Meeting Details

Date: Thursday, July 26^th, 2007

Topic: "Case Studies 2007"

Location: SRP Information Services Building (ISB), 1600 N Priest Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281

APQA Members present case studies.

Case Study 1 -
Topic: Flicker at a Strip Mall
Speaker: Bill Russell, SRP
Biography: Bill Russell is an electrical engineer in the Power Quality Services group at SRP, a utility serving the metropolitan Phoenix area. Bill performs power quality studies and investigations for disturbance-sensitive customers. He also instructs courses such as Grounding and Bonding for Safety and Performance, Power Quality for Electricians and Technicians, Understanding Power Factor, Harmonics, and Power Quality for Small Businesses. Prior to joining SRP, Bill worked as a consulting engineer for Power Quality Engineering where he conducted power quality studies and designed mitigation solutions. He also spent 21 years working in the field of electronics and avionics. In this capacity, Bill designed and developed radar systems as well as supervised teams throughout the world on various airframes such as the SR-71 and RF-4C. Bill received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Northrop University in Southern California and is currently a member of the Arizona Power Quality Association.

Case Study 2 -
Topic: Medium Voltage SVC Applications
Speaker: Kerry Diehl, American Superconductor
Biography: Kerry Diehl is Director of SVC Products at American Superconductor. Lehigh University, BS in Engineering specializing in process control, economics minor. MBA, Tepper School of Business, CMU. Hired into the planning and corporate development organization within Westinghouse, Kerry worked closely with business units ranging from transformers and circuit breakers to AC drives. Duquesne Light employed Kerry's cross-industry experience to bring modern planning to the company. Completing this task, he was asked to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of all utility marketing, sales and customer contact activities under both cost and regulatory constraints. Kerry joined Power Quality Systems, which was developing medium-voltage static VAR compensators. Believing the concept had tremendous market potential, he agreed to oversee daily operations and perform start-up marketing for PQS. After product commercialization and several years of market development, American Superconductor acquired Power Quality Systems and retained Kerry as Director of SVC Products.

Case Study 3 -
Topic: EMC Impact on Instrumentation Equipment
Speaker: Salman Sabbah, SRP
Biography: Salman Sabbah. P.E is a senior electrical engineer at SRP. Prior to joining SRP, Salman was responsible for design, construction and operation, power quality & reliability of semiconductor factories at Intel for 22 years. Before joining Intel Salman was employed at another semi-conductor factory in Salt Lake City, Utah for 2 years, responsible for electrical system design, power quality, sustaining and operation of electrical system. Prior to Semi-conductor factory experience, Salman worked as a consulting engineer, designing commercial and industrial power system. Salman received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1983. University of Utah, and a Master of Science 1988, Brigham Young University. Registered & Licensed as professional Electrical Engineer, State of Utah. He is IEEE Senior member.

Case Study 4 -
Topic: Tradeoffs Between Power Quality and Reliability
Speaker: Kris Koellner, SRP
Biography: Kris Koellner is a Senior Engineer with SRP. Kris has worked at SRP since 1994 in the areas of Distribution Planning, Power Quality, and most recently, System Protection. Kris graduated with a BSE degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and is registered as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Arizona. Kris is also a past officer of the Arizona Power Quality Association.