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PES TECHNICAL MEETING
Resilient Electric Grid Systems for
Urban Power Networks –
Providing a new system solution to
protect against urban power outages
Speaker:
Manisha Ghorai, PE, Manager, Network Planning and
Applications – American Superconductor Corporation
Date:
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Time:
Refreshments start at 6:00 pm, talk commences at 6.30 pm
Location: Valley A&B, National Grid, Reservoir Woods, Waltham, MA
02451
Abstract:
Catastrophic equipment failures, physical and cyber threats, and weather related disasters can all leave
entire sections of a central business district and nearby neighborhoods without power for hours or days.
These vulnerabilities are of particular concern since they can be triggered by events when the need for
grid resiliency is heightened. Such extended power outages in urban load centers can be difficult to
recover from, making even worse a situation where the personal safety of residents and the economic
health of businesses are threatened. Resilient Electric Grid (REG) systems provide protection against the
calamitous effects that follow the loss of critical substation facilities in urban areas by allowing the
interconnection of nearby substations, enabling them to share transmission connections and excess station
capacity, while controlling the high fault currents that naturally result from such interconnections. This
presentation discusses how REG systems are used to improve the resiliency and reliability of urban
networks, while significantly increasing load serving capacity.
Biography:
Manisha Ghorai joined American Superconductor in 2006. As a member of the
Network Planning and Applications team, she performs studies where she
analyzes transmission and distribution system problems for voltage collapse,
transfer capability, wind farm and other renewable energy interconnection,
harmonic and power quality problems. This includes performing power load
flow, dynamic, power transfer and harmonic studies and designing reactive
compensation solutions using the STATCOM and SVC products to solve
transmission and distribution problems. She earned a B.S. degree in Electrical
Engineering at University of Wisconsin and has co-authored and presented
papers for professional forums including IEEE meetings and the European Wind
Energy Conference (EWEC).
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details - http://www.ieeepesboston.org/