September 16th, 2009 - Medium Voltage VFD Technology
Medium Voltage VFD
Technology
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Presented by the IEEE Oakland/East Bay Power & Energy Society Chapter
Topic:
Medium Voltage VFD’s have been applied to wide variety of applications over the last 40 years. As the drives become more popular in commercial and industrial use, manufacturers have developed and built their succeeding generations of drives with the goals of delivering more value to the user by making them smaller, cheaper, friendlier, and more reliable. We will examine the various topologies offered. A discussion of low voltage vs. medium voltage can follow, if time allows.
Speaker: Art Kerchner
Art is an expert at the application of variable speed drives. For 25 years he, has held positions in Rockwell Automation’s variable speed drives business. He has been responsible for the sales, marketing, training, and technical support of the Allen-Bradley brand of variable frequency drives and motors. Currently, Art is a Senior Industry Specialist – MV Products. He is charged with business development for application of MV drives in the Water and Wastewater markets. He works with municipalities, specifying engineers, rotating equipment OEM’s, electrical, mechanical and general contractors on water delivery systems utilizing medium voltage motor control.
Problems Of The Existing Electrical Grid And The
Features Of A Modern Grid Architecture
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Presented by the IEEE Oakland/East Bay Power & Energy Society Chapter
Topic: The existing power grid is aging, overloaded, unstable and incapable of meeting the power quality needs of an Information Economy. This fast-moving overview of the modern grid, and renewable energy's place in it, details the problems of the existing grid and the features of a modern grid architecture that can address these shortcomings. The various "roadmaps" proposed to achieve this vision are presented.
The Federal Government's recently proposed economic stimulus package contains about $60 Billion for smart grid and green power investments in the next two years. With this much consensus for moving forward, the various choices in media to support the Advanced Metering Initiative are discussed, along with their relative strengths and weaknesses.
Two major threats to the energy infrastructure are openly presented, physical and cyber security. The third major threat that is just emerging is the "reliability" threat of improper EMC methods and testing in substations and generation plant. This threat and its remedies will also be explored. Remaining challenges will be identified and conclusions drawn.
Speaker:
Jerry Ramie, ARC Technical Resources, Inc., Jerry is a 26 year veteran of the EMC, communications and power industries and has authored six books on substation EMC for the Electric Power Research Institute. (EPRI) He has published articles on grid modernization and sits on the EMC Committee of the American Radio Relay League, (ARRL) on the Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Valley EMC Society, is a voting member of the IEEE-P1775 committee on EMC in BPL installations, a member of the IEEE Standards Association, an iNARTE-certified EMC technician, Secretary of the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C63R on EMC and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He can be reached at Click for email address
Presented by the IEEE Oakland/East Bay Power & Energy Society Chapter and ASME
Topic: This
presentation will be about a 300kW photovoltaic system being built by
Renewable Technologies Inc in Livermore California. The project employs
a ground mounted PV array with GPS enabled tracking. The footings for
the mounts use a unique ground screw system as opposed to conventional
concrete footing
Speakers:
Diep Nguyen, P.E., President of DTN Engineers Inc. He is an electrical engineer with more than 33 years hands-on practice and he is currently PES Regional Representative of Regions 4 and 6.
Darryl Conklin, CEO, Renewable Technologies Inc. He has over 23 years industrial and maintenance experience in the industry, and has installed over 1000 PV Systems in North America. He holds a BS Degree in Industrial Technology from Southern Illinois University.
Presented by Diep Nguyen, P.E. and the IEEE Oakland/East Bay Power & Energy Society Chapter
Siemens Energy and Automation Inc
25821 Industrial Blvd., Ste. 300.
Hayward, CA 94545
(510) 731-3104
Speaker: Bill Conlon, Ph.D., Director of Power Engineering at Ausra, Inc
Topic:
Ausra, Inc., a Palo Alto-based startup, recently completed construction of the first Solar Thermal Power Plant in California in nearly 20 years. The Kimberlina Solar Thermal Power Plant near Bakersfield demonstrates Ausra’s CLFR [Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector] direct steam generation technology, employing independent rows of mirrors to reflect sunlight onto boiler tubes. The resulting high pressure steam is used to
drive a conventional steam turbine to deliver power to PG&E’s
grid.
Presented by the IEEE Oakland/East Bay Power & Energy Society Chapter, the IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society Chapter, and the Association of Energy Engineers Chapter
Scott’s Seafood Bar & Grill
in Jack London Square
2 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607
Speaker: Professor Jasmina Vujic, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Topic:
This talk will discuss the existing technical challenges and
opportunities that require a long-term strategy in building research
capabilities and teaming among international and national laboratories,
universities and industry to fully achieve the global sustainable
nuclear energy benefits.
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