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SUMMARY:Experience with an on-line hydro generator expert system monitoring system
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 15th 2018\, IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society will be hosting a talk on “Experience with an on-line hydro generator expert system monitoring system”. \nDay & Time: Thursday November 15th\, 2018\n6:00 p.m. ‐ 7:00 p.m. \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society \nLocation: Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto\n40 St. George Street\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S2E4 \nContact: Hoda Youssef \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/178319 \nAbstract: Current technological advances in condition monitoring are employing an increasing number of complex sensors and advanced monitors to diagnose the operating status and condition of hydro generators and turbines. Advanced systems routinely employed may include bearing vibration\, air gap\, shaft voltage\, and current monitoring\, partial discharge\, and flux monitoring. Proper interpretation of this often complex information can lower operating and maintenance expenses\, in addition to reducing unscheduled outages and catastrophic failures. However\, the volume of available data from these monitors\, and the extensive interpretation necessary to evaluate the complex waveforms and spectrums can overwhelm plant personnel and resources. Sophisticated software and algorithms are often necessary to correlate and interpret this data to establish the overall generator and drive train condition. HydroX™ (for Hydro Expert) is a commercial knowledge-based expert system program for on-line monitoring of hydro-generators. Working with the New York Power Authority\, the system was developed over five years by Iris Power and GE -Bently Nevada. After a further two years of prototype evaluation at NYPA’s St. Lawrence Power Project on two 60MVA generators\, the validated system is now commercially available and will be described.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/experience-with-an-on-line-hydro-generator-expert-system-monitoring-system/
LOCATION:Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, 40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181026T170000
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SUMMARY:Working at Hydro One – Professional Event by IEEE Industry Applications
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 26th 2018\, Bruno Jesus of Hydro One\, will be presenting “Working at Hydro One – Professional Event by IEEE Industry Applications”. \nDay & Time: Friday October 26th\, 2018\n5:00 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Bruno Jesus\nDirector of Strategy and Integrated Planning at Hydro One Networks Inc. \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Industry Applications \nLocation: Room Number: BA 1230\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto 40 St. George Street\nToronto\, ON M5S2E4 \nContact: Hoda Youssef \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176071 \nAbstract: Bruno Jesus\, the Director of Strategy and Integrated Planning at Hydro One Networks Inc.\, will provide an overview of what it is like working at Hydro One\, the strong culture that is embraced across the organization as well as the training and development opportunities that are available. By diving into the history of Hydro One’s transmission and distribution business as well as taking a look at where we are today\, Bruno will be able to speak to the broad range of opportunities for all types of engineers across Hydro One. \nBiography: Bruno Jesus is the Director of Strategy and Integrated Planning at Hydro One Networks Inc. With over 30 years of experience\, Bruno has had the opportunity to work in various groups within Planning and Operations such as Asset Strategies and Standards as well as Station Sustainment Capital Planning. Bruno’s current accountabilities include developing transmission and distribution strategies\, investment planning\, business processes\, secondary land use\, joint use wire agreements\, new technology and innovation (R&D) and reliability reporting. Bruno graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1987 and is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/working-at-hydro-one-professional-event-by-ieee-industry-applications/
LOCATION:BA 1230\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, 40 St. George Street Toronto\, ON M5S2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181019T170000
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SUMMARY:IESO Operating the Power System: New Challenges Call for New Approaches
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 19th 2018\, David Short\, Director of Power System Assessments for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)\, will be presenting “IESO Operating the Power System: New Challenges Call for New Approaches”. \nDay & Time: Friday October 19th\, 2018\n5:00 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: David Short\nDirector\, Power System Assessments for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society (IAS)\, IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering \nLocation: Room Number: BA1230\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto 40 St. George Street\nToronto\, ON M5S2E4 \nContact: Hoda Youssef \nAbstract: Distributed energy resources. Changing supply and demand patterns. Advanced grid technologies. The complexities of operating the system have never been greater – but with new challenges come new opportunities to help shape the province’s electricity sector. From leveraging innovation to drive cost-effectiveness and efficiency\, to building a market that will meet system and consumer needs at the lowest cost\, learn about the IESO’s experience in operating today’s system and how we are laying the foundation for an evolving energy landscape. \nBiography: David Short holds the position of Director\, Power System Assessments for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). In this role\, his teams are responsible for managing power system changes within the IESO\, operational analysis\, and engineering studies that define our system models and operating orders. Mr. Short has over 25 years of industry experience in Ontario and British Columbia. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering) from Queen’s University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario. He also holds the Certificate of Authorization for engineering services at the IESO.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/ieso-operating-the-power-system-new-challenges-call-for-new-approaches/
LOCATION:Room Number: BA1230\,  40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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SUMMARY:Audio and Acoustics Signal Processing: The Quest for High Fidelity Continues
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, October 16th 2018\, Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg\, Professor at the Institute for Media Technology\, Technische Universität Ilmenau\, will be presenting “Audio and Acoustics Signal Processing: The Quest for High Fidelity Continues”. \nDay & Time: Tuesday October 16th\, 2018\n4:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg\nProfessor at the Institute for Media Technology\, Technische Universität Ilmenau\nDirector of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT\, Ilmenau \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto Industry Application Society (IAS) \nLocation: Room Number: BA 4287\nBuilding: Bahen Centre for Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto 40 St. George Street\nToronto\, ON M5S2E4 \nContact: Sanaz Kanani \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/176976 \nAbstract: The dream of high fidelity continues since more than 100 years. In the last decades\, signal processing has contributed many new solutions and a vast amount of additional knowledge to this field. These include: \n– Simple solutions like matrix multichannel systems.\n– Audio coding which changed the world of music distribution and listening habits.\n– Active noise control.\n– Active modification of room acoustics.\n– Search and recommendation technologies to find your favourite music.