HydroVision International 2015

Session 6E: Control Your Impulses: Can Existing Controls Meet Modern Performance Requirements? (Room A106)

17 Jul 15
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Operations and Maintenance

Speaker(s): Ian Robertson, Senior Project Manager, Southern California Edison; David Parry, Engineer, Kestrel Power Engineering; John Holbrook, Director of Operations, Sales and Marketing, Systems Integrated; Richard Schaefer, Senior Application Specialist, Basler Electric Co.;

Moderator(s): Roger Clarke-Johnson, Sales & Marketing Director, Mercury Governor Group

Whether it’s a rotating exciter that has run flawlessly for 50 years, an electromechanical relay that nobody remembers how to calibrate, or a mechanical governor that hasn’t been touched in a decade, the subject of control obsolescence is a hot topic at many hydro plants, especially in the face of new North American Electric Reliability Corporation performance requirements. This wide-ranging session will provide insight from industry experts on governors, excitation systems, protective relays and unit/plant controls.