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Infrared Thermography: Power Quality, Among Other Things
Date: Thursday, May 30th, 2013
Location: SRP Information Services Building (ISB), 1600 N Priest Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281
Speaker: Gary Malhoit, SRP
Topic: "Infrared Thermography: Power Quality, Among Other Things"
This topic addresses infrared thermography as applied to industrial customers seeking to preclude unplanned outages and improve reliability. The case for using infrared is made. Next, the physics of infrared is generally discussed including how the infrared camera works. The issues with infrared are discussed as well as thermographs are shown to provide some examples of heat patterns, induction heating of nearby equipment and the like. Further, heating as related to power quality including voltage, harmonics and loose neutrals are discussed.
Speaker Bio:
Gary Malhoit is a Senior Engineer in the Power Quality Group of SRP. Prior to coming to SRP, Gary's career included working in various engineering positions at NCR, Bechtel and Motorola. While at Motorola nearly 20 years, he wrote numerous technical articles for Motorola's Silver Quill program and was on the original working group of SEMI F47 for voltage sag immunity. Gary is currently a member of the IEEE 1668 working group for testing electrical equipment and a member of IEEE/PES. Gary has a BS in electrical engineering from of the University of Tennessee and an MBA from the University of Memphis. He is a registered electrical engineer in Arizona and licensed as a patent agent to prosecute patent cases before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