\nand many more … \nSo are there any problems left to be solved? Among others\, I see two main research areas: \n– Music Information Retrieval (MIR)\, helping us to find and organise music\, or teaching playing musical instruments.\n– Immersive technologies for movie theatres and eventually our homes\, creating the illusion of being at some other place. \nFor such systems we use our knowledge about hearing\, especially how ear and brain work together to form the sensation of sound. However\, our knowledge about hearing\, about psychoacoustics is still far from complete. In fact\, just in the last few years we have learned a lot about what we don’t know. \nThe talk will touch on a number of the subjects above\, explain some current work and its applications and finally talk about open research questions regarding psychoacoustics and the evaluation of audio quality. \nBiography: Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg has been a driving force behind some of today’s most innovative digital audio technology\, notably the mp3 and MPEG-AAC audio coding standards. He is acclaimed for pioneering work in digital audio coding\, psychoacoustics and 3D-Audio \nHis honors include the AES Silver Medal and the “IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronic Award”\, Furthermore he is member in the “Hall of Fame” of the Consumer Electronics Association and of the Internet Society. He holds three honorary Ph.D. degrees. \nDr. Brandenburg holds about 100 patents. He is professor at the Institute for Media Technology\, Technische Universität Ilmenau\, and director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau\, Germany
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/audio-and-acoustics-signal-processing-the-quest-for-high-fidelity-continues/
LOCATION:Room BA 4287\, Bahen Centre for Information Technology\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario M5S2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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SUMMARY:Practical Power Flow Controller Brings Benefits of Power Electronics to the Grid
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 18th at 3:00 p.m.\, Kalyan Sen\, Fulbright Scholar and Chief Technology Officer of Sen Engineering Solutions Inc.\, will be presenting “Practical Power Flow Controller Brings Benefits of Power Electronics to the Grid”. \nDay & Time: Friday\, May 18\, 2018\n3:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Kalyan Sen\nChief Technology Officer of Sen Engineering Solutions Inc.\nFulbright Scholar\nSenior Member of IEEE \nLocation: Room BA4287\, Bahen Center of Information Technology University of Toronto\n40 St George St.\, Toronto\nOntario M5S 2E4 \nContact: Sanaz Kanani \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Industry Applications & Power Electronics Society Join Chapter \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/169041 \nAbstract: Power flow control techniques have been practiced\, from using inductors\, capacitors\, transformers and load tap changers in the earlier days of electrical engineering to power electronics-based solutions in recent years. Even though the costs and complexities of the available solutions vary widely\, the basic underlying theory of power flow control is still the same as it always has been. The question is which solution one should employ. The answer depends on knowing what the true need is. The power industry’s pressing need for the most economical ways to transfer bulk power along a desired path may be met by building new transmission lines\, which is a long and costly process. Alternately\, it may be quicker and cheaper to utilize the existing transmission lines more efficiently. The key is to identify the underutilized transmission lines and harness their dormant capacity to increase the power flows to the lines’ thermal limits. \nSince the commissioning of the first commercial power electronics-based Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) controller two decades ago\, a great deal has been learned about the true needs of a utility for its everyday use and they are high reliability\, high efficiency\, low installation and operating costs\, component non-obsolescence\, fast enough response for utility applications\, high power density\, interoperability\, and easy relocation to adapt to changing power system’s needs while providing the optimal power flow control capability. This was the motivation to develop a SMART Power Flow Controller (SPFC) that enhances the controllability in an electric power transmission system by using functional requirements and cost-effective solutions. \nThe presentation is designed to provide the basic principles of power flow control theory\, an overview of the most commonly used power flow controllers\, and future trends. The presentation will be of particular interest to all utility power engineering professionals. The required background is an equivalent of an Electrical Engineering degree with familiarity in power engineering terminology. The audience will hear from an expert who actually designed and commissioned a number of power electronics-based FACTS controllers since its inception in the 1990s. \nBiography: Kalyan Sen\, a newly selected Fulbright Scholar\, is the Chief Technology Officer of Sen Engineering Solutions\, Inc. that specializes in developing SMART power flow controllers—a functional requirements-based and cost-effective solution. He spent 30 years in academia and industry and became a Westinghouse Fellow Engineer. He was a key member of the Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) development team at the Westinghouse Science & Technology Center in Pittsburgh. He contributed in all aspects (conception\, simulation\, design\, and commissioning) of FACTS projects at Westinghouse. He conceived some of the basic concepts in FACTS technology. He has authored or coauthored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications\, 8 issued patents\, a book and 4 book chapters in the areas of FACTS and power electronics. He is the coauthor of the book titled\, Introduction to FACTS Controllers: Theory\, Modeling\, and Applications\, IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons\, Inc. 2009\, which is also published in Chinese and Indian paperback editions. He is the co-inventor of Sen Transformer. He received BEE\, MSEE\, and PhD degrees\, all in Electrical Engineering\, from Jadavpur University\, India\, Tuskegee University\, USA\, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute\, USA\, respectively. He also received an MBA from Robert Morris University\, USA. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is a Distinguished Toastmaster who led District 13 of Toastmasters International as its Governor to be the 10th-ranking District in the world in 2007-8. \nKalyan\, a Senior Member of IEEE\, has served the organization in many positions. Under his leadership\, IEEE Pittsburgh Section and its three chapters (PES\, IAS and PELS) received Best Section and Chapter Awards. His other past positions included Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (2002 – 2007)\, Technical Program Chair of the 2008 PES General Meeting in Pittsburgh\, Chapters and Sections Activities Track Chair of the 2008 IEEE Sections Congress in Quebec City\, Canada\, PES R2 Representative (2010 and 2011) and Member of the IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) Committee (2013\, 2014). He has been serving as an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer since 2002. In that capacity\, he has given presentations on power flow control technology more than 100 times in 15 countries. He is an inaugural class (2013) graduate of the IEEE CLE Volunteer Leadership Training (VOLT) program. Kalyan is the recepient of the IEEE Pittsburgh Section PES Outstanding Engineer Award (2004) and Outstanding Volunteer Service Award for reviving the local Chapters of PES and IAS from inactivity to world-class performance (2004). He has been serving as the Special Events Coordinator of the IEEE Pittsburgh Section for the last decade. He is the Region 1-3 & 7 Coordinator of Power Electronics Society.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/practical-power-flow-controller-brings-benefits-of-power-electronics-to-the-grid/
