Bulletin Pittsburgh Section October 2014 Volume 63, No. 10
Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63, No. 10 Included in this issue: Beck’s Bytes ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Magnetic Materials in Medicine: Applications in Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment ..... 3 High Temperature Fuel Cells - Combined Heat & Power For Mission Critical Facilities ......... 4 Aggregator-Based Resource Allocation Technique for Demand Response in the Smart Grid 6 Plasma Speakers: A Theoretical and Practical Demonstration .................................................... 7 IPCC2014 – October 13-15 ................................................................................................................ 8 Silicon Spintronics .............................................................................................................................. 9 Estimating the net reservoir emissions for future Amazonian reservoirs.............................. 10 Tour of Eaton Power Systems Experience Center ...................................................................... 11 Smart Grid – An Introduction to Medium Voltage Utility Power Line Sensors ...................... 13 Editor: Philip Cox, [email protected]; Contributors: Jim Beck, Tom Dionise, Gabriela Hug, Joe Kalasky, Matthew Moneck, Balaji Palanisamy, Kal Sen, Dave Vaglia and Matthew Valenti All announcements for publication in a particular month’s bulletin are due to the Editor by the 20th of the previous month. The accuracy of the published material is not guaranteed. If there is any error, please bring it to the Editor’s attention. The Section’s web site, https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/r20037, has recent issues of the bulletin and lots of other useful information IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 1 of 14 Beck’s Bytes Section Chair - Dr. Jim Beck, [email protected] Greetings! Did you know that the IEEE Pittsburgh Section also has a subsection? It's called the Upper Monongahela subsection, and its activities are centered in Morgantown at West Virginia University. They have been affiliated with us for many years and have been quite active. This year, the chair of the Upper Mon subsection is Gianfranco Doretto, and the director of our IEEE Region (R2), Parviz Famouri, is also a member from the subsection. Each year, we have a tradition of co-hosting our October excom with our Upper Mon colleagues on the WVU campus. This is combined with a technical seminar and is a great opportunity for us to get together. This year, the meeting is on Thursday, October 16. The technical seminar is being co-sponsored by the SSIT chapter and the talk is on plasma speaker technology. Details can be found in the bulletin. You are invited to join us, and I hope you take advantage of this opportunity to meet and mingle with our Upper Mon colleagues. I would also like to give a shout out to all of the IEEE volunteers who helped make the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo a great success. This event took place last month at the David Lawrence Convention Center. We're proud to host events like this in Pittsburgh, and thankful for both the organizers and volunteers who helped pull it off. Vice Chair -- Frank Pietryga, [email protected] Treasurer – Jim Lagree, [email protected] Secretary – Dr. George Gao, [email protected] Immediate Past Chair – Dr. Louis Hart, [email protected] Awards Chair – Dr. Ralph Sprang, [email protected] Webmaster – Gerry Kumnik, [email protected] UpperMon Subsection Chair: Dr. Gianfranco Doretto, [email protected] Chapters Communications Society – Chair: Dr. Balaji Palanisamy, [email protected]; Sec: Phil Cox, [email protected] Computer Society – Chair: Dr. Ralph Sprang, [email protected] Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology/Electron Devices Societies – Russell Dudek, [email protected]; Treas.: Dr. Louis Hart Engineering In Medicine & Biology Society Chair: Dr. Wei Wang, [email protected] Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Chair: Michael J. Oliver [email protected] (814) 763-3211 Power Electronics Society – Chair: Dr. Kal Sen, [email protected] Power & Energy & Industry Applications Societies Chair: Dave Vaglia, [email protected]; Past: Mey Sen, [email protected] 412-373-0117 Magnetics Society – Chair: Dr. Matt Moneck, [email protected] Nanotechnology Society - Chair: Dr. MinheeYun [email protected] Robotics Society – Chair: Gene Kern, [email protected] Signal Processing Society – Chair: Dr. Deniz Gencaga [email protected] Society on Social Implications of Technology Chair: Joe Kalasky, P.E., [email protected] 724-244-1609 Last but not least, we still have an open leadership position, chair of the IEEE life member affinity group. If you or someone you know is interested please volunteer. Thanks, and have a great month! Affinity