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Welcome Reception, Monday, March 27, 2023

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5:00-7:00 PM

 

Conference Program

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

General Session I

Moderated by Derrick Haas, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

Rudder Theatre

8:10 AM Redundancy Strategies for Distribution Protection Michael Thompson
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
8:50 AM Protection and Control Challenges of Low Voltage Networks with High Distributed Energy Resources Penetration Zheyuan Cheng
Quanta Technology
9:30 AM Assessment of Hot and Flaming Particles and Fire Risk from High Current Faults Scott Hayes
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
10:10 AM Break – Sponsored by: Burns & McDonnell
10:50 AM IDA Restoration- The Transmission Engineering Efforts William Rice
Entergy Service Inc
11:30 AM Unified Grid Monitoring, Control, and Protection Platform Eric A. Udren
Quanta Technology LLC.
12:00 PM Lunch Sponsored by ABB VISIT VENDORS – Bethancourt Ballroom

Afternoon Sessions

Transmission I

Moderated by Kevin Jones, Xcel Energy

Memorial Student Center 2400

1:30 PM Transmission Line Protection for Systems with High Penetration of Inverter-Based Resources Alexander Apostolov
OMICRON electronics
2:00 PM Line Current Differential Protection in Systems With Inverter-Based Resources—Challenges and Solutions Ryan McDaniel
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
2:30 PM Six-Phase Line Transmission – What it Is, Why We Need It and How to Protect It Alexander Apostolov
OMICRON electronics
3:00 PM Break – Sponsored by: Dashiell
3:30 PM FAULT LOCATION FOR MULTI-TERMINAL LINES Joerg Blumschein
SIEMENS
4:00 PM Approaches for Modeling and Simulation of Single Points of Failure for TPL-001-5.1 Compliance Mehrdad Chapariha
Quanta Technology
4:30 PM Frequency Measurement in Protective Relays and Impact by Renewable Energy Resources JC Theron
GE Grid Solutions
5:00 – 7:00 PM Reception Sponsored by GE Grid Solutions | Visit Vendors – Bethancourt Ballroom

Substation

Moderated by Ken Swift, Oncor

Memorial Student Center 2406A

1:30 PM A Call to Action: Say YES to Restricted Earth Fault Protection Swagata Das
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
2:05 PM Beyond the Nameplate: Transformer Compensation Revisited – New Applications, Greater Simplicity Ariana Hargrave
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
2:40 PM Capacitor Bank Unbalance Protection Calculations and Sensitivity Analysis Bogdan Kasztenny
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
3:10 PM Break – Sponsored by: Dashiell
3:45 PM Improved Transformer Condition Monitoring using IEEE C57.109 Through Fault Detection Algorithm Justin Turner
GE Grid Solutions
4:20 PM Modern Capacitor Bank Protection Methods Mike Ramlachan
GE Grid Solutions
5:00 – 7:00 PM Reception Sponsored by GE Grid Solutions | Visit Vendors – Bethancourt Ballroom

Testing

Moderated by Bret Burford, American Electric Power

Memorial Student Center 2406B

1:30 PM System-Based Protection Testing in Digital Substations Eugenio Carvalheira
OMICRON electronics
2:00 PM Comparison of Processes for Testing, Commissioning and Maintenance Methods – Digital Versus Conventional Substations Craig Wester
GE Grid Solutions
2:30 PM Testing Challenges of a Complete PAC Digital Substation Benton Vandiver
Hitachi Energy
3:00 PM Break – Sponsored by: Dashiell
3:30 PM Experiences Testing a Busbar Protection Using Process Bus with Simultaneous Injection in all Bays Eugenio Carvalheira
OMICRON electronics
4:00 PM Testing of Phasor Measurement Units as per IEC/IEEE standards: The Whats and The Hows? Abel Gonzalez Gomez
Megger
5:00 – 7:00 PM Reception Sponsored by GE Grid Solutions | Visit Vendors – Bethancourt Ballroom

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Real World

Moderated by Genardo Corpuz, Lower Colorado River Authority

Rudder Theatre

8:00 AM Analysis of Multiple Misoperations following an External Fault

Ed Chen
Con Edison

Richard Hunt
Quanta Technology

8:35 AM Inverter-Based Generation Integration Protection Challenges: Real-life Experiences Sean Boyer
Entergy Services Inc.
9:10 AM Break – Sponsored by: Integrated Power Services and National Field Services
9:40 AM Getting the Lines Crossed—How a Three-Phase Series Fault Caused a Sequence of Relay Operations Marcel Taberer and Ryan McDaniel
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
10:20 AM Electromechanical Differential Relays Misoperation and Investigation – Part II Alex Rangel
Saber Power Services
10:50 AM Unintended Consequences of Extra Sensitive Protection B. Don Russell
Texas A&M University
12:00 PM Lunch  | VISIT VENDORS – Bethancourt Ballroom

Afternoon Sessions

Protection & Control System Design

Moderated by Joe Xavier, ABB, Inc.