LOCATION:Room BA4287\, 40 St George St.\, Toronto\, Ontario M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180417T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180417T120000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Power and Energy Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 17th at 11:00 a.m.\, Dr. Martin Ordonez\, Canada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems\, will be presenting “The Future of Power and Energy Infrastructure”. \nDay & Time: Tuesday\, April 17th\, 2018\n11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Martin Ordonez\nCanada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems\nAssociate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\nUniversity of British Columbia \nLocation: Room BA4287\, Bahen Center of Information Technology\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: hoda.youssef@ieee.org \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto IAS & PELS Joint Chapter \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/171254 \nAbstract: The incorporation of distributed renewable energy generation\, smart control systems\, and electric/hybrid vehicles into the existing grid infrastructure are challenging but necessary steps towards a more sustainable future. This presentation will describe key technologies and techniques that are necessary to modernize electrical generation\, distribution and consumption. The work that is currently ongoing at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) campus will be used to illustrate some modern and future implementations. Techniques such as load shedding\, peak shifting\, active power factor correction\, and backup will be discussed. The technical challenges and solutions associated with implementing these sustainable solutions will be addressed. \nBiography: Dr. Martin Ordonez is the Canada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems and Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of British Columbia\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada. He is also the holder of the Fred Kaiser Professorship on Power Conversion and Sustainability at UBC. He was an Adjunct Professor with Simon Fraser University and Memorial University of Newfoundland. His industrial experience in power conversion includes research and development at Xantrex Technology Inc./Elgar Electronics Corp. (now AMETEK Programmable Power)\, where he developed high-density power converters and advanced controllers. \nHe is the principal investigator of several power conversion grants and has developed partnerships with various companies in the sector. With the support of industrial funds and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)\, he contributed more than 140 publications and R&D reports in the power area. Dr. Ordonez is an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS\, a Guest Editor for IEEE JOURNAL OF EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN POWER ELECTRONICS\, an Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY serves on several IEEE committees\, and reviews widely for IEEE/IET journals and international conferences. He was awarded the David Dunsiger Award for Excellence in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (2009) and the Chancellors Graduate Award/Birks Graduate Medal (2006)\, and became a Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies\, Memorial University.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/the-future-of-power-and-energy-infrastructure/
LOCATION:Room BA4287\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180409T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180409T190000
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SUMMARY:Engineering a Greener Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 9th at 6:00 p.m.\, Dr. Damir Novosel\, IEEE PES Immediate Past President and now President of Quanta Technology LLC\, will be presenting “Engineering a Greener Tomorrow”. \nDay & Time: Monday\, April 9\, 2018\n6:00 p.m. ‐ 7:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Damir Novosel\nIEEE PES Immediate Past President\nPresident\, Quanta Technology LLC \nLocation: Bahen Center of Information Technology\, Room BA4287\n40 St George St.\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S 2E4 \nContact: Hoda Youssef \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Industry Applications & Power Electronics Society Join Chapter \nRVSP: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/168257 \nAbstract: Reliable and efficient electrical grid operation is critical to society. The electrical power and energy industry in the next decades is changing rapidly to meet the demands of the society and address challenges. New technology trends include development of more efficient\, reliable\, and cost-effective renewable generation and Distributed Energy Resources (DER)\, energy storage technologies\, Electric Vehicles (EV)\, monitoring\, protection\, automation\, and control devices\, and communications that offer significant opportunities for realizing a sustainable and greener energy future. We are at a crossroads in making business and technical decisions that will allow us to optimally and cost-effectively manage the greener tomorrow. \nThe presentation will address some of the challenges and opportunities facing modern grids and how industry trends and innovation will shape the future grid. Topics included are: \n• Industry Trends and Transformation Drivers\n• Opportunities and challenges with distributed energy resources\, microgrids\, electrical vehicles and the role of storage\n• Technologies for the changing nature of the grid\n• Grid modernization roadmap\n• Education and workforce needs\n• Key success factors to prepare for the greener future \nBiography: Dr. Damir Novosel is president of Quanta Technology\, a subsidiary of Quanta Services\, a Fortune 500 company. Previously\, he was vice president of ABB Automation Products and president of KEMA T&D US. \nDamir is elected to National Academy of Engineers in 2014. He served as IEEE Power and Energy Society President (2016-2017) and Vice President of Technical Activities (2011-2012) and is a member of the IEEE Standards Board. He is also a member of the CIGRE US National Committee and received the CIGRE Attwood Associate award. \nDamir holds 17 US and international patents and published over 100 articles and was leading and participating in developing industry standards and guides\, receiving IEEE PES 2011 and 2013 Prize Paper Awards. Dr. Novosel is also an adjunct professors of Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University. \nHe holds PhD and MSc\, BSc degrees in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University (where he was a Fulbright scholar)\, the University of Zagreb\, Croatia\, and the University of Tuzla\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, respectively. Dr. Novosel was selected Mississippi State University Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 2015.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/engineering-a-greener-tomorrow/
LOCATION:Bahen Center of Information Technology\, Room BA4287\, 40 St George St.
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170825T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170825T150000
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SUMMARY:Response of voltage source HVDC systems to DC-side faults\, HVDC fault characterisation and DC protection options
