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Technical Program  XGeneral Information X X X XSchedule of Events XInternational Visitors New Orleans Visitor Info X' XExposition XReserve a Booth X2010 Exhibitor ListX XView FloorplanX XExhibitor Service Manual X XX XConference XProgram Overview XOpening Session XSmart Grid Day at T&D XSmart Grid Boot Camp XSuper Sessions XTechnical Panel Sessions XTechnical Tours XSpecial Interest Sessions XPoster Sessions XEducational Track XTutorials XEngineering Ethics XInfo-Sessions XSpecial Short Course XSpeaker Information X XCollegiate Program XStudent Job Fair XCollegiate/GOLD/ Industry XLuncheon XReceptions XLuncheons XCompanion Activities X |
| Exhibitor INFO-SESSIONS |
| As an attendee you will
have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with companies who can
provide you with the solutions for your engineering, operations,
maintenance and construction challenges. These sessions are an
important part of the technical program and are held in meeting rooms
at the convention center. Be sure to schedule a time to attend exhibitor info-sessions. These one hour sessions provide you the opportunity to gather information and ask questions of the experts as they demonstrate and explain new and exciting dimensions of their business in an uninterrupted setting. All info-sessions will be held at the convention center. Click on a company name to see a detailed description of their Info Session. ABB, Inc. top Wednesday, 8:00 Room 267 Title: Reduction of Arc Flash Hazards in Low Voltage Equipment Presenters: John J Jennings and Gabriel Arce Discuss use of NFPA 70E, ANSI C37.20.7 and IEEE1584 in the development of low voltage arc resistance switchgear and motor control centers. This section will highlight arc flash danger to personnel and discuss the solutions used in the development of arc resistant voltage switchgear and motor control centers. ABB Inc. top Wednesday, 4:00 Room 268 Title: ABB's Circuit Breaker Sentinel and Remote Monitoring Systems Presenter: Toni Poeltl Description: This session will illustrate the value of adding monitoring systems to critical fleets in order to gain advanced indication of condition or streamline maintenance practices. ACA Conductor Accessories top Wednesday, 9:30 Room 263 Title: ConductaClean® Presenter: Ray McCoy Description: ACA Conductor Accessories, a division of AFL Telecommunications, announces a new product ConductaClean(r), a reliable, cost-effective system for cleaning the ends of overhead conductors prior to installing compression fittings. Wire brushing is no longer needed. ConductaClean agitates a specialized solution to remove oxidation and grime from conductor strands, and can be adjusted for one, three or six minute cycles depending on the condition of the conductor, saving line crews time and money. ACA Conductor Accessories top Wednesday, 2:30 Room 266 Title: Copperweld® Strands for Utility Substation and Wind Farm Applications Presenters: Dustin Fox and Cece Syarif Description: Recent research and fusing current test confirm Copperweld® Wire and Strands as an innovative alternative to copper for grounding grid, grounding mats, and fence grounding. AMSC American Superconductor top Wednesday, 9:30 Room 265 Title: How Distributed STATCOMs Can Eliminate a Voltage Collapse Event - American Superconductor Description: NERC is watching for blackout events this summer. AMSC will discuss how distributed STATCOMs in an area susceptible to voltage collapse event can prevent blackouts. Arteche top Wednesday, 8:00 Room 263 Presenter: Bill Hejdak Title: A Partnership in Reactive Power Compensation Description: You don’t have to be a “VAr Czar” to understand what to do when you need Reactive Compensation. You just need Qgrid Technologies: Analysis, Solutions, Delivery and Satisfaction. Title: “Leading Air-Core Reactor Technology from Coil Innovation Presenter: Richard Kimball Description: Coil Innovation, the air-core power reactor technology leader, developed novel manufacturing processes guaranteeing the highest quality, the longest life, and extremely low sound emission Beckwith Electric Company top Thursday, 8:00 Room 263 Title: Implementing Volt/Var Management for Smart Grid Presenters: Tom Jauch and Dr. Murty V.V.S. Yalla Description: An outline of strategies and products for implementing SG Volt/Var Management functions for distribution systems and a preview of company’s upcoming Smart Grid Essentials seminar. C.B. (HK) Ltd. (Dextra Power) top Thursday, 1:00 Room 264 Title: New Generation of “Composite Crossarms” Presenter: Pierre Hofmann Description: Dextra Power will present a new generation of “Composite Crossarms”, with an improved design. CISCO Systems, Inc. top Thursday, 11:00 Room 265 Presenter: Rick Geiger Title: Cisco Smart Grid Vision and Strategy Description: Cisco delivers an end-to-end, IP-based secure communications infrastructure for the smart grid from generation to businesses and homes. DiGioia Gray & Associates, LLC. Wednesday, 1:00 Room 265 Title: Assignment of Geotechnical Parameters for Foundation Design Presenter: Anthony M. DiGioia, Jr., PhD Description: Importance of subsurface investigations and assignment of geotechnical parameters will be discussed. A reliability based foundation design approach will be presented using the FAD Tools software. The Dow Chemical Company top Thursday, 11:00, Room 267 Presenters: Mark Burtch and Paul Caronia Description: Dow Chemical’s power product overview will introduce a revolutionary next generation medium voltage system which will bring innovation and value to cable users. ENTEC Electric & Electronic Co., Ltd. top Thursday 8:00 Room 266 Title: ECO Products in Power Distribution Line and DC Switchgear Presenter: Kim, Kisoo ERLPhase Power Technologies top Wednesday, 4:00 Room 263 Title: Using Phasor Data in WAMS Description: Learn more about synchrophasors and wide area monitoring, including discussion of IEEE C37.118, global time references, and calibration/test of PMUs. Federal Pacific Company top Wednesday, 1:00 Room 266 Presenter: Jerry Baskin Title: Extended Capabilities for Federal Pacific Products Description: This session introduces enhanced switchgear products featuring vacuum interrupters, 1200-ampere ratings to 38kV, 8-compartment configurations, dual-bushings, enhanced cable access, emergency capacitor isolation and self-restoring systems. Fireaway LLC top Thursday, 9:30 Room 267 Presenter: Jim Lavin Description: Fireaway UL Listed aerosol fire suppression technology provides a number of unique, highly cost effective fire suppression alternatives for the power industry. GE Energy top Wednesday, 9:30 Room 264 Title: Use of Dissolved Gas Analysis During Temperature-Rise Tests of Power Transformers as a Reliability Assurance Tool Presenters: Juan G. Castellanos G., Enrique Betancourt R. Description: Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) is a powerful tool applied to asses reliability of transformers in service, and improves diagnostics and reliability assurance during factory tests. GE Energy top Wednesday, 1:00 Room 264 Title: "Demand Response - Beyond Peak Shifting" Presenters: Bernard Lecours and Jason Black Description: This session will explore how load resources can be leveraged to support Utility operations beyond peak shifting, and discuss capabilities GE is developing to address Utility's business objectives GeoDigital International Inc. Thursday, 1:00 Room 263 Presenter; Alastair Jenkins Description: FAC-008 and LiDAR Huntsman top Wednesday, 11:00 Room 265 Title: Latest Technologies and Products for Outdoor Electrical Insulation Presenters: Mangesh Rajadhyaksha & Robert Kultzow Description: HCEP-Hydrophobic Cycloaliphatic Epoxy Resins for bushings, insulators, instrument transformers, and switch-gear components; SHCEP-Shade Hydrophobic Cycloaliphatic Epoxy Resins for high-voltage housings, composite hollow insulators, suspension insulators and comparable properties to silicones. Hydrodec North America, LLC Thursday, 11:00 Room 266 Presenter: Martin O'Neill IFD Corporation top Wednesday. 11:00 Room 264 Title: Internal Fault Detection in Distribution Transformers in the U.S. Presenters: Paul Henault and Paul Chisholm Description: This session describes recent advances in internal fault detection technology for distribution transformers, enabling a smarter distribution grid in terms of safety, reliability, and productivity. IMCORP top Wednesday, 2:30 Room 263 Title: "A Smart Technology Solution for Maximizing Cable System Reliability at the Lowest Cost." Presenter: Benjamin Lanz Description: IMCORP's smart cable system diagnostic technology enables utilities to develop an optimized strategy which balances planned investment and desired power cable system reliability improvement. Kentucky Copper Inc. Wednesday, 4:00 Room 265 Presenter: Mukul Gupta Title: CTC for Efficient Transformer Winding Description: This session will provide information on latest trends in CTC manufacturing processes and its use for efficient transformer winding and reduced costs. Korea Electric Power Research Institute top Thursday, 1:00 Room 267 Title: Advanced Distribution Automation System for Smart Power Grid Presenter: Ha, Boknam Korea Smart Grid Institute top Thursday, 9:30 Room 264 Title: Advanced Distribution Automation System for Smart Power Grid Presenter: Mr. Moon-Jong, Jang, Korea Electric Power Research Institute(KEPRI) Title: ECO Products in Power Distribution Line and DC Switchgear from Entec Presenter: Mr. Ki-Soo, Kim, Entec Electric & Electronic Co., Ltd. Title: Korea's Smart Grid Initiative ; JEJU Smart Grid Test-bed Presenter: Mr. Jong-Cheon, Son, Korea Smart Grid Institute Lafarge top Thursday, 1:00 Room 266 Presenter: Ignacio Cariaga Title: New “RP” Cross Arms, engineered and manufactured with reinforced cementitious composites, provide many durability and reliability benefits. Description: Lafarge presents the new commercially available “RP” cross arms. Extensive structural and electrical test prove that this revolutionary and cost-efficient cross arm provides greater reliability. LumaSense Technologies top Thursday, 11:00 Room 263 Presenter: Brett Sargent Description: LumaSense Technologies has two innovative technologies utilizing direct contact fiber optics and on-line thermal imaging to accomplish Smart Grid Innovation within substations. Manitoba HVDC Research Centre top Wednesday. 