Chapter VII
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S.E. Michigan IEEE Power
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Past Events
April 2, 2008; 5pm-9pm, S.E. Michigan Spring Conference & Dinner, Chapter VII Presentation (1)
Cascade Analysis: Predicting Failures to Reduce the Frequency of Widespread Blackout, UM Dearborn Fairlane Campus, 19000 Hubbard Drive, Dearborn, 48126
Stephen Miller (M’1976, S’) was born in Jackson, MI in the USA, on February 7, 1957. He graduated from the University of Michigan with BSEE, MSEE, and EE degrees.
Mr. Miller is the Section Manager for Commonwealth Associates, Inc.’s TRANSMISSION 2000 software. He is responsible for sales, development, and support of the TRANSMISSION 2000 programs that include transmission-planning applications for power flow, short circuit, transient stability, and protection analysis. Mr. Miller is also actively involved in innovative studies of the interconnection of generation to the North American power system. Mr. Miller is active in the IEEE PES CAMS Task Force on Understanding, Prediction, Mitigation and Restoration of Cascading Failures.
April 2, 2008; 5pm-9pm, S.E. Michigan Spring Conference & Dinner, Chapter VII Presentation (2) UM Dearborn Fairlane Campus, 19000 Hubbard Drive, Dearborn, 48126
Basic Energy Auditing and Resources, Robert P Fegan, Jr. DTE Energy
Power Point presentation with extensive photographic descriptions of how to complete an energy audit on a commercial/ industrial facility. Both a D-I-Y project and using an outside resource are covered. The first part of the presentation covers the step-by-step process of performing an energy audit, including defining the project scope, what to look for while performing the audit, common measures, and basic reporting. The second part of the presentation defines the types of energy audits commonly performed, their cost range and resources for getting help from outside auditors.
Robert ‘Bob’ Fegan has over 25 years experience in the energy utility field. He began performing energy audits in 1981 and has held various utility positions in the Marketing and Customer Services departments of gas and electric utilities since 1983. Bob’s experience has involved the introduction and study of numerous new and conventional energy using technologies for residential, commercial and industrial sectors. He has created many software based evaluation tools and completed hundreds of specific technology analyses. Bob is the author of a web site at www.EnergyTechPro.com that is subscribed to by utilities across the US and Canada as a resource and training aide for marketing and customer service representatives. Bob is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and is employed as an Energy Management Consultant at DTE Energy in Michigan.
Feb 20, 2008, 1:30pm-3:00pm
Trends in automotive Steering Systems
Wayne State University College of Engineering
Tomy Sebastian,
Chief Scientist and Principal Technical Fellow,
Delphi Steering Systems
Industry Application Society Distinguished
Lecturer
Tomy received the B.Sc.Eng. degree from Regional
Engineering College
Calicutta, India in 1979; the MS from Indian
Institute of Technology, Madras, India.,
M.A.Sc and Ph.D. degrees from the University of
Toronto, Canada 1982, 1984,
and in 1986 respectively all in Electrical
Engineering. From 1979 to 1980, he
was with the Research & Development Center of
KELTRON, Kerala, India. From
1987 to 1992, he worked at the Research &
Development Center of Black & Decker
Corporation in Baltimore, MD. In 1992 he joined
the Delphi Steering Systems in
Saginaw Michigan, USA where he is currently a
Chief Scientist.
At Black&Decker, Dr. Sebastian was instrumental
in initiating the research in
employing brushless motors in the power tool
applications. During this
period, he has given invited lectures at several
workshops and conferences on
topics related to the application of permanent
magnet motors in power tools. He
was also an Adjunct Faculty at the University of
Maryland, College Park, MD,
where he taught courses on Power Electronics and
on Motor Drives.
At Delphi, Dr. Sebastian has initiated the work
on the application of
Brushless motors in the Steering Applications.
This resulted in the first ever
brushless motor based electric power steering
system in the market. Currently,
several million such systems are being
manufactured around the world every year.
These systems provide higher fuel economy for
the vehicles and result in the
elimination of environmentally unfriendly power
steering fluid. He has given
invited speeches at various Universities, and in
International conferences.
Dr. Sebastian has published more than 40 papers
in the areas of motors and
drives and their application in automotive
components in IEEE Transactions,
Conferences, and other International Journals.