DESCRIPTION:Friday August 25\, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Prof. Stephen Finney of University of Edinburgh School of Engineering\, will be presenting “Response of voltage source HVDC systems to DC-side faults\, HVDC fault characterisation and DC protection options”. \nDay & Time: Friday August 25\, 2017\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Prof. Stephen Finney\nUniversity of Edinburgh School of Engineering \nLocation: Bahen Centre\, Room BA 7180\n40 St George St\, Toronto\, ON M5S 2E4 \nContact: Sanaz Kanani \nOrganizers: IAS & PELS Joint Chapter \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/45918 \nAgenda: 2:00 pm: Light Refreshment\n2:10-2:50 pm: Presentation (40min)\n2:50 pm – Q&A (20min) \nAbstract: The emergence of high performance\, high voltage\, voltage source converters (VSC) such as the modular multi-level converter (MMC ) has resulted in increased deployment of voltage source HVDC transmission both for interconnection of AC networks and integration of remote and offshore renewable energy resources. The improved functionality and suitability for networked operation make VSC-HVDC attractive for future power networks. However\, the low impedance of voltage source HVDC makes is highly susceptible dc faults\, resulting in rapid collapse of system voltage and extreme over currents. For the majority of converter topologies\, fault current cannot be controlled by the converter switching with the potential for high current flows in the anti-parallel diodes. Protection devices are\, therefore\, required to operate with sufficient speed to avoid device failure. In current point-point connections this may be achieved through shunt protection of converter diodes coupled with AC side fault clearance which must be activated at all VSC terminals. \nThere is growing interest in the exploitation of VSC-HVDC in multi-terminal configurations\, with a number of large scale pilot projects. (For example the Zhoushan 5 terminal scheme). \nConductor faults in such VSC-HVDC networks will result in rapid network-wide voltage collapse and over currents. In these cases the application of proven point-point protection with AC fault clearance\, whilst effective\, will result in the loss of power flows at all converter stations. This may be avoided by the use of DC circuit breakers (DCCB)\, however implementation of such circuit breakers presents challenging compromises in speed\, complexity and losses. \nBiography: Prof. Stephen Jon Finney graduated with a Master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Loughborough University in 1988. He worked for the (U.K) Electricity Council research Centre Laboratories before joining the Power Electronics research team at Heriot-Watt University in 1990\, obtaining his PhD in 1994. In 2005 he transferred to the University of Strathclyde where he contributed to the formation of the power electronics\, drives and energy conversion group. This research group now includes 4 academic staff\, five postdoctoral research fellows and 14 postgraduate researchers. The group’s research spans power semiconductor devices\, circuits and system level applications. His work in the area of power electronics has resulted in the supervision 15 PhD completions and publication of over 150 research papers with over 30 in IEEE Transactions. \nDuring his time at Strathclyde Professor Finney has been responsible for developing research into the application of power electronic systems energy systems. Work in this field includes HVDC transmission\, Multi-terminal HVDC\, Renewable generator interface and Energy collection architectures. The group recently completed work on the European Union funded ‘Twenties’ program\, a multi-partner project which investigated the use of HVDC for the integration of large scale wind generation. This work will be extended through a number of successor projects focusing on overcoming technical barriers to HVDC networks offshore wind integration. \nBesides HVDC Professor Finney’s team is involved in a broad range of Power Electronics research which include work on High Voltage IGBT Modules and advanced gate drives and U.K China Collaboration on Power Electronic Devices for the Network Integration of Electric Vehicles.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/response-of-voltage-source-hvdc-systems-to-dc-side-faults-hvdc-fault-characterisation-and-dc-protection-options/
LOCATION:Bahen Centre\, Room BA 7180\, 40 St George St\, Toronto\, M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170519T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170519T160000
DTSTAMP:20260428T130250
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SUMMARY:High Power Density Power Electronics in Aerospace Applications
DESCRIPTION:Friday May 19\, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. IAS & PELS Joint Chapter are inviting you to the technical event “High Power Density Power Electronics in Aerospace Applications”\, presented by Dr. Chushan Li\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ryerson University. \nDay & Time: Friday May 19\, 2017\n3:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Chushan Li\nPostdoctoral Research Fellow in Ryerson University \nLocation: University of Toronto\n40 St.George Street\nToronto\, Ontario Canada\, M5S 2E4\nBahen Center of Information Technology\nRoom Number: BA 7180 \nAll IEEE members and non-members are welcome to participate with no admission charge. \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/45053 \nContact: Sanaz Kanani \nOrganizers: IAS & PELS Joint Chapter\, Toronto Section \nAbstract: In aerospace industry\, the More Electric Aircraft (MEA) architecture is emerging\, which employs the concept of electrical power for driving aircraft subsystems currently powered by hydraulic or pneumatic means including utility and flight control actuation\, environmental control system\, lubrication and fuel pumps\, and numerous other utility functions. \nIn this seminar\, Dr. Chushan Li presents an overview of More Electric Aircraft\, and highlights the researches on developing high power density power electronics converters for aerospace applications. These researches enable the MEA applications and significantly reduce the weight\, size\, and life-cycle-cost of the overall system\, improve reliability and result in ease of manufacturing and maintenance. The results are also applicable to wide applications in general industry. Finally\, discussions related challenges and potential opportunities are given to show the research potentials in this area. \nBiography: Dr. Chushan Li received the B.E.E. degree and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering\, Zhejiang University\, Hangzhou\, China\, in 2008 and 2014\, respectively. Currently\, he is a postdoctoral fellow in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Ryerson University\, Canada. \nFrom April to September in 2008\, he was an internship student with the Power Application Design Center in National Semiconductor (Hong Kong) Co.Ltd. From December 2010 to October 2011\, he was a visiting scholar with the Freedom Center in North Carolina State University. From December 2013 to June 2014\, he was a research assistant in Hong Kong Polytechnic University. \nHis research interest includes high power density power converter design and AC-DC power conversion. He has published 31 technical papers and held 7 patents. In 2013\, he has received First-Class National Scholarship for Graduate Student in China.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/high-power-density-power-electronics-in-aerospace-applications/
LOCATION:Bahen Center of Information Technology\, Room Number: BA 7180\, 40 St. George Street
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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SUMMARY:Trends of the Smart Grid Development
DESCRIPTION:Friday May 12\, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. IEEE Fellow and Professor Wei-Jen Lee\, Electrical Engineering Department University of Texas at Arlington\, will be presenting “Trends of the Smart Grid Development”. \nDay & Time: Friday May 12\, 2017\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Professor Wei-Jen Lee\nElectrical Engineering Department University of Texas at Arlington\nDirector of the Energy Systems Research Center\nIEEE Fellow \nLocation: Bahen Center of Information Technology\, Room: BA 7180\nUniversity of Toronto\n40 St. George Street\nToronto\, Ontario\nCanada M5S 2E4 \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/44907 \nContact: Hoda Youssef \nOrganizers: IEEE Toronto IAS & PELS Joint Chapter \nAbstract: The electrical power system in the US has been named as “the supreme engineering achievement of the 20th century” by the National Academy of Sciences. While the power system is a technological marvel\, it is also reaching the limit of its ability to meet the nation’s electricity needs. In addition\, our nation is moving into the digital information age that demands higher reliability from the nation’s aging electrical delivery system. \nThe modernization of the electricity infrastructure leads to the concept of “smart grid”. A comprehensive smart grid design should cover both top-down and bottom-up