TC&E’s John Downing presented his firm’s capabilities with digital front ends (DFE) for exciter controls. The company boasts over 200 Innovation Series load-commutated inverters (LCIs) with DFEs. TC&E has partnered with Basler Electric and Emerson for full exciter replacements (Fig 1). Some of the additional reliability scope can include water-cooled busbar and resistor components testing and replacement; check valves, 3-way pump valves, and other pump panel components, and Nato board replacement.