Groups Young Professionals (formerly GOLD) – Chair: Kristopher Mascher, [email protected] Life Member – Chair: Open Women In Engineering – Chair: Dr. Gabriela Hug [email protected] Committees Jim Beck, Pittsburgh Section Chair, 2014 Consultants Network – Dr. George Crawford, [email protected] Professional/Career Activities (PACE) Chair: Joe Cioletti, P.E. [email protected] Student Activities – Dr. Irvin Jones, [email protected] Membership Development – Steve Mozelewski, [email protected] Publicity – Chair: Thomas Dionise, P.E. [email protected] (724) 779-5864 IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 2 of 14 Magnetic Materials in Medicine: Applications in Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Disease IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Seminar This seminar is Co-Sponsored by: Pittsburgh Chapter of the IEEE Magnetics Society Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Speaker: Date: Time: Location: Room: Tim St. Pierre, School of Physics, The University of Western Australia October 10, 2014 4:00PM Carnegie Mellon University Doherty Hall A302 Abstract: Scientists working in the field of magnetic materials are increasingly focusing their attention on new applications of magnetic detection and magnetic transduction techniques in the biomedical sciences. Iron is a key functional element in the human body and surpasses all other naturally occurring elements in the body in terms of both the variety and magnitudes of its magnetic states. In many diseases, the quantity and the magnetic state of iron are altered by the disease. Hence, detecting and measuring the magnetic properties of the iron in vivo or in samples of body fluids can give insights into the state of health of a human subject. Example applications include assessing the risk of organ damage in hereditary hemochromatosis [1], determining the dose of iron chelator drugs required for patients with thalassemia [2], and identifying infectious forms of the malarial parasite in finger-prick blood samples [3]. Scientists are also working on the development of synthetic magnetic particles that can be injected into the human body for the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The particles used are generally in the size range of 10 to 100 nm. They can be used to enhance the contrast in magnetic resonance images to help identify tumors in tissue [4], to act as local heat sources to treat cancer [5], and to carry, concentrate, and release drugs more specifically than drugs without a magnetic carrier [6]. In this presentation, the physical and chemical principles behind these biomedical applications and their impact on medicine will presented at a level suitable for a generalist audience. [1] Olynyk, J.K., et al., Duration of Hepatic Iron Exposure Increases the Risk of Significant Fibrosis in Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A New Role for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Am J Gastroenterology, 2005. 100(4): p. 837-841. [2] Taher, A., et al., Deferasirox significantly reduces iron overload in non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia: 1-year results from a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Blood, 2012. [3] Karl, S., et al., Plasmodium Falciparum And Plasmodium Vivax Gametocyte Clearance In Melanesian Children Determined By Magnetic Fractionation Illustrates Species-Specific Differences IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 3 of 14 In Malaria Transmission. American Journal of Hematology, 2013. 88(5): p. E117-E117. [4] Sun, C., J.S.H. Lee, and M. Zhang, Magnetic nanoparticles in MR imaging and drug delivery. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2008. 60(11): p. 1252-1265. [5] Maier-Hauff, K., et al., Efficacy and safety of intratumoral thermotherapy using magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles combined with external beam radiotherapy on patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2011. 103(2): p. 317-324. [6] Mejías, R., et al., Dimercaptosuccinic acid-coated magnetite nanoparticles for magnetically guided in vivo delivery of interferon gamma for cancer immunotherapy. Biomaterials, 2011. 