approaches. For the current centralized generation and transmission system\, upgrading the power delivery infrastructure\, enforcing the system security requirement\, and increasing interoperability are well known techniques to improve the reliability and the controllability of the power system. For the bottom-up approach\, one of the most important features is its ability to support a more diverse and complex network of energy technologies. Specifically\, it will be able to seamlessly integrate an array of locally installed\, distributed power sources with smaller CO2 footprint\, such as fuel cells\, photovoltaic\, and wind generation\, into the power system. \nThis presentation discusses the opportunities and challenges for the development of Smart Grid\, highlights the smart grid related researches that I have been involved recently\, and explores the possibility for future collaborations. The presentation concludes with the listing of issues needed to be addressed to ensure successful integration procedures that will eventually create new structures of efficient\, modular and environmentally responsive electricity infrastructure that will have an impact nationally as well as globally. \nBiography: Professor Wei-Jen Lee received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Taiwan University\, Taipei\, Taiwan\, R.O.C.\, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas\, Arlington\, in 1978\, 1980\, and 1985\, respectively\, all in Electrical Engineering. \nIn 1986\, he joined the University of Texas at Arlington\, where he is currently a professor of the Electrical Engineering Department and the director of the Energy Systems Research Center.\nHe has been involved in the revision of IEEE Std. 141\, 339\, 551\, 739\, 1584\, and dot 3000 series development. He is the Vice President of the IEEE Industry Application Society. He is an editor of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications and IAS Magazine\, editorial board member of Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (MPCE) and CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems\, and guest editor of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. He has been inducted as a member of Academy of Distinguished Scholar at the University of Texas at Arlington since 2012. He is the project manager of IEEE/NFPA Collaboration on Arc Flash Phenomena Research Project. \nProf. Lee has been involved in research on utility deregulation\, renewable energy\, smart grid\, microgrid\, energy internet and virtual power plants (VPP)\, arc flash hazards and electrical safety\, load and wind capacity forecasting\, power quality\, distribution automation and demand side management\, power systems analysis\, online real-time equipment diagnostic and prognostic system\, and microcomputer based instrument for power systems monitoring\, measurement\, control\, and protection. He has served as the primary investigator (PI) or Co-PI of over one hundred funded research projects with the total amount exceed US$12 million dollars. He has published more than one hundred and thirty journal papers and two hundred forty conference proceedings. He has provided on-site training courses for power engineers in Panama\, China\, Taiwan\, Korea\, Saudi Arabia\, Thailand\, and Singapore. He has refereed numerous technical papers for IEEE\, IET\, and other professional organizations.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/trends-of-the-smart-grid-development/
LOCATION:Room: BA 7180\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario Canada M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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SUMMARY:Hybrid Renewable Energy Standalone Systems
DESCRIPTION:Friday March 24\, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Dr. Ambrish Chandra of Department of Electrical Engineering\, École de technologie supérieure\, will be presenting “Hybrid Renewable Energy Standalone Systems”. \nDay & Time: Friday\, March 24th\, 2017\n3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. \nSpeaker: Dr. Ambrish Chandra\nDepartment of Electrical Engineering\nÉcole de technologie supérieure \nLocation: Room BA 4287\nBuilding: Bahen Center of Information Technology\nUniversity of Toronto\n40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S2E4 \nContact: Sanaz Kanani \nOrganizers: IAS & PLES Joint Chapter \nRegister: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/44319 \nAbstract: Several isolated areas in the world currently use only diesel generators (DGs) to serve their requirements of electrical energy. However\, the use of DGs has many drawbacks: 1) high cost of electricity\, 2) air and noise pollution\, 3) Loss in fuel efficiency and maintenance cost. To remedy those problems it is better to generate power from a cost-effective\, environmental friendly renewable energy sources (RESs) such as wind\, solar\, hydro\, biomass\, etc. RESs are clean and almost available all over the planet but are intermittent in nature\, especially wind and solar power generations. This makes their integration to micro-grid with DG difficult\, especially if the local grid is not connected to the main grid. Hybrid standalone system consists of many elements such as photovoltaic panels\, wind turbines\, DG\, energy storage system\, AC and DC loads\, dump load etc. Most of these elements are connected to the AC or DC bus via power electronic devices. In this presentation many possible hybrid renewable energy standalone systems will be discussed. Control of some of the systems will be discussed in detail. \nBiography: Prof Ambrish Chandra did his engineering degree from the University of Roorkee (presently IIT)\, India\, M.Tech. degree from IIT\, New Delhi\, India\, and Ph.D. degree from University of Calgary\, Canada\, in 1977\, 1980\, and 1987\, respectively. Since 1994\, he is working as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS)\, Université du Québec\, Montréal\, Canada. \nThe key differentiator of Prof. Chandra’s work is in the simplicity and practicality of the new solutions proposed by him. His most significant work is concerned with the advancement of new theory and control algorithms in the following two areas: 1) integration of renewable energy sources to distribution systems with improved power quality features\, and 2) power quality improvement in distribution systems. His work has had a significant impact and is now extensively employed in the industry. During the past 20 years he has published around 300 research articles in these two areas. He was instrumental in writing six review articles on power quality; those have now become de-facto standards worldwide. Many of the articles co-authored by him have high Google citations 2036\, 867\, 603\, 325\, with total Google citations 9380\, h-index 42\, i10-index 99\, and are being referred by many international researchers. He is a coauthor of the book ‘Power Quality – Problems and Mitigation Techniques’\, John Wiley and Sons Ltd\, (2015) which deals with the power quality problems in distribution systems. \nProf Chandra is Fellow of many organisations\, including IEEE\, CAE\, EIC\, IET and others. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Power and Energy Society\, and also of IEEE Industry Application Society. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. He is IEEE Power and Energy Society Montreal Chapter Chair. From May 2012 to September 2015\, he was the Director of a multidisciplinary graduate program on ‘Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency’ at ÉTS. Prof Chandra is a professional engineer in the province of Quebec\, Canada.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/hybrid-renewable-energy-standalone-systems/
LOCATION:Room BA 4287\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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SUMMARY:Improving Communication Skills for Engineers
