Steam Plant Startup and Control in System Restoration

The IEEE Working Group on Power System Restoration developed a panel session for the Summer Power Meeting on July 14, 1992 on Special Considerations in Power System Restoration. One of the contributions to this session is presented in this paper dealing with aspects of steam plant startup and control in scenarios of system restoration.

The topics addressed include the complexity of a steam plant, the contrast between normal plant startups and shutdowns and those followingmajor system blackouts including the effects of plant design, automatic controls, bypass valving and operator training.