Largo, Florida – January 3, 2013 – Beckwith Electric is now registering attendees for its 2013 Protection Seminar to be held July 29-August 1, in Clearwater Beach, Florida at the Sandpearl Resort. The seminar includes an in-depth study of generator, transformer, and distributed generation (DG) interconnection protection and motor bus transfer. The seminar builds the background needed to understand these complex subjects, even for those with a limited knowledge of power system protection standards and practice.
This seminar includes four days of intensive training and instruction, course materials, and the opportunity to interact with our knowledgeable instructors in a casual classroom environment. Participant interaction is encouraged to gain from the shared experiences of others. Opportunities to discuss needs-based case studies and examples are available throughout the seminar.
Topics include:
- Generator Protection
- Latest developments reflected in IEEE guides: C37.102-2006, C37.101-2006 and C37.106-2003
- Improvements on 100% stator ground fault protection with low frequency injection while the generator is either online or offline
- How to prevent generator damage and provide proper protection during arcing ground faults
- How to comply with NERC standards and avoid possible penalties of up to $1 million a day:
- Learn what is required to meet NERC standards and the latest techniques for coordinating generator protection with transmission system protection and generator control from industry experts who have been involved with NERC in developing these guidelines
- Learn the methods discussed in the recently published (12/09) NERC Technical Reference Document on Power Plant and Transmission System Protection Coordination and how to apply them to your power plant generator protection to pass NERC audits
- Learn how to coordinate generator protection with generator excitation control (such as the AVR over/under excitation and volts/hertz limiters) so as not to limit the capability of your generator
- Transformer Protection
- Latest developments reflected in IEEE guide C37.91-2008
- Advanced transformer inrush and adaptive overexcitation restraint providing improved security without sacrificing reliability
- Through fault monitoring and protection for asset management
- Easy and flexible current summing for transformer through fault and ground differential protection in breaker and a half and ring bus applications
- Advanced commissioning tools to isolate wiring and setting errors in minutes
- DG Interconnection Protection
- Latest developments reflected in IEEE P1547 series of standard
- Integrating green power DG sources safely into your distribution system
- Impact of green power DG sources such as wind, solar, landfill methane, hydro and diesels powered from synthetic fuel on distribution system protection and voltage profile
- Motor Bus Transfer & Automatic Synchronizing Tutorial
- Fast Transfer Relay Performance Requirements
- Residual Transfer Relay Performance Requirements
- Transfer Initiate, Load Shed, Lockout
- Bus Transfer Acceptance Testing
- Spindown Analysis & Settings Calculations – Case Study
- Sequential vs. Simultaneous, The Need for Speed – Case Study
- Blackout Prevention – Case Study
- Earn 3.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or 30 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
- The Beckwith Electric Protection Seminar provides Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through IEEE. The IEEE maintains an official registry of all CEUs awarded. This makes accounting to state licensing boards an easier task for our seminar participants. One CEU is equal to ten contact hours of instruction in a continuing education activity. Many states require Professional Development Hours (PDHs) to maintain P.E. licensure, encouraging engineers to seek CEUs for their participation in Continuing Education Programs. IEEE CEUs readily translate into PDHs (1 CEU = 10 PDHs).
- Hospitality & Demo Expo
- Factory Tour of the Beckwith Electric Headquarters
- Visit the Beckwith Electric factory for a behind-the-scenes look at our advanced manufacturing and services capabilities at work. Discover how we turn raw material into cutting-edge technology. Experience the Beckwith Electric commitment to quality, equipment reliability, testing procedures, new product development, and customer service. Talk to Beckwith Electric technical and product support staff and learn first-hand about our technology through live product demonstrations.
Who should attend? Utility engineers, consultants (especially those involved with IPP/DG design), equipment/control engineers, generator packager and manufacturer engineers as well as others who specify protective relays and develop settings for these devices.
Register early to assure your seat. Deadline for registration is Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The seminar cost is $1,225 and includes all course materials, breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon breaks, and a Sunday evening welcome reception. 10% group discount applies for 3+ attendees from the same company.
The Protection Seminar, daily breakfast and lunch, Sunday reception, and the Tuesday night hospitality & hands-on lab will be held in Clearwater Beach, Florida at the Sandpearl Resort. The resort overlooks the picturesque Gulf of Mexico and sits on 700 feet of Clearwater’s white sandy beachfront. There will be a Factory Tour during the course of the seminar at the Beckwith Electric Factory.
Additional information is available at www.protectionseminar.com or visit www.beckwithelectric.com/protection.
About Beckwith Electric
Founded in 1967, Beckwith Electric introduced the first solid state tapchanger control in 1968, and was the first to develop the microprocessor protective relay in 1981. Today, Beckwith Electric has thousands of protection and control units in service worldwide, with a reputation for cutting-edge technology, defined by its customers and refined by Beckwith. This success starts with Beckwith Electric Employees and their commitment to quality in the products, all 100% designed and manufactured in Largo, Florida, U.S.A.
Beckwith’s field-proven smart distribution automation controls for transformers, regulators and capacitor banks incorporate unique control strategies, advanced microprocessor architecture and cyber security compliant communications. Power systems protection solutions include generator, transformer, feeder, recloser and distributed generation applications. Specialized synchronizing and motor bus transfer systems are also offered.
Beckwith Electric’s customers include power utilities, heavy industrial and large institutional markets, and their consultants.
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