Program of Events for 2012 Conference

Monday, April 2 - Pre Conference Tutorial

Tuesday, April 3 - General Session

Morning

• CCVT Transient Fundamentals
• Using Few Synchrophasors for System Reduction and Fault Location
• Modern Protective Relay Engineering Applications: Notable Electric Power Utility Events, Challenges, & Concerns
• The Affect of Vegetation Caused Faults on Distribution System Reliability
• Wide-Area Ethernet Network Configuration for System Protection Messaging

Afternoon

Transmission Track

• CVT Transients Revisited - Distance, Directional Overcurrent, and Communications-Assisted Tripping Concerns
• Adaptive HV Transmission Line Reclosing
• Backup Considerations for Line Current Differential Protection
• Do System Impedances Really Affect Power Swings - Applying Power Swing Protection Elements Without Complex System Studies
• 500 kV IPT Breaker Failure Protection

Distribution Track

• Simplifying Protection System Design for Distribution Substations
• Distributed Generation and Its Impact on Power Grid and Microgrid Protection
• High-Speed Communication-Assisted Tripping and Sectionalizing for Distribution Systems
• Adaptive Protection of Distribution Systems
• Distance Protection in Distribution Systems: How It Assists With Integrating Distributed Resources

Industrial Track

• Optical Arc Flash Protection: Real World Experience
• Analysis of Selected Motor Event and Starting Reports
• Fundamentals and Advancements in Generator Synchronizing Systems
• One Plant, One System: Benefits of Integrating Process and Power Automation
• Practical Applications of Peer-to-Peer Messaging in Industrial Facilities

Wednesday, April 4 - General Session

• Review of the Breaker Failure Protection Practices in Utilities
• Validating Transmission Line Impedances Using Known Event Data

Communications Track

• Reviewing Smart Grid Standards for Protection, Control, and Monitoring Applications
• Improving Reliability of the Power-Line-Carrier Channels for Protection Relaying Functions
• Applying Radio Communication in Distributed Generation Teleprotection Schemes
• Pilot Relaying Communications: Will Ethernet/IP Provide the Dependability and Security Required?
• P&C Engineering Concepts Applied to Cyber Security of the Power Grid

Forensics and Testing

• A Guide to Transformer Digital Fault Recording Analysis
• Automated Fault Location System for Nonhomogeneous Transmission Networks
• Effective and Efficient Testing of Multifunctional Protection IEDs
• Testing Considerations for Line Current Differential Schemes
• Using COMTRADE Records to Test Protective Relays

Substations

• Achieving Optimum Capacitor Bank Protection and Control
• Stray Flux and its Influence on Protective Relays
• Capacitor Bank Protection for Simple and Complex Configurations
• Implementation of a Transformer Monitoring Solution Per IEEE C57.91-1995 Using an Automation Controller
• Innovative Protection Scheme for H Configuration Fuseless Grounded Shunt Capacitor Bank

Thursday, April 5 - General Session

• Can End-to-End Testing Satisfy NERC / FERC?
• Calculating the Loadability of Distance Relays
• Redundancy in Coupling Power Line Carrier Channels to the Power Line
• Implementing NERC Guidelines for Coordinating Generator and Transmission Protection
• Features of Reliable Generating Unit Protection and Breaker Controls