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Topic: Introduction to Power Monitoring Systems
Location: Wyndham Garden Hotel, I-435 & Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.
Ph: (913) 383-2550.

Dir: Exit I-435 Metcalf Ave N. Go 1/4 km to 107th St. Turn right. Take immed. right @ BP. Go 100 meters; hotel is on your left.

Speaker: John Van Gorp, Power Measurement, LTD
Times: No-Host Social Hour: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Dinner Hour:  6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Presentation:  7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Menu: Chicken Dijon

Charge: Dinner $20/18 for members & guests, students $12/10. The second price reflects your registration discount. Cancel by Monday noon to avoid charge for meal. Presentation is free.

Presentation Outline:
Why Monitor Power?
* Energy/demand cost data - verify utility bills and allocate costs within an organization
* Power quality - benchmark the quality of delivered power against international standards and correlate captured events with process and equipment problems
* Electrical system operation - monitor key parameters for electrical equipment and improve system reliability

Monitoring System Components
* Power meters - turn analog voltage and current signals into digital power data
* Communications - use a variety of communication channels to move digital power data from meters to host computers
* Host computer and software - store power data and manipulate into information for distribution


Key Monitoring System Principles
* Distributed - shift intelligence to the meter and minimize raw data transfer to the host computer
* Scalable - able to grow to hundreds of monitoring points using a variety of communications links
* Open - power data accessible in many ways, either directly from a meter or the host system database
* Flexible - power meters and host system can be customized to meet a variety of requirements

Future Trends
* Power monitoring ASPs - viewing monitoring systems as a service
* Increased need for reliability monitoring - the digital economy will continue to demand unprecedented electric power reliability, and this needs to be benchmarked and monitored
* Increasing use of Internet technologies - power data transport and presentation over public networks using technologies like web browsers, email and XML

Speaker bio: John Van Gorp is the Product Marketing Manager for Industrial and Institutional Market Segments at Power Measurement Limited. He received his B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. John gained experience building monitoring systems for the Power Smart program at BC Hydro and for utility and industrial customers as an Applications Engineer at Power Measurement.

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Last updated May 04, 2008

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