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| Title
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Recent Applications and Developments in Digital Protective Relaying |
| Speaker
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James A. Whatley, P.Eng.
Senior Protection Specialist,
Hydro One Networks |
Day and Time
rescheduled from March 27
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Thursday, April 17, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Pizza and drinks will be served at 6:00 p.m.
Seminar begins at 6:30 p.m. |
| Location
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ENG LG14 (Lower Ground Level), George Vari Centre for Engineering and Computing
(located at the south-east corner of Church and Gould Streets - 5 minute walk from TTC Dundas Station)
Ryerson University
245 Church Street, Toronto
map |
| Organizer
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IEEE Power Engineering Chapter |
| Contact
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Mario Germani, Vice-Chair of PES Chapter
Registration is required. Send e-mail to Mario Germani at address above. |
| Abstract
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Solid State Tripping
- Circuit Principles, ratings, especially electrical and thermal considerations
- Concept of breaker IED including protection, control, interlocks
- Certification testing
- Field experience – open circuit voltage, capacitive surges through high impedance loads
Communications Stress Testing of IEDs
- Influence of communications impairments on IED performance
- Specific example of a test configuration
Teleprotection Interfacing using the IEEE Standard C37.94 Protocol
- Overview of the standard
- Interfacing to higher-order systems
- IED to Multiplexer vs. IED to IED implementations
- Application examples: digital teleprotection, line differential
- Fiber isolation and test issues
IEC 61850
- GOOSE messaging
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Comparison of hardwired I/O vs. GOOSE
- System Integration traffic performance considerations
- Performance qualification of a specific installation vs. generic figure of merit criteria to facilitate expansion
- Test tools for system visulation
- Station Bus vs. Process Bus
- Concept of merging units for field I/O
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| Biography
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James A. Whatley graduated from McMaster University in 1982 with the B.Eng. degree and then joined Ontario Hydro with an initial assignment in the field. With 25 years of experience in the protection and control discipline he specializes in application design, standards and development engineering. James is especially interested in the field of substation integration and was a member of the UCA 2.0 project team from 1996 to 2001. He is an IEEE member and is licensed to practice Professional Engineering in the Province of Ontario. |
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