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday February 22\, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. IEEE Toronto Section’s Industry Relations Committee and Young Professionals Affinity Group will be hosting a seminar on “Improving Communication Skills for Engineers” with distinguished speakers who will share their experiences and speak about the opportunities\, possibilities\, and challenges in an engineering workplace and the required communication skills. You will hear first-hand tips on how to become an excellent communicator to advance your career. \nThe focus of this seminar is on communication skills one requires to be successful in an engineering profession. This seminar could be of special interest to engineering students\, new graduates\, young engineers\, and young professionals in general. \nThis seminar is free; light refreshments will be provided. \nPlease register at the link below:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/improving-communication-skills-for-engineers-tickets-31690711772 \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, February 22nd\, 2017\n6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. \nLocation: Room 202\, Galbraith Building\, 35 St. George Street \nOrganizer: IEEE Toronto Section’s Industry Relations Committee\, Young Professionals Affinity Group \nEvent Details: \n6:15 pm-6:40 pm: Registration and Welcoming\n6:40 pm-7:00 pm: 1st Speech by Dr. Tom Murad\n7:00 pm-7:20 pm: 2nd Speech by Mr. Hugo Sánchez-Reategui\n7:20 pm-7:40 pm: 3rd Speech by Mr. Ted Lyberogiannis\n7:40 pm-8:00 pm: Open Panel and Q&A with Speakers\n8:00 pm-8:30 pm: Closing and Networking \nOther topics that will be covered in this seminar include:\n§ What university does not teach you: the minimum level of knowledge and skills an engineer requires to perform engineering work independently\, including academic knowledge\, sector specific technical knowledge\, business specific knowledge\, emerging technologies\, supervisory\, management\, and communication skills.\n§ How much you can benefit from mentors in achieving your career goals.\n§ Why life-long learning is critical for your career and life success. \nBiography of speakers: \nDr. Tom Murad\nDr. Tom Murad is the Head of Siemens Engineering and Technology Academy\, in Siemens Canada\, with over 35 years of experience in professional engineering and technical operations executive management including more than 10 years of academic and R&D work in industrial controls and automation. In the last four years\, he worked within Siemens Canada as the Head of Expert House and Engineering Director in the Industry Sector. Prior to joining Siemens Canada\, Tom was the Senior Vice President and COO of AZZ-Blenkhorn & Sawle\, an engineering system integration and technical solutions provider in Ontario\, specialized in power distribution and controls in various industrial and infrastructure applications. He has previously held various V.P. and Director positions in a number of engineering and industrial organizations internationally\, and contributed to many large global industrial projects. Dr. Murad is a Fellow of Engineers Canada and a member of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)\, APEGA in Alberta\, and NAPEG in the Northwest Territories\, as well as a Senior Member of IEEE in various technical societies. Tom earned a Bachelor of Engineering and a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Power Electronics and Industrial Controls from the Loughborough University of Technology in the UK. He also received a Leadership Program Certificate from Schulich Business School\, York University. Currently\, Dr. Murad serves on a number of advisory boards in the industry and academia. He has been an active member of the PEO Licensing “Engineering Experience Review” Committee for the last 12 Years. \nMr. Hugo Sánchez-Reategui\nHugo Sanchez-Reategui has been a consultant of PowerStream Inc. for the past 6 years confirming capacity for Embedded Distributed Generators dealing with stakeholders\, developers\, utilities and government agencies. Hugo is a current member of Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO)\, active member of Toastmasters International (Public Speaking) for the past 7 years. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering at National University of Callao\, Peru and IEEQB Program Certificate at Ryerson University in 2010. Currently\, Hugo mentors undergrad students\, international engineers and junior Toastmasters members. His technical interests include Smart Grid Technologies\, Distribution Reliability\, Substation Communications and Protection of Distribution Systems. \nMr. Ted Lyberogiannis\nTed is a Professional Engineer with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master’s degree in Electrical Power Systems from the University of Waterloo. He currently works as a manager at an electrical utility in Toronto. Upon graduating from his Bachelor’s degree in 2004\, he realized that his technical abilities would be of little use if he was unable to communicate effectively. Shortly after graduating\, he began practicing his public speaking by joining a local Toastmasters club at his work. He is now an experienced Toastmaster who has competed at the Semi-Finals of the World Championships of Public Speaking on two occasions – most recently placing 3rd in his Semi-Final this past August in Washington\, DC. He has delivered talks to dozens of different audiences including the National Job Fair\, students at the University of Toronto and the Water Environment Association of Ontario. He is a firm believer in the power of communication and that anyone can become a good public speaker if they practice enough – even those of us who studied engineering!
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/improving-communication-skills-for-engineers/
LOCATION:Room 202\, Galbraith Building\, 35 St. George Street
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications,Young Professionals
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SUMMARY:Electricity - Displacing Fossil Fuels in Other Sectors
DESCRIPTION:June 15\, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Paul N. Acchione\, Past President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers\, will be presenting “Electricity – Displacing Fossil Fuels in Other Sectors”. \nSpeaker: Paul N. Acchione\nPast President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE)\nManagement Consultant at Market Intelligence & Date Analysis Corporation \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, June 15\, 2016\n6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\nA light supper will be served 6:00-6:15 \nLocation: Room BA 4287\nBahen Centre for Information Technology (BA)\n40 St. George Street\nToronto M5S 2E4\nUniversity of Toronto – St. George Campus \nOrganizer: Toronto – IEEE Industry Applications and Power Electronics Joint Chapter \nContact: Gail\, Email: alavi@ieee.org \nAll IEEE members and non-members are welcome to participate with no admission charge. \nPlease register at:\nhttps://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/39745 \nAbstract: The seminar discusses which combination of electricity prices and carbon prices are needed to enable electricity to displace fossil fuels in other sectors.\n· Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ontario’s Electricity Sector\n· Electricity versus Natural Gas for Home Heating/AC\n· Electricity versus Gasoline for Transportation\n· Ontario’s Surplus Carbon-Free Electricity\n· Potential for Fossil Fuel Displacement by Electricity\n· Energy Policy Implications \nBiography: Paul has a B.A.Sc. and M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Paul is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario and is a member of ASME\, ANS\, IEEE and ISA and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Paul has over 44 years of engineering and management experience in the power generation industry. He worked for 31 years with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its predecessor companies. Paul was the 2013-14 President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and is a volunteer with OSPE’s Energy Task Force. Paul is a Management Consultant at Market Intelligence & Data Analysis Corporation.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/electricity-displacing-fossil-fuels-in-other-sectors/
LOCATION:Room BA 4287\, 40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 2E4
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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SUMMARY:A.I. is a half-truth without H.I.! POVAR and other examples of the Internet of Truth and Integrity for Consumer Electronics: See the invisible waves that see you!