32(11): p. 29382952. Biography: Professor Tim St Pierre heads the BioMagnetics Research Group in the School of Physics at The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. He trained at the University of Liverpool, UK, gaining a BSc with Honours in 1983 and a PhD in 1986. Following postdoctoral positions at Murdoch University in Western Australia, he was appointed to the faculty at The University of Western Australia in 1995. Professor St Pierre’s main scientific interests are in the application of physics to medicine and biotechnology. His research focuses on applications of magnetic measurement and characterization techniques for the non-invasive characterization of iron in biological systems. He and his team developed the non-invasive liver iron measurement technology, FerriScan®, which has been commercialised and used in over 20,000 patient measurements in hospitals around the world. He is currently working on magnetic methods for detection of parasites in human blood and fecal matter. He has published over 150 peer reviewed papers in the fields of iron and magnetism in biology, biotechnology, and medicine in journals such as Blood, Circulation, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In 2010 he won a Clunies Ross Award from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering for his work on non-invasive measurement of tissue iron deposits. High Temperature Fuel Cells - Combined Heat & Power For Mission Critical Facilities Speaker: Location: Date: Time: Sponsor: RSVP: S. Faruq Ahmed, PE Westinghouse Electric Company, 1000 Westinghouse Dr., Cranberry Township 14-October-2014 (Tuesday) 6:15-7:00 PM - Light Dinner, 7:00-8:30 PM - Presentation, Q & A PES/IAS Chapter Please respond by October 13th - Click Here to Register to Attend: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/28843 IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 4 of 14 Abstract: On-site power generation coupled with the use of reject heat is called Combined Heat Power (CHP) technology. The efficiency of fuel use with CHP technology is over 70% compared to less than 35% for central power generation. One of the ion-site power generation technology is high temperature fuel cell. These fuel cells use reactants such as carbon mono oxide and oxygen (from the air) at high temperature. The fuel source is natural gas although any other source that can provide the reactant gas can be used. The exhaust gases from such a fuel cell are at 850 deg C (1500 deg F). The power generation efficiency of the fuel cell is about 47%. The overall fuel use efficiency is close to 80% if the reject heat can be utilized. The high temperature reject heat is utilized in a cascade manner. The exhaust from the fuel cell is first used in an expander turbine to generate additional power. The exhaust of the turbine is used to power a desiccant (or absorption) cooling system. The exhaust of the cooling equipment is used to heat service hot water. Such a cascade heat utilization has been evaluated for use in a mission critical facility – the research lab. The applications for such system will be presented for ten different climates across the United States. Detailed information will be presented for very cold climate (Minneapolis) and very hot and humid climate (Houston The environmental impact of using CHP fuel cell system is extremely small compared to the central generation of power. Biography: Faruq Ahmed is a senior engineer at Gaven Industries in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. His applied research interests encompass many engineering disciplines. He has designed many HEMP shielded facilities for the United States Military and other Federal Agencies. He also works on applied research projects including RF shielding, magnetic shielding, mission-critical facilities, healthcare facilities, research labs, nano fabrication facilities and more. Prior to this position, Faruq was an engineering Principal for 39 years at Burt Hill , an International Architectural and Engineering firm. He holds a Masters degree in Engineering from Colorado State University. Faruq had also served as solar and renewable energy consultant to the World Bank and has developed many projects for the developing countries. His applied research experience at Burt Hill included solar and renewable energy projects for many Federal and State Agencies including US DOE, US Postal service, Department of Interior, Soil Conservation Service, US Fish and wild Life Service, Army Corps of Engineers, International Energy Agency (IEA) and others. DIRECTIONS TO WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, CRANBERRY Directions from the South: Take 79 North to the route 228 east exit. Stay in right lane and drive by Marriott Hotel (on right). Turn right into Cranberry Woods facility and stay in left lane. Make first left into Westinghouse Headquarters and drive straight through roundabout. Please park in the visitors parking places that are located on either side of the entry road. Directions from the East: Take the PA Turnpike (I-76) West following signs for Ohio / I-76 W. Take Exit 28 and follow I-79 N toward Erie. Stay in the entrance lane (right lane) and immediately take Exit 78, PA-228 Cranberry/Mars. Turn right onto PA-228 E toward Mars. Turn right onto Cranberry Woods Drive. Take immediate left at Westinghouse sign and drive straight through roundabout. Please park in the visitors parking places that are located on either side of the entry road. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 5 of 14 An Aggregator-Based Resource Allocation Technique for Demand Response in the Smart Grid Speaker: Date: Time: Place: RSVP: Organizer: Siddharth Suryanarayanan, Ph.D. Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM G102 Engineering Sciences Building (ESB) West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Matthew Valenti, [email protected] Upper Mon Subsection Abstract: We utilize a for-profit aggregator-based residential demand response (DR) approach to the Smart Grid resource allocation problem. The aggregator entity, using a given set of schedulable residential customer assets (e.g., smart appliances), must set a schedule to optimize for a given objective. Here, we consider optimizing for the profit of the aggregator. To encourage customer participation in the residential DR program, a new pricing structure named customer incentive pricing is proposed. To validate our heuristic framework, we simulate the optimization of a large-scale system consisting of 5,555 residential customer households and 56,642 schedulable assets using real pricing data over a period of 24-hours. We show that by optimizing purely for economic reasons, the aggregator can enact a beneficial change on the load profile of the overall power system. Speaker Bio: Siddharth Suryanarayanan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University where he teaches and conducts sponsored research in the area of electric power systems. He is the author of 24 journal publications, 45 conference proceedings, and numerous technical reports and white papers. He is a senior member of the IEEE and actively contributes to the Power & Energy Society (PES). He obtained his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2004 from Arizona State University. More information on his research and teaching can be found here: http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~ssuryana/. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 6 of 14 IEEE Society for Social Implications of Technology in conjunction with IEEE Upper Monongahela Subsection present Plasma Speakers: A Theoretical and Practical Demonstration Date and Time: Location: RSVP: Presenters: Thursday October 16, at 6:30 PM West Virginia University , Lecture Hall: ESB-E 801 (Engineering Sciences Building) WVU Students and Staff: to Dr. Gianfranco Doretto: [email protected] All others to: Joe Kalasky(SSIT Chair) [email protected] or 724-244-1609 by Monday, October 13, 2014. Cliff Walters and Benjamin Clark Messrs Walters and Clark are recent graduates of the B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology program as California State University. During their final year at CSU and in the years subsequent they have designed, build and demonstrated a unique version of a plasma speaker. They have given their slideshow and hands-on demonstration of the Plasma Speaker in several venues and have rave reviews. The IEEE is fortunate to come across this exceptional presentation. Content: Plasma speakers are a form of loudspeaker which varies air pressure via a high-energy electrical plasma instead of a solid diaphragm. Connected to the output of an audio amplifier, plasma speakers vary the size of a plasma glow discharge, corona discharge or electric arc which then acts as a massless radiating element, creating the compression waves in air that listeners perceive as sound. The effect takes advantage of two unique principles. Firstly, ionization of gases causes their electrical resistance to drop significantly, making them extremely efficient conductors, which allows them to vibrate sympathetically with magnetic fields. Secondly, the involved plasma, itself a field of ions, has a relatively negligible mass. Thus as current frequency varies, more-resistant air remains mechanically coupled with and is driven by vibration of the more conductive and essentially massless plasma, radiating a potentially ideal reproduction of the sound source. Thus plasma speakers have an extremely improved clarity and frequency range over conventional diaphragm speaker. The presentation will include a live demonstration of the glowing plasma speaker. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 7 of 14 IPCC2014 – October 13-15 IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 8 of 14 Silicon Spintronics IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Seminar This seminar is Co-Sponsored by: Pittsburgh Chapter of the IEEE Magnetics Society Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Speaker: Date: Time: Location: Room: Ron Jansen, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan October 20, 2014 4:30 pm Carnegie Mellon University Wean Hall 7500 Abstract: Worldwide efforts are underway to create a revolutionary and energy-efficient information technology in which digital data is represented by the spin orientation of electrons. Implementing spin functionality in silicon, the mainstream semiconductor, has the potential