Thursday, November 9, 2006, 7:15AM to 5:00PM
Algonquin College, School of Advanced Technology
T-Building, Salon T102A, B &C, 1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Directions .. click here 
 

07:15-07:55

Registration and Continental Breakfast
 

07:55-08:15

Organizers Introductory Remarks

Objectives, program overview, house announcements.

EPS2006 Grand  Opening
v    Sara Filbee, Director General, Resource Processing Industries Branch, Industry Canada. For more details, please click here.

Welcome Statement
v    Morris Uremovich, P.Eng., M.B.A., Executive Dean, Faculty of Technology and Trades, Algonquin College. For more details, please click here.

Official Opening
v    Steve Finnagan, M.B.A., Academic Chair of Electronics and Electro-Mechanical Studies Department, Faculty of Technology and Trades, Algonquin College. For more details, please click here.
 

08:15-12:00

Canadian Business Opportunities for Smart Grid Architecture
v    Catherine Kerr, Smart Grids Initiative Manager, Industry
Canada
The Smart Grid is the application of modern information, communication, and electronics technology to the electricity delivery infrastructure. The realization of the Smart Grid is a collaborative process involving Utilities, Regulators, Equipment Vendors and the General Public. For more details, please click here.

The Challenge of Automatic Middle Voltage Power Restoration
v    Eduardo Chaiquin., CTO of Chaiquin Inc., Ontario, Canada
From the time of series distribution networks to modern meshed networks, faults always reliably happened. However, the method of detection and strategy for restoration has evolved from seeing the light out, to getting a customer call, to SCADA, and now a new generation of fault passage detectors with manual to fully automated restoration using graph theory. For more details, please click here.

 

Networking and Refreshment Break
 

Protection and Control Issues with Distributed Generation
v    Franz Kropp, P.Eng., Stations Supervisor, Hydro Ottawa
As distributed generation systems are switched on / off, or in and out of the grid, power flow changes and PNC settings need to adapt. Learn what type of interconnection controller works in differing situations, and how some standards help or are deficient. Also, as a distributed generator, learn what is needed to reliably connect to grid, and as a utility, become exposed to the issues and learn how to deal with them as a growing number of distributed generators coming knocking at your door. For more details, please click here.

Converter Fed Microgrids: Challenges and Solutions
v    Charles Sao, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
This talk first outlines the challenges of microgrids that are supplied by DGs with power electronic interfaces. It then focuses on one challenge, the lack of a control scheme that allows converters to supply the microgrid in both grid-connected and islanded operation. For more details, please click here.

 

12:00-13:00

Lunch
 

13:00-17:00

Field Visits
To the following locations:

1. Canadian Hydro Components Ltd., Almonte, Ontario
CHC has years of experience in the design and manufacture of Kaplan, Propeller and Francis turbines for projects ranging in output from 50 kW – 15 MW (Micro, Mini, Small Hydro).
Tour guided by Mike Dupuis, President & Founder

2.  Almonte Hydro, Mississippi River Power Corp
The Generating Station in Almonte is running by two double regulated 1700mm Kaplan turbines turning at 250 RPM. They are connected through a Santasalo gearbox to two vertical Reliance Electric 1200 KW generators, turning at 900 RPM.
Tour guided by Scott Newton, Operations Manager

3.  Powerbase Automation Systems Inc., Carleton Place, Ontario
Powerbase Automation Systems Inc. designs, manufactures and markets automation control systems for small hydro power generation systems, typically under 20 MW.
Tour guided by Bill Kemp, Vice President, Engineering

4.  Triacta Power Technologies Inc., Almonte, Ontario
Triacta is a leading developer and manufacturer of smart meters. Triacta helps businesses in a variety of sectors to better manage their electricity costs and consumption by providing meaningful and timely information that’s just not available from electricity suppliers.
Tour guided by Wes Biggs, Vice President, Engineering & Operations