equipment will require maintenance or replacement
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and regulations
- Achieve major cost reductions in ongoing asset management
EA Technology offers a range of substation condition assessment services, from external partial discharge surveys and visual assessments, to in depth analysis including:
These services provide you with a complete and accurate picture of the current condition of your substation and cable assets, ensuring that you comply with all legal obligations, including
PAS55 and HSG230.
Expert assessment allows you to quantify the condition and deterioration of individual assets and groups of assets, so that you can identify current faults before they become costly failures, and predict and plan for maintenance, repair and replacement.
Switching from a time-based maintenance schedule to one that is condition-based not only saves time and money, but has also been shown to improve asset performance, minimise downtime and maximise availability of supply.
EA Technology are pioneers in
Condition Based Risk Management (CBRM). This strategy uses data from condition assessments, combined with an assessment of the strategic importance of each asset, to make intelligence-based decisions on asset maintenance and renewal. This allows you to:
- Optimise the maintenance costs for each asset
- Optimise your replacement strategy
- Reduce costs associated with unpredicted asset failures
- Reduce overall asset management costs