to create broad impact. Remarkable advances in the creation and control of spin polarization in silicon have therefore generated much excitement. This lecture provides a transparent picture of silicon spintronics, including the key developments and achievements, our current understanding, as well as the unsolved puzzles and challenges that stimulate researchers in the field. First, the basic idea of spin-based information technology and silicon spintronics is introduced. Ferromagnets have non-volatile memory functionality, whereas semiconductors provide amplification and transistor action. What if we integrate ferromagnets and silicon — magnetic memory and logic computing? Then the main building blocks are described: one needs to be able to create spin polarization in the silicon, to manipulate it, and thereafter detect the spins. The generation of a spin flow by electrical means (driven by a bias voltage) or thermal means (driven by a heat flow) are discussed. Ferromagnetic tunnel contacts are shown to provide a robust method to do this, at room temperature. The lecture concludes with a prospect on future developments, which certainly includes more surprises as silicon spintronics comes of age. [1] R. Jansen, Silicon spintronics, Nature Materials 11, 400-408 (2012). [2] J.C. Le Breton, S. Sharma, H. Saito, S. Yuasa and R. Jansen, Thermal spin current from a ferromagnet to silicon by Seebeck spin tunnelling, Nature 475, 82-85 (2011). [3] S.P. Dash, S. Sharma, R.S. Patel, M.P. de Jong and R. Jansen, Electrical creation of spin polarization in silicon at room temperature, Nature 462, 491-494 (2009). IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 9 of 14 Biography: Dr. Ron Jansen received a PhD in Experimental Physics from the University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) in 1997, and was a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Cambridge, USA). After that he moved to the University of Twente (The Netherlands), where he became a tenured assistant professor, associate professor, leader of the NanoElectronics Research Chair and group leader with the Netherlands Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM). Since 2010, he works at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Tsukuba, Japan), where he is now a prime senior researcher (首席研究 員) at the Spintronics Research Center. He has published 100+ technical articles in peer-reviewed journals, incl. book chapters and reviews, and given more than 110+ invited scientific presentations. He received personal award grants from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. He served on international advisory boards and program committees of various international conferences in magnetism (MMM, INTERMAG & joint meetings, JEMS), semiconductor devices and spintronics. He was editor of IEEE Transactions on Magnetics and the European Journal of Applied Physics and is a member of the IEEE Magnetics Society. Estimating the net reservoir emissions for future Amazonian reservoirs under a steady state: a Monte Carlo simulation approach Speaker: Date/Time: Location: Sponsor: Paulina Jaramillo, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 5pm Porter Hall A22 on CMU Campus Women in Engineering Society, Pittsburgh Chapter Most of the future electricity generation expansion in Brazil is planned to come from new hydropower plants located in the Amazon basin. This paper proposes a model to estimate future carbon emissions and sinks of 18 recently built or planned reservoirs sited in Amazonian rivers. Based on data available in the literature and the reservoir design documents, the model consists of a Monte Carlo simulation that represents the steady state balance of the greenhouse gases (GHG) fluxes to the atmosphere that result when converting a river into a reservoir. The model estimates CO 2 and CH4 production related to the decomposition of the organic matter in Amazon reservoirs, which are emitted through the reservoir surface, dam outlets, and the river surface downstream the dam. We also assessed the reservoir capacity of sequestering the carbon and the natural emissions from the Amazonian rivers. Results indicate that total net reservoir emissions are highly variable across the studied reservoirs; median values range from 60 to 780 Megatons of CO2eq in a hundred years. Median emission factors vary from 80 to 1,000 kg of CO2eq per MWh of produced electricity across the reservoirs suggesting the new hydropower plants in the Amazon might have values that are comparable to the GHG emissions factor of fossil fuel power plants. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 10 of 14 Paulina Jaramillo, PhD, has a bachelor’s in civil and environmental engineering from Florida International University (2003), as well as a master's and PhD in civil and environmental engineering with an emphasis in green design from Carnegie Mellon University (2004 and 2007, respectively). Her past research focused on life cycle assessment of energy systems with an emphasis on climate change impacts and mitigation research. As a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, she is currently involved in key multi-disciplinary research projects to better understand the social, economic, and environmental implications of policy-driven changes in the operation of the energy system. She was also the executive director of the RenewElec project, which looked at challenges and opportunities for the largescale integration of variable and intermittent renewable resources into the U.S. power system. This project ended in 2014 with the publication of a book. Tour of Eaton Power Systems Experience Center Speakers: Daniel J. Carnovale, PE, Manager and Thomas J. Dionise, PE, Power Quality Advisory Engineer, Eaton Corp., Power System Engineering Department Date: October 23, 2014 Time: Social/light dinner 6:30 PM, Program 7:00 PM Place: Eaton Power Systems Experience Center 130 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086 RSVP: Required to Mey Sen ([email protected]) by October 16, 2014 with each attendee’s Name, Affiliation, email, and phone number. If you would like to receive PDH, please bring a copy of this announcement for verification of your attendance. A non-Member who would like to receive PDH is required to pay $10 to “IEEE Pittsburgh Section.” A Member who would like to receive PDH is required to show membership ID. Organizer: Power Electronics Society (PELS) and Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) Abstract: At the Power Systems Experience Center (PSEC), Eaton’s full-scale laboratory and demonstration facility in Warrendale, visitors can see firsthand the latest advances in electrical power quality, energy management and safety. In this controlled environment, visitors observe product testing and performance, participate in live demonstrations and learn about power management technologies from Eaton experts. Special emphasis will be given to demonstration of power quality problems, including energy efficiency, harmonic issues, voltage disturbances such as sags and surges, as well as the appropriate hardware and system solutions. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 11 of 14 Speakers: Tom Dionise is a Power Quality Advisor Engineer with Eaton Corporation in the Power System Engineering Department. He has over 30 years of power system experience involving analytical studies and power quality investigations of industrial and commercial power systems. In the metals industry, he has specialized in power quality investigations, harmonic analysis and harmonic filter design for electric arc furnaces, rectifiers and VFD applications. He is an instructor for Eaton’s Power Quality Monitoring Class and Harmonic Analysis Class. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Chair of the Metal Industry Committee, and member of the Generator Grounding Working Group. Tom has served in local IEEE positions, and had an active role in the committee that planned the IAS 2002 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in PA, and received a MSEE from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984 and a BSEE from Pennsylvania State University 1982. Daniel J. Carnovale, PE developed and is the manager of Eaton’s Power Systems Experience Center (PSEC – www.eaton.com/experience) in Warrendale, PA. The PSEC is a full-scale demonstration and test facility focused on power quality, energy management and arc flash safety. Prior to Eaton, he worked for Westinghouse Engineering Services and ABB Power T&D where he performed Power Quality field investigations and electrical distribution system analysis. Dan received his B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Gannon University in Erie, PA, his M.S. Degree in Power Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic University in Troy, NY and an MBA from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, California and Alaska, a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and a Senior Member of IEEE. DIRECTIONS TO EATON POWER SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE CENTER From Pennsylvania Turnpike: Take the PA Turnpike (I-76) to Exit #28. Follow the signs for Route 19 South. Follow Route 19 South to 2nd traffic light. Turn right into the Thornhill Industrial Park. At the light turn right onto Commonwealth Drive. Eaton is the third building on the left. From Pittsburgh via I-279 and I-79 North: Take I-279 North to I-79 North. Continue on I-79 North to the Warrendale Exit (#75). At the stop sign, turn left, go under I-79, then turn right onto Brush Creek Road (first street on the right). Follow Brush Creek Road approximately 1.5 miles to the 3rd traffic light. Brush Creek turns into Commonwealth Drive at this point. Proceed straight