Memorial Student Center 2406A

1:30 PM Export Cable Protection for Offshore Wind Farms Using Type IV Wind Turbines Ardavan Mohammadhassani
Dominion Energy
2:00 PM Point-to-Point Digital Secondary System Design for a Transmission Substation at Duke Energy: Challenges and Solutions Arun Shrestha
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Stephen Ladd
Duke Energy
2:30 PM How Much Measurement Error Can Someone Expect from Various Degrees of CT Saturation? Douglas M Millner
NERX Power Consultants LLC.
3:00 PM Break – Sponsored by: Burns & McDonnell
3:30 PM Automated Protection Engineering Process – from Standards and Simulation Studies to IED Configuration Ram Palaniappan
GE Grid Solutions
4:00 PM The Need for Speed – Why Fast Track Digital Substation Deployment? Christine Crites
GE Grid Solutions
4:30 PM Communication Bandwidth Considerations for Digital Substations Applications Jake Groat
Hitachi Energy

Distribution

Moderated by Derrick Haas, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

Memorial Student Center 2400

1:30 PM Effective Use of Incipient Failure Detection Carl Benner
Texas A&M University
2:00 PM A Novel Algorithm to Mitigate Protection Challenges in a Distribution System Integrated with Inverter Based Distributed Energy Resources Arunodai Chanda
Burns & McDonnell
2:30 PM Improving Distribution System Reliability With High-Density Coordination and Automatic System Restoration Jeremy Blair
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
3:00 PM Break – Sponsored by: Burns & McDonnell
3:30 PM Prevent False Tripping Due to Grounding Bank Backfeed Richie Matson
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative
Jeremy Blair
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
4:00 PM Practical Experience With High-Impedance Fault Detection in Distribution Systems—Continued Gabe Maday
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
4:30 PM Fast Communication-Based Protection and Isolation Schemes Qing Guo
S&C Electric Company

Falling Conductor

Moderated by Eric Udren, Quanta Technology

Memorial Student Center 2406B

1:30 PM Overview of Falling Conductor Protection Eric Udren
Quanta Technology
2:00 PM Detecting and Isolating Falling Conductors in Midair – First Field Implementation Using Private LTE at Protection Speeds

Charlie Cerezo and Caleb Murphy
San Diego Gas and Electric

2:30 PM A Comparative Analysis of Distribution Line Falling Conductor Protection Methods Craig Wester
GE Grid Solutions
3:00 PM Break – Sponsored by: Burns & McDonnell
3:30 PM Novel Methods for Detecting Conductor Breaks in Power Lines Kanchanrao Dase
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
4:00 PM Behavior of High Impedance Faults from Downed Conductors B. Don Russell
Texas A&M University

Thursday, March 30, 2023

General Session II

Moderated by Craig Wester, GE Grid Solutions

Memorial Student Center 2406A

8:00 AM A Tale of Two Out-of-Phase Synchronizing Events at BC Hydro Michael Thompson
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
8:35 AM Cyber Security Threats to IEC 61850 Based Transmission Line Protection Schemes and What We Can Do to Stop Them Alexander Apostolov
OMICRON electronics
9:10 AM Event Analysis of 4.16 kV Generator Differential Misoperation JC Theron
GE Grid Solutions
9:45 AM Break – Sponsored by: Qualus
10:20 AM The Time is Now for DFR Monitoring of Distribution Substations Jaime Ayala
ERLPhase Power Technologies
10:55 AM Virtualized Wide-Area Protection for Distribution Networks and Effective Anti-Islanding of Distributed Energy Resources Using 5G Communication Joe Xavier
ABB Inc.

Transmission II

Moderated Jared Brayton, CenterPoint Energy

Memorial Student Center 2406B

8:00 AM Optimization of Distance Protection Performance Used in Wind Farms’ Collection Networks Mike Kockott Mike Kockott
Hitachi Energy
8:35 AM Short-Circuit Updates in ConEdison’s Power System Model: Methodology, Challenges, and Lessons Learned Jorge Velez
Quanta Technology
9:10 AM Distance Relay Accelerator – Achieving Subcycle Operation Time Mike Ramlachan
GE Grid Solutions
9:45 AM Break – Sponsored by: Qualus
10:20 AM Implementation and Analysis of a Digital Model of the Incremental-Quantity Distance Element Using EMPT Toby Russell
Louisiana Tech University
10:55 AM Experience in Application of Traveling Wave Fault Location Ram Palaniappan
GE Grid Solutions
11:30 AM Distance and Time Overcurrent Relay Coordination with an Autosolver Framework Lucille Lamb
SynchroGrid