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday December 2\, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Steve Mann\, University of Toronto Professor and Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman’s School of Management\, will be presenting “A.I. is a half-truth without H.I.! POVAR and other examples of the Internet of Truth and Integrity for Consumer Electronics: See the invisible waves that see you!”. \nSpeaker: Steve Mann\nProfessor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments\nUniversity of Toronto\nChief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab\nRotman’s School of Management \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, December 2\, 2015\n6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. \nLocation: Room WI1017\, Wilson Hall – New College\n40 Willcocks St\, Toronto\, ON M5S\nBuilding Map Link \nRegistration: Please register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-is-a-half-truth-without-hi-povar-and-other-examples-of-the-internet-of-truth-and-integrity-for-tickets-19671375614 \nContact: nabavi@ieee.org \nTo read the full presentation abstract see: http://wearcam.org/ConsumerElectronicsDec02.htm \nFor more details on the guest speaker see: http://wearcam.org/bio.htm \nAbstract: Today’s technological advancements in Artifical Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things That Think (IoT and TTT) are rapidly changing the way consumers interact with technology. Gone are the days of open source and open box consumer electronics and in their place we are left with proprietary devices that are difficult to understand and copy. Steve suggests there are two major problems with this new technological way: (1) discouragement of the scientific method and (2) increased personal risk. These problems have led to a world where humans don’t realize the risks they face as they are unable to understand the fundamentals of their technology. Join us as Steve introduces a number of new concepts that will shed light on the technology we use in daily life. \nBiography: Steve Mann is widely regarded for his work on computation photography\, particularly for wearable computing and high dynamic range imaging. As an inventor and visionary\, his work established Toronto as the world’s epicenter of wearable technologies in the 1980s and led him to found MIT Media Lab’s Wearable Computing project. Steve received his PhD from MIT in 1997 and then returned to Toronto in 1998 where he is now a tenured full professor at the University of Toronto in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments. During his early years at University of Toronto\, he created the world’s first Mobile Apps Lab (1999) as a part of his wearable computing and AR course. He is also the Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman’s School of Management. Mann holds multiple patents\, and has contributed to the founding of numerous companies including InteraXON\, makers of Muse.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/a-i-is-a-half-truth-without-h-i-povar-and-other-examples-of-the-internet-of-truth-and-integrity-for-consumer-electronics-see-the-invisible-waves-that-see-you/
LOCATION:Room WI1017\, Wilson Hall – New College (40 Willcocks Street\, Toronto)
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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SUMMARY:Advanced Technologies in Power System and Power Electronics
DESCRIPTION:September 18\, 2015 at 9:00 a.m (EDT) Toronto IEEE IAS&PELS joint Chapter and Power System Chapter along with Ryerson’s Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science invite you to join us for seminar discussions related to Power Electronics and Power System. For registration please contact Marjan at alavi@ieee.org. \nSpeakers: Many – See Below \nDay & Time: Friday\, September 18th\, 2015\n9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (EDT) \nLocation: 50 Carlton St.\, Toronto\, ON\nRyerson University\nClick here for a Map \nMeeting URL: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35766 \nOrganizers: IEEE IAS&PELS Joint Chapter\, Power System Chapter\, Ryerson Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science \nRegistration: For registration please contact Marjan at alavi@ieee.org. \nSeminar Agenda:\nThe seminar agenda is as follows:\n1) 8:30AM Registration\n2) 9:00AM Welcome\n3) 9:20AM Presentation I – by Dr. Bin Wu\n4) 10:00AM Presentation II – by Dr. Yunwei Li\n5) 10:40AM Coffee time and Break\n6) 11:20AM Presentation III – by Dr. Samir Kouro\n7) 12:00PM Light lunch\n8) 12:30PM Presentation IV – by Dr. You Zhou\n9) 1:20PM Presentation V – by Dr. Wuhua Li\n10) 2:00PM Lab tours – LEDAR and CUE labs \nPresentation I by Dr. Bin Wu\nPower Engineering Research at Ryerson University\nAbstract:\nThe Power Engineering (PE) Group at Ryerson University is one of the leading research groups in a Canadian university in the field of high-power converters\, medium voltage (MV) drives\, renewable energy systems\, and power systems. The Ryerson PE Group has a long-term successful research collaborations with Canadian industry\, including Rockwell Automation Canada\, Honeywell Aerospace Canada\, Toronto Hydro Corporation\, and Hydro One Incorporated. \nIn this talk\, our research facilities will be introduced\, which include the Laboratory for Electric Drive Applications and Research (LEDAR) and research laboratories in Centre for Urban Energy (CUE). A variety of industrial research projects will be discussed\, including high-power (megawatt) converters for MV drives\, wind and PV energy conversion systems\, electric vehicle fast chargers and charging stations\, and battery energy management systems. The talk ends with the research trends and directions in the area of MV drives. \nBiography:\nBin Wu received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto\, Canada in 1993. He joined Ryerson University in 1993\, where he is currently a Professor and Senior NSERC/Rockwell Automation Industrial Research Chair in Power Electronics and Electric Drives. Dr. Wu has published more than 300 technical papers\, authored/coauthored two Wiley-IEEE Press books\, and holds more than 25 granted/pending US/European patents in the area of power conversion\, medium voltage drives\, and renewable energy systems.\nDr. Wu received the Gold Medal of the Governor General of Canada in 1993\, Premier’s Research Excellence Award in 2001\, NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation in 2002\, Ryerson Distinguished Scholar Award in 2003\, YSGS Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education Award\, and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Engineering Excellence Medal in 2014. He is a fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)\, Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC)\, and Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE).\nContact:\nDr. Bin Wu\nProfessor\, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Ryerson University\, Canada\nEmail: bwu@ee.ryerson.ca\nWeb: http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~bwu/ \nPresentation II by Dr. Yunwei Li\nVirtual Impedance based Grid Interfacing Converter Control for Active Distribution System Power Quality Improvement\nAbstract:\nWith today’s increasing concerns on energy costs\, energy security and greenhouse gas emissions\, more and more renewable energy sources is being integrated into the power distribution system through distributed generation (DG). For example\, photovoltaic (PV) power production has been doubling every two years\, increasing by an average of 48% each year since 2002. At the same time\, the increased penetration of nonlinear loads may introduce power quality issues to the distribution power system. Such a system with the presence of many power electronics interfaced DG and loads can be considered as an active distribution system\, where the power electronics interfaces can actively participated in the system operation and control with improved efficiency\, reliability and power quality. This talk focuses on the distribution system harmonic control through the DG-grid interfacing converters. The compensation strategies are developed using the virtual impedance control concept. \nBiography:\nDr. Yunwei (Ryan) Li is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of Alberta\, Canada. Dr. Li received the Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore. In 2005\, Dr. Li was a Visiting Scholar with the Aalborg University\, Denmark. From 2006 to 2007\, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ryerson University\, Canada. In 2007\, he also worked at Rockwell Automation Canada. His research interests include control and PWM for power converters in distributed generation\, microgrid\, renewable energy\, electric motor drives\, and custom power devices. Dr. Li has published over 120 papers in these areas.\nDr. Li is a senior member of IEEE\, a Professional Engineer with Alberta Canada. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics\, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics\, and IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. Dr. Li received the 2013 Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award from IEEE Power Electronics Society.