He is a member of the editorial
board for the International Journal of Vehicle
Autonomous Systems, and KIEE (The
Korea Institute of Electrical Engineers)
International Transactions on
Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion
Systems. He holds eighteen US patents
and several pending. He was inducted to the
Delphi Inventors Hall of fame in
2006. He is also a recipient of the General
Motors Presidents Council Award for
contributions in the development of Electric
power Steering and a member of
the team that resulted in the Automotive PACE
(Premier Automotive Suppliers
Contributions to Excellence) award. He
contributed a chapter on Automotive
Steering Systems to Hand Book on Automotive
Power Electronics and Motor Drives CRC
Press, May 2005; a chapter on "Design of
Variable Speed Permanent Magnet
Synchronous Machines", for the book on "Design
and Performance of Permanent Magnet
Synchronous Motors", tutorial proceedings at the
1989 IEEE IAS Annual
meeting. During 1998-2005, Dr. Sebastian was
also an Adjunct faculty member at the
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, where he
taught graduate courses on motor
design and motor drives and advised Graduate
students.
Dr. Sebastian was a member of Technical Program
Committee, session Chair, and
session organizer for several IEEE conferences.
He held positions of
Secretary, Vice Chair for Programs, Vice Chair
for paper reviews and Chairman of the
IEEE IAS Industrial Drives Committee. He was
also the Vice Chairman and
Chairman of the Industrial Power Conversion
Systems Department of the IEEE IAS. He
is a member of the Board of Directors for the
IGATECH Pvt. Ltd, Kerala, India
Thursday Nov. 15th 3:00-5:00pm
Power Capacitor Application,
Wayne State University College of Engineering
John Harder, PES Distinguished Lecturer
Starting with the characteristics of power
capacitor units, the presentation
Covers the system effects from capacitor
application. A number of important
Considerations related to capacitor application
are summarized. Included are
Power quality issues, control, and power
contracts (penalties).
John Harder
Formerly employed by Westinghouse and ABB, John
Harder is an independent
Consulting engineer. He has extensive
experience with power capacitors, surge
Arresters, fuses, circuit breakers, capacitor
voltage transformers and line
Traps; and has published many papers about the
application of these products
To
power systems. He is a Fellow of IEEE, and a
member of the Power Engineering
and Industry Application Societies and a
Registered Professional Engineer in
Indiana.
Wednesday Nov. 28th 1:30pm-3:00pm,
Global Warming and Greenhouse Gas and Mitigation
Opportunities
Wayne State University College of Engineering
Dr. Saifur Rahman, Joseph Loring Professor at
Virginia Technical University
Director of the Advanced Research Institute at
Virginia Tech.
Directs the Center for Energy and the Global
Environment at the University
IEEE-PES Distinguished Lecturer
Abstract
Levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from
major industrialized
and developing countries are first discussed.
This leads to a presentation on
some of the signs of global warming as seen
around the world today. This is
followed by some data on agreements reached at
Kyoto in December 1997 for
curbing GHG emissions. Key constituencies in the
United States that are affected
due to curbs on carbon emission are highlighted
including the impact of
carbon tax on electricity costs. Various GHG
mitigation opportunities including advanced
technologies are then discussed. This is
followed by some discussion on the
US administration's and US Congress' position on
Kyoto Protocol and
developing country responsibilities for GHG
mitigation.
January 16, 2008, 1:30pm-3:00pm
Grid-Interactive Solar Inverters, Impact on
Power System Safety and Quality
Wayne State University College of Engineering
Anil Tuladhar,Control Systems & Software
Engineer, Distributed Generation
Siemens VDO Automotive AG
Abstract:
Developments in the photovoltaic (PV) industry
over the last several decades
have significantly lowered the cost of solar
arrays and power inverters.
Recent government incentive programs such as
rebates and tax credits have made
electricity generation from PV arrays
cost-effective and feasible.
Implementation of measures like Net Metering,
Feed In Tariffs (FITs), and
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs) could
further revolutionize the solar
industry. The utility interactive inverters are
at the heart of this
revolution. Though solar panels are the most
expensive component of a PV
system, these grid interactive inverters are the
most sophisticated equipments
which dictate the behavior of the PV system. The
efficiency, reliability and
safety aspects of these inverters are crucial
for the success of a PV system.
These inverters should extract the maximum
available power from the PV arrays
and efficiently export the power to the utility
grid without compromising the
safety and integrity of the grid. In order to
guarantee these grid interactive
qualities, all grid interactive inverters must
meet IEEE 1547 requirements.
This lecture covers the design aspect of a solar
inverter to meet IEEE 1547
requirements. Key control features such as
handling abnormal grid conditions
(over/under voltage/frequency conditions),
anti-islanding control, ground
fault detection/interruption, and current
harmonics control will be covered in
some detail. This lecture will also touch/ponder
on the future potential of
these inverters in improving the grid security
and stability.
