February 2010 IEEE Oregon IAS Meeting and Discussion
Title: “Unit Substation Design”
Presenter: David Durocher – Eaton Corporation, Electrical Group – Industry Manager
Date / Time: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
5:30PM - 6:30PM Social Hour (Attitude Adjustment)
6:30PM Dinner
7:30PM Presentation
Cost: $26.00 for dinner (by hotel). No charge for presentation only.
The IAS Chapter offers free dinner for PSU, OSU, George Fox, U of P, and WSU Vancouver EE Students.
Location: Red Lion Hotel Portland
1021 NE Grand Avenue
Portland, OR 503.235.2100
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, and let us know if you will be joining us for dinner, presentation, or both. To ensure an accurate count for dinner, please reply by Monday, February 15th.
Abstract:
Many legacy low and medium-voltage unit substations installed today are based upon older designs that took advantage of reduced first cost “opportunities” allowed by existing installation codes and standards. Fast-forward to how these substation designs fair in safety and reliability today, particularly in industrial process applications found in cement, pulp and paper, petroleum & chemical and others, some of the exercised “opportunities” applied in the past begin to look more like liabilities than assets. Legacy engineering decisions once thought to be prudent take on new meanings today, particularly when these decisions are viewed through the lens of emerging new workplace safety standards. Because traditional substation designs often appeared to involve some compromise regarding both safety and reliability, a design team of a major process industry user took a fresh look at unit substation design. The design review took place in conjunction with construction of a Greenfield plant built in the spring of 2009 in the USA. This presentation will review the design limitations of traditional unit substation configurations, offer an overview of the alternatives considered by the Greenfield site project team, and discuss technical and safety validation of the design that was ultimately selected and installed.
Presenter:
David B. Durocher, Senior Member IEEE, received a BSEE degree from Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR in 1978. He has over 30 years of engineering experience with Westinghouse and Eaton serving in a variety of engineering, sales and marketing roles. Dave had authored numerous technical papers that have been presented at IEEE IAS Pulp & Paper Industry Committee (PPIC) Conferences, Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry (TAPPI) Conferences, Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI) Seminars and the IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop. A number of his technical works have been published in trade journals including IEEE Industry Applications, TAPPI Journal and Pulp & Paper Magazine. Dave presently serves as the Chairman of the Process Industries Department of the IEEE Industry Applications Society and as the Chairman of the IEEE IAS Pulp & Paper Industry Committee. He also is active in his local IEEE IAS Chapter. Dave serves on the Board of Directors for the University of Washington Pulp & Paper Foundation. He is employed by Eaton's Electrical Group, serving as Industry Manager.
Directions to the Red Lion Hotel:
From Interstate 5 Southbound, take Exit 302A. Proceed through the intersection at Broadway, go one block and turn left at Weidler Street. Go 5 blocks and turn right on M.L. King Blvd and proceed 5 blocks. Turn left on Hassalo Street and the hotel is on your right.
From Interstate 5 Northbound, take Exit 302A. Turn right on Weidler Street. Go 4 blocks and turn right on M.L. King Blvd and proceed 5 blocks. Turn left on Hassalo Street and the hotel is on your right.
From Interstate 84 Westbound, take Exit 1. Proceed through the traffic signal and continue westbound on Lloyd Blvd for approximately 5 blocks. Turn right on Grand Avenue and go 6 blocks. The hotel is on your left. You many enter the parking area directly from Grand Avenue or proceed 1 block north and turn left on Hassalo Street. Hotel entrance will be on your left.
Please Note: Overflow parking is in the Kaiser Permanente Administration Building parking lot at the corner of Hassalo and 6th Avenue. |