9:30 Room 266 The Manitoba HVDC Research Centre will demonstrate their world renowned PSCAD® software for power systems and a number of applications areas will be discussed. MCM Structures top Thursday, 9:30 Room 265 Presenter: Paul W. Fournier Title: Revolutionary Concept of Fully-Integrated Joint Pedestal by MCM Description: Illustrations of outstanding possibilities with new joint distribution pedestal, integrated with lamp posts, using commercial tri-phase voltage to streamline and optimize residential 120/240V distribution network. McWane Poles Thursday, 11:00 Room 268 Presenter: Rick Simpson Description: A presentation on ductile iron distribution poles, a Green product. U.S made from recycled materials from 35' to 70' Classes 1-4 and H 1-3. NOJA Power Switchgear Pty Ltd. top Wednesday, 8:00 Room 265 Presenters: Tony Stacey and Neil O'Sullivan Omicron Electronics Corp. USA top Thursday, 9:30 Room 263 Presenters: Peter Fong and Benton Vandiver Title: "OMICRON presents New Testing Solutions for CTs, Transformer Tap Changers and Commissioning Tools for IEC-61850 devices and installations. Live product demos with audience discussion." Opal-RT Technologies Inc. top Thursday, 8:00 Room 267 Title: Assessing The Impact of Innovative Technologies Using Modeling and Simulation Description: Develop system-level models of wind farms, solar farms and unbalanced distribution networks using MathWorks software. Leverage parallel computing for time-efficient scenario evaluation. Opal-RT Technologies Inc. Thursday, 9:30 Room 266 Title: Real-Time Simulation: A Step towards Collaborative Grid Design and Grid Integration Testing Description: How Real-Time Simulation & HIL testing enable design, integration and safe operation of today's power grids. Simulation methodologies, technology architectures and case studies are presented. Power Advanced Tech Co., Ltd. top Wednesday. 2:30 Room 264 Title: Testing methods of the protective relays based on IEC61850 protocols Presenters: Mr. Sam Xia and Mr. Qian Xiang Description: Using Test Templates to test protective relays Power Line Systems, Inc. top Wednesday, 4:00 Room 266 Presenter: Otto J. Lynch, P.E. Title: PLS-CADD; The Industry Standard in Overhead Line Design and Analysis Description: Come see why PLS-CADD is the undisputed worldwide Industry Standard software for analyzing existing and designing new overhead transmission and distribution lines including vegetation management. PowerPD, Inc. top Wednesday, 11:00 Room 266 Presenters: Simon Paek and Jon Giesecke Presentation: PowerPD's full line of On Line Partial Discharge Monitoring Systems, including the new ONE-STOP SOLUTION, the first step towards "THE SMART GRID SYSTEM" PPG Protective and Marine Coatings Thursday, 8:00 Room 268 Title: Eliminate the Movement Description: Paint corrosion happens at an "Exponential" rate beyond the 20th the tower age. Start a proactive coatings maintenance program to substantially reduce maintenance cost. Reason International, Inc. Thursday, 1:00 Room 265 Title: The newest technologies for PMU and Traveling Wave-based Fault Location Presenter: Sergio Zimath Description: This session will highlight how to assure that PMUs are compliant with the IEEE Standard C37.118 and describe a new approach for a TW-based fault locator Richards Manufacturing top Wednesday, 1:00 Room 263 Presenter: Dan Kennedy Title: Innovative Solutions for Separable Connectors Description: This presentation will discuss new products designed to address ongoing challenges in the area of separable connectors. Ritz Instrument Transformers Inc. top Wednesday, 1:00 Room 268 Presenter: Bob Elliott Title: Medium Voltage Insulated Bus Bar -- Applications and Advantages Description: Discussion of the inherent benefits of using fully insulated bus bar in high current, medium voltage bus application. RTDS Technologies Inc. Wednesday, 4:00 Room 267 Presenter: Paul Forsyth Description: Utility applications of the RTDS Simulator ˆ a real time power system simulator for large scale studies as well as closed-loop testing of physical protection and control equipment. RuggedCom Inc. top Wednesday, 9:30 Room 267 Presenter: Maciej Goraj Description: “Latest trends and developments in communications solutions for Electrical Utilities. What shall be considered for deploying robust communications networks to leverage the Smart Grid architecture?" SAE Towers top Wednesday, 8:00 Room 268 Title: Tower Testing: How to Specify, Work with Vendor, and Oversee Testing Presenter: Michael E. Miller Description: The SAE Towers info-session will provide attendees with the latest information in regards to vendor testing of towers for high voltage transmission lines. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. top Wednesday, 11:00 Room 263 Title: Synchronous Measurement and Control of EPS Presenter: Dave Whitehead Description: Overcome system challenges of intermittent, remote generation and regulatory changes. Learn about new integrated communications systems; real-time, wide-area controls; and in-depth security. Subnet Solutions top Wednesday, 2:30 Room 265 Title: Avoid Single-Function & Single-Vendor Integration Solutions Presenter: Ameen Hamdon, President of SUBNET Solutions Description: Learn how to create intelligent substations using multi-vendor devices, different communication networks and the enterprise applications you choose. SuperPower, Inc. top Wednesday, 11:00 Room 267 Presenter: Arthur P. Kazanjian Title: Second generation (2G) high temperature superconductors (HTS) enabling the next generation of electrical transmission and distribution equipment SuperPower, Inc, top Thursday, 11:00 Room 264 Presenter: Arthur P. Kazanjian Title: Second generation (2G) high temperature superconductors (HTS) enabling the next generation of electrical transmission and distribution equipment Telogis top Wednesday, 2:30 Room 267 Title: Leveraging Smarter Solutions to Save Money and Optimize Asset Utilization Presenter: Jason Koch Description: Utility Companies are looking to make significant operational difference bymaximizing the efficiency of their fleets. Location based intelligence solutions are the key to optimization. Trafag AG top Wednesday, 8:00 Room 266 Presenter: Hans-Christian Wyss, Title: SF6 Gas Density Monitoring Description: SF6 Gas Density Monitoring for HV/MV switchgear. Sustained reliability and maintenance-free operation. Electronic or Hybrid devices for comprehensive surveillance and SF6 density trending. Underground Imaging Technologies, Inc. top Thursday, 9:30 Room 268 Presenters: James Mooney, Gary Young, and John Ciampa Title: Transmission and Distribution Projects: Major Cost Savings Using 3D Geophysical Mapping Services Description: Con Edison, UIT, and Spectra Environmental Engineering present significant project savings by allocating less than 1% of total project dollars using multi-sensor geophysical mapping services. University of Wisconsin top Wednesday, 4:00 Room 264 Presenter: Mitch Bradt Title: Effective, Efficient Engineering: Project Success and Savings through Practical Training from Univ of Wisconsin-Madison Description: Learn more about new, hands-on courses in transmission, distribution, power electronics, and foundations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Engineering Professional Development. UtilX, an InfrastruX Corporation top Wednesday, 11:00 Room 268 Presenter: Wayne Chatterton, PhD Title: Total Cable System Reliability Description: On-line (energized) cable condition assessment will be lead with options presented for addressing the results of the testing, including re-use versus replace cables. Von Roll Holding AG top Thursday, 1:00 Room 268 Title: Von Roll Transformers Speaker: Mr. Hubert Wolters Description: Von Roll Transformers is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of electrical infrastructure equipment, principally transformers, for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. VR Energy Thursday, 8:00 Room 264 Title: Smart Tools for the Smart Transmission Grid Description: Our Smart Grid portfolio includes, improving the transmission grid reliability to facilitate integration of renewable energy. Utilizing PMU data to predict system instability and generate alarms. Improving the grid efficiency by minimizing system losses Waukesha Electric Systems top Wednesday, 9:30 Room 268 Presenter: Troy Kabrich Title: Transformer Life Extension Solutions Description: What are the top five reasons a transformer fails? How do I prevent these problems with my transformer assets? Waukesha Electric Systems has the solutions. Waukesha Electric Systems top Wednesday, 1:00 Room 267 Presenter: Perry Reeder Title: 2010 Transformer Health Products® Review Designed to increase reliability and life of your transformer while lowering the cost of maintenance, Waukesha presents 2010 product technology for Transformer Health. WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Wednesday, 2:30 Room 268 top Title: Industry and Education in Power Systems Presenters: Monika Maslen and Lindy Lewandowski Description: Learn about WPI’s Online M.S. in Power Systems Management degree available to companies and individuals worldwide. This specialized program combines essential topics in Power Systems Engineering. Zensol Automation Inc. Wednesday, 8:00, Room 264 The vibro-acoustic method is able to detect mechanical anomalies. The presentation describes all aspects of this new method (theory, measurement, successful cases, signatures interpretation). |