ahead onto Commonwealth Drive. Eaton is the third building on the left. NOTE: Please use entrance to PSEC next to the solar parking canopy near the back of the building IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 12 of 14 Smart Grid – An Introduction to Medium Voltage Utility Power Line Sensors Speaker: Date: Time: Place: RSVP: Sponsor: Joe Trost, Director of Software Verification Test (SVT) at Tollgrade Communications, Inc. October 29, 2014 Meet the Speaker with Pizza at 6:30 pm; Talk will be at 7:00 pm. University of Pittburgh, 501 IS Building (135 N Bellefield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA - 15260) Balaji Palanisamy: [email protected] Communications Society Pittsburgh Chapter Abstract: Smart Grid reliability starts with better visibility into the backbone of the grid – the distribution network. With distribution monitoring systems, there is better detection of faults with realtime information (e.g. type of fault, cause and location); classify different types of line disturbances; and continuously monitor load and power quality across all three phases of a medium voltage distribution network. Monitoring is made possible with Medium Voltage (MV) Sensors with these features: inductively powered with flexible communications offered through cellular or Wi-Fi with operations down to 3 amps. Key sensor measurements include: load current, fault current, electric field strength, power factor, phase angle, sags, surges, wire temperature and harmonics. This talk will include a demonstration of sensors from Tollgrade. We will power them up and simulate power events on the power line so we can watch the sensor “see” the events and transmit them back to the management station. Bibliography: V. Joseph Trost started tinkering with computers while in high school back in 1976. His dad had remote access to banking industry mainframes and Joe could login after hours and play computer games. During the 1980’s Joe was a computer operator in New York City and eventually took a job with a software consulting firm as a programmer analyst writing code on COBOL, Fortran, Pascal and C. Late in the 80’s, Joe recognized the potential of computer networking and decided to focus his studies on a new technology called the “Internet”. That led him to Rich Thompson and the Telecommunications Program at the University of Pittsburgh and then to various positions at FORE Systems, Marconi Communications, Ericsson and Tollgrade. Joe is currently the Director of Software Verification Test (SVT) at Tollgrade Communications, Inc. located in Cranberry Township (30 minutes North of Pittsburgh). The focus of Joe’s work at Tollgrade is related to Quality Assurance Testing of the LightHouse (SmartGrid) Product Line. LightHouse consists of various hardware and software products that allow the electrical utilities to monitor the status of their distribution networks in real-time. Prior to working at Tollgrade, Joe was the Director of ATM Engineering for Ericsson (Communications Infrastructure Company based in Sweden). Joe’s experience in ATM Networking Technology started in the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at FORE Systems back in 1995. While at FORE, Joe designed one of the largest ever ATM Networks for the National Security Agency at Fort Meade in Maryland. Joe holds a Master of Science in Telecommunications from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science in Decisions Sciences from Rider University. IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 Page 13 of 14 2014 Calendar – Meetings of IEEE Pittsburgh Section Executive Committee Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec 16 Panera Monroeville 20 Panera Bread Wilkins 15 Robot Car Race 20 Panera Bread Wexford 17 Panera Bread Forbes Ave, Oakland 10 Senior Membership 15 Panera Bread Wilkins 19 Spaghetti Warehouse Pittsburgh 17 Panera Forbes Ave, Oakland 21 Panera Bread Forbes Ave, Oakland 18 Spaghetti Warehouse 16 WVU TBD 20 Panera Bread Wilkins 18 Holiday meeting TBD Section Communic ations Computer 9 Awards Dinner 21 Interference 29 Smart Grid 10 Quad Copter 21 EMG Recordings EMBS EMCS 28 Apps Power Grid Power Electronics PES/IAS 6 Climate Change 23 - Furnace 6 AFCIs 11 Data Center Power 20 Rollercoasters 14-18 ECCE 15 Flywheel 16 Testing Induction Machines 23 Eaton Tour 14 Fuel Cells 10- Meds. 20-Silicon Magnetics 10 Quad Copter 19- Dev. 31 Stat. Anal. Climate vars. Robotics Sig. Processing 28 Biomarkers CPMT/ED Social Impl Technology Upper Mon Women in Eng’ing 3 Malware Detection 24-MWaves 12 Climate Mitigation 31 CyberPhysical Systems 7 Com Theory 11 - Photos 14-Astronomy 5 IoT 22 Estimating Emissions Life Mem. GOLD PACE 11 Russ Harrison Student Act IEEE Pittsburgh Section Bulletin October 2014 Volume 63 No. 10 16 Speakers 23 - Eaton 17 Smart Grid Page 14 of 14 13-15 IPCC
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