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The IEEE/PES at Both the International and the National Levels and the Electrical Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, Celebrate the 125th Anniversary at the PI, October 28-29, 2009
Technical Tutorials
Following the opening ceremony, five IEEE/PES Distinguished Lecturer tutorials on new and challenging power and energy issues were delivered by globally recognized researchers in the field of electric power and energy. Tutorial titles are listed below; Audio/PPT recordings of the lectures can be found in the Downloads page. Short bios of the speakers are available in the Speaker Bios section.
- “Practical Lessons from Wind Farm Collector Systems and Interconnections”,
By Mrs. Wanda Reder (President IEEE/PES), Vice President Power Systems Services, S&C Electric Comp, USA
- “What is the Smart Grid and What is Needed to Make it a Reality?”
By Dr. Saifur Rahman (Vice President IEEE/PES), Joseph R. Loring Professor & Director, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, USA
- “Recent Trends in Substation Automation and Enterprise Data Management to Support Smart Grid Applications”
By Mr. John D, McDonald, P.E. (IEEE Division VII Director, Past President IEEE/PES), General Manager, Marketing, General Electric (GE) Energy T&D, USA
- “High Voltage Shunt Reactor Intelligence Protection Scheme- How It Makes Grid Smarter”
By Mrs. Meliha B. Selak, P. Eng (Vice President IEEE/PES), BC Hydro, Transmission Engineering, Protection& Control Planning Applications, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- “Intelligent System Strategies for Reconfiguration of Power Systems including Distributed Generation and Intentional Islanding”
By Dr. Noel N. Schulz (Treasurer, President-Elect Candidate for 2010-11, IEEE/PES), Paslay Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, USA
Tutorial Summaries
Tutorial 1: Practical Lessons from Wind Farm Collector Systems and Interconnections
In this presentation, Wanda Reder, President of IEEE PES, spoke about the wind energy development in the United States, including the turbine and tower, and the engineering requirements for the collector system, and highlighted the modeling requirements for interconnections. She concluded with a discussion on the typical structure for wind projects and lessons learned after completing them.
Tutorial 2: What is the Smart Grid and What is Needed to Make it a Reality
The concept of the Smart Grid originated from the desire to make the grid – starting from the power station to the end-use device - smarter, safer, and more reliable using advanced sensors, communication technologies and distributed computing. In this talk, Dr. Saifur Rahman (IEEE/PES Vice President) explained how the smart grid will look more like the Internet, where information about the state of the grid can be exchanged quickly over large distances. He mentioned how it will also allow integration of new sustainable energy sources, such as wind, solar, off-shore electricity, etc. He also talked about the four attributes of the Smart Grid that need to work interactively for this concept to be a reality, which are: Technology, Standards, Public Awareness and a Policy of Incentives.
Tutorial 3: Recent Trends in Substation Automation and Enterprise Data Management to Support Smart Grid Applications
The purpose of this talk by John D. Macdonald, IEEE Division VII Director, was to familiarize participants with all aspects of substation automation and enterprise data management, and how they support Smart Grid applications. The term Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) was defined, and the different levels of substation integration and automation were discussed. The reasons a utility would need substation automation were presented, along with a discussion of the components of the integration and automation architecture with respect to their technical issues. The talk also included a discussion of the sensitive, controversial issues that need to be addressed by a utility when implementing substation automation. The characteristics and interface issues associated with Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) were addressed, since the integration architecture is only as good as the integration capabilities of the IEDs themselves. Communication protocol fundamentals and considerations were also discussed, as well as relevant industry standards and their impact on substation automation. Finally, the characteristics of extracting the valuable data from substation Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) and effectively managing this data in the electric utility enterprise were illustrated.
Tutorial 4: HV Shunt Reactor Intelligence Protection Scheme- How It Makes Grid Smarter
From the first installation to the present, shunt reactors have formed an important component of the AC power transmission system and is used to compensate for the capacitive reactance of transmission lines and cables. This capacitance produces VAR result in high voltages. So, the main task of shunt compensation is voltage regulation. This presentation, given by Meliha B. Selak focused on the protection planning aspects of these installations, and the role protection takes in assuring the specified performance of these important elements in the power system. It was also explained how, with new intelligent devices and telecommunication media (digital microwave and fibre optic cables), the protective schemes for the shunt reactors made the power system more reliable and cost effective.
Tutorial 5: Intelligent System Strategies for Reconfiguration of Power Systems including Distributed Generation and Intentional Islanding
With the increased penetration of distributed generation, there are more opportunities to reconfigure the power system to help with load leveling, restoration or improved stability. In this talk, Dr. Noel Schulz discussed research activities looking at various intelligent system techniques such as intelligent agents, genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization to reconfigure the power system taking into account distributed generation as well as intentional islanding. |
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