\nContact:\nDr. Yunwei (Ryan) Li\nProfessor\, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of Alberta\, Canada\nEmail: yunwei.li@ualberta.ca\nWeb: http://www.ece.ualberta.ca/~yunwei1/ \nPresentation III by Dr. Samir Kouro\nResearch on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Systems at UTFSM\nAbstract:\nThe north of Chile has the world’s most favorable resources for solar energy conversion. Nevertheless\, particular conditions of the dessert such as high altitude\, high temperature fluctuations\, lack of water and dust are challenges for the development of the solar industry. Two research centers of excellence: the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) and the Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E) are addressing these challenges. The Power Electronics Research Group of the Technical University Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM) leads these efforts in both centers\, from the power electronics perspective. In this presentation some of the recent research and development projects on photovoltaic energy conversion systems will be introduced\, including: soiling effects on energy yield\, sub-module PV converters\, photovoltaic energy in mining applications\, multilevel converters for grid connected PV systems and predictive control of PV inverters. \nBiography:\nDr. Samir Kouro received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM)\, Valparaíso\, Chile\, in 2004 and 2008\, respectively. From 2009 to 2011 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Ryerson University\, Toronto\, Canada. Since 2011 he has been with UTFSM where he currently is associate professor. Dr. Kouro has directed 6 Chilean National Fund projects (Fondecyt)\, is founding member and Principal Investigator of the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC-Chile) one of the national priority areas centers of excellence of Chile\, and founding member and Titular Researcher of the Advanced Center of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E)\, one of the technology transfers centers of excellence in Chile. He has coauthored one book\, four book chapters and over 100 refereed journal and conference papers. He has served as Guest Editor of a Special Section in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2013-2014) and one in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (2014-2015). Dr. Kouro received the IEEE Power Electronics Society Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award in 2012\, the IEEE Industry Applications Magazine 1st prize paper award of 2012\, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Best Paper Award of 2011\, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine Best Paper Award of 2008. \nContact:\nDr. Samir Kouro\nProfessor\, Department of Electronic Engineering\, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María\, Chile\nEmail: samir.kouro@ieee.org\nWeb: http://www2.elo.utfsm.cl/~skr/Samir_Home_Page/Home.html \nPresentation IV by Dr. You (George) Zhou\nPower Electronics for Future Energy Internet\nAbstract:\nIn this presentation\, future de-centralized energy/power system is defined under the concept of energy internet with zero or low carbon emission feature. The role of power electronics within this context is reviewed and fundamental stability issue within multiple-converter based power system is discussed. Distributed energy storage is found to be the general solution to decouple the in-stability caused from constant power device connection. Based on this concept\, an Energy Memory & Energy computer concept is proposed for future energy internet. The related energy control & management platform is then introduced as an Energy-Operating-System (EOS). Overall\, power electronics is proven to be the fundamental and key technology for digitized energy system with defined development road map in energy internet. \nBiography:\nDr. You(George) Zhou earned his bachelor and master degree from Tsinghua University\, China and his PhD degree in Toronto\, Canada\, all in Electrical Engineering. From 2000 – 2013\, he was with Honeywell Aerospace\, responsible for power/energy system design for various aircraft platforms including Boeing 7E7/787\, Lockheed Martin F35\, Airbus A380/A350. He pioneered digital power system design concept for Honeywell Aerospace and has won many awards in Honeywell including Honeywell Outstanding Engineer Award & Honeywell Technical Achievement Award. He has over thirty patents and related publications. In 2013\, He joined National Institute of Clean and Low Carbon Energy (NICE) in Beijing\, China\, as a member of National “Thousand Talents Program”. He is now the technical leader for distributed energy system group of NICE\, the core R&D section of its parental company Shenhua Group\, ranked 165th of Fortune 500 in 2014 and supplies 12% energy of China. His research includes energy internet based system design and integration for multiple source based energy system including energy generation\, energy conversion and energy storage from zero or low carbon emission perspective. \nContact:\nDr. You (George) Zhou\nNational Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy\, Shenhua Group\nEmail: zhouyou@nicenergy.com\nWeb: http://www.nicenergy.com/cn/ \nPresentation V by Dr. Wuhua Li\nRecent Research and Achievements in High Power Conversion System at SEEEDS\nAbstract:\nThe efficiency\, flexibility and reliability of high power conversion system have gained great popularity in power electronics community. Based on the classic definition of Dr. Newell on Power Electronics\, the laboratory of SEEEDS (Sustainable & Efficient Electric Energy Delivery System) is dedicated to innovating advanced technology to improve the conversion efficiency\, operation flexibility and system reliability in high power conversion system. At the semiconductor device level\, the dynamic switching performance test principle and online-junction temperature extraction for high power IGBT modules will be introduced. At the power converter level\, a Module Multilevel-clamped Composited Multilevel Converter (M-MC2) will be investigated. At the system control level\, an accurate behavior model and common-mode voltage injection based nearest level modulation for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) will be highlighted. \nBiography:\nDr. Wuhua Li (M’09) received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Applied Power Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University\, Hangzhou\, China\, in 2002 and 2008\, respectively.\nFrom 2007 to 2008\, he was a Research Assistant in General Electric (GE) Global Research Center. From 2008 to 2010\, he joined the College of Electrical Engineering\, Zhejiang University as a Lecturer. In December 2010\, he was promoted as an Associate Professor. Since December 2013\, he has been a Full Professor at Zhejiang University. From 2010 to 2011\, he was a Ryerson University Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Ryerson University\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada. His research interests include high efficiency power converters and renewable energy power conversion system. Dr. Li has published more than 100 peer-reviewed technical papers and holds over 30 issued/pending patents. \nContact:\nDr. Wuhua Li\nProfessor\, School of Electrical Engineering\, Zhejiang University\nEmail: woohualee@zju.edu.cn\nWeb: http://mypage.zju.edu.cn/en/woohualee
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/advanced-technologies-in-power-system-and-power-electronics/
LOCATION:50 Carlton St.\, Toronto\, ON Ryerson University
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications,Power & Energy
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SUMMARY:Electrical Energy Storage Options
DESCRIPTION:June 24\, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Paul N. Acchione\, Past President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers\, will be presenting “Electrical Energy Storage Options”.\nSpeaker: Paul N. Acchione\nPast President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE)\nManagement Consultant at Market Intelligence & Date Analysis Corporation \nDay & Time: Wednesday\, June 24\, 2015\n6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\nA light supper will be served 6:00-6:15 \nLocation: Room BA 4287\nBahen Centre for Information Technology (BA)\n40 St. George Street\nToronto M5S 2E4\nUniversity of Toronto – St. George Campus\nClick here to see the Map \nOrganizer: Toronto – IEEE Industry Applications and Power Electronics Joint Chapter \nContact: Marjan\, Email: alavi@ieee.org \nAll IEEE members and non-members are welcome to participate with no admission charge at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/34679 \nAbstract: The seminar will discusses the types and benefits of electrical storage and the costs involved. Also included is engineering information from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE’s) electrical power system studies\, including: \n• Ontario’s electrical demand profile\n• Cost impact of dispatching generation (load following)\n• Benefits\, challenges and costs of various types of storage\n• Alternatives if we don’t use storage\n• How much storage is needed to effectively integrate variable renewables \nBiography: Paul has a B.A.Sc. and M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Paul is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario and is a member of ASME\, ANS\, IEEE and ISA and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Paul has over 44 years of engineering and management experience in the power generation industry. He worked for 31 years with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its predecessor companies. Paul was the 2013-14 President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and is a volunteer with OSPE’s Energy Task Force. Paul is a Management Consultant at Market Intelligence & Data Analysis Corporation.
URL:https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/event/electrical-energy-storage-options/
LOCATION:Room BA 4287\, Bahen Centre for Information Technol
CATEGORIES:Industry Applications
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