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IEEE
Central Texas Section
Power Engineering Society
Austin Chapter
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| Date: |
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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| Time: |
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 |
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| Location: |
El Gallo Mexican Restaurant
2910 S Congress (directions below)
Austin, Texas
512-444-2205
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| Dinner: |
Dinner is free for full time students
$12.00 for IEEE members and accompanying spouses
$15.00 for non-IEEE members
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| Menu |
The bar will be available to those who care to purchase
a drink or beer. In fact, there is a service window, so
we don't even have to leave the party room. The menu
will be a choice of eight meals; selection will be done
at time of ordering. The meal includes tea or coffee, and
dessert. |
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| RSVP: |
Please RSVP - if you plan to attend please reply
to this invitation. To reply or for further information,
please contact Stan
Friend via email at stan.friend@us.schneider-electric.com.
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| Speaker: |
Bill Kaewert, President & Chief Technical
Officer, Stored Energy Systems LLC (SENS).
Bill has nearly 30 years diverse experience with mission-critical systems including
mainframe computing, field service, information technology consulting, and startup
of two power quality companies. He is a recognized industry authority on improving
battery system reliability at low cost. Bill is experienced in leading organizational
change including complex product development and high performance business systems
such as Lean Manufacturing. Bill received his BA in History from Dartmouth College
and MBA from Boston University.
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| Presentation: |
Improve Genset Availability by Detecting
Bad Batteries Early. Despite advances
in nearly every aspect of standby and emergency
diesel generator performance, failure to start
continues to be the biggest avoidable cause of
diesel generator failures. More than 80% of failures
to start are caused by battery problems. Today,
most gensets do not include any means to detect
if the starting battery has deteriorated and is not fit
to start the engine. Genset failure can cause large economic
losses and, in some cases, loss of life. The presentation
discusses a practical, low cost battery failure
detection technology that will significantly reduce
the risk of genset start failure. The detection scheme
can be used either in new installations, or be retrofitted
at low cost to existing sites. Additional information is
provided in Bill's Whitepaper.
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El Gallo Mexican Restaurant
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| Parking: |
There is a large parking lot in front of and on the
south side of the restaurant. The meeting will be held
in the party room to the left of the cashier’s counter. |
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| Directions |
Map |
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| From I-35: |
Exit at Oltorf and drive west. At S. Congress, turn
left (south). El Gallo is about 500 feet past the next
traffic light (Cumberland), on the right (west) side of
Congress, directly across from the entrance
to St. Edward’s
University. |
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| From Ben White Blvd. (US 290/SH 71) |
Exit at S. Congress Avenue and drive north. El Gallo
is about 600 feet past the next traffic light (Woodward),
on the left (west) side of Congress directly across from
the entrance to St. Edward’s University. |
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