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May 14-17: IEEE IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference
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The IEEE IAS/PCA
Cement Industry Technical Conference will be held in San Antonio, TX
from May 14-17. For additional information, go to: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=18155
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| Emergency Generator Sizing Pitfalls |
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Speaker: Dave Loba, Generac Power Systems Inc/Waukesha-Pearce Ind.
Event Details:
The presentation will include:
• Methods and calculations for proper sizing of engine-generators
• Examining the alternator and engine responses to different types of loads
• Various techniques to optimize engine-generator performance.
• Limitations of traditional generator sizing programs
• Dealing with load uncertainty in new construction
• Recognizing leading power factor pitfalls
Location: El Gallo Mexican
Restaurant, 2910 S Congress, Austin, Texas,
512-444-2205
Time:
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
6:00 PM Social
6:30 to 7:00 PM Dinner
7:00 to 7:30 PM Business Meeting
7:30 to 8:30 PM Program 9:00 PM room closes for the benefit of long distance drivers and early risers
Cost:
$11 or $13 for IEEE members and accompanying spouses
$14 or $16 for non-IEEE members
$2 for Drinks
Student members FREE and $2 for specials,
$3 student visitors, and non-meal participants
If you plan to attend please RSVP to Joel Sandahl,
jsandahl@zxtech.net.
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Austin Energy’s Webberville Solar Project Tour
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On Thursday, June 7,
from 2:00pm to 5:00pm, IEEE (PI) Austin will tour Austin Energy’s
Webberville Solar Project. The project is a solar photovoltaic power
plant with a capacity of 35MW (dc) and 30MW (ac). It includes more than
127,000 mounted photovoltaic panels with single axis solar tracking.
If you would like to attend this tour, you will need to individually register online at http://www.webbervillesolar.com/index.html. If you would like a PDH for this tour, request one prior to May 31 via e-mail to ieee.pi2.austin@zxtech.net. Stacy Shook will be onsite at the tour to distribute the PDHs. |
| Sustainable Energy Engineering |
Mark your calendars. On June 26, Mark Ehsani, an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer, will giving us a presentation on Sustainable Energy Engineering.
Detailed information will be forthcoming in our next newsletter.
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| Continuing
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IEEE meetings at the May meeting. |
| Analog
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The electronic Central Texas Section
newsletter, The Analog,
provides news of many of the other IEEE activities in the Austin and
San Antonio areas. If you are an IEEE Central Texas Section member,
your subscription is provided automatically to the email address in
your IEEE profile. If you are not a member, you may subscribe following
the procedures provided at the Analog Webpage.
Be advised that there is not a lot of
traffic on this list intentionally. The list manager tries to keep it
below 3 emails a month - The Analog,
the mid-month reminder, and maybe an emergency announcement, but we
prefer 2 emails a month .
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