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Issue 41 - March 2005
Many customers have been asking, "What happened to Powerlines? I look forward to receiving each issue!" After a long break, Powerlines is back. At Beckwith Electric, we continually upgrade and improve our products while introducing new products to meet the needs of the utility industry. Here are some recent improvements and additions to products that kept us so busy that Powerlines was set aside for a time.
The M-2001C's easy installation, its comprehensive communication capabilities, and its variety of features that meet all types of applications have made this control very popular in the industry. The M-2001C is now available in three models: Comprehensive, Base-T,
or Base-R. The Comprehensive version, as its name implies, has every possible
feature, function, enhancement, and option available. Packaged with the
most common retrofit adapter panels, prices have been dramatically reduced.
The Comprehensive version includes all M-2001C features and can be used
for LTCs or regulators where SCADA communications are required. The Base-T
version is designed for Some additional features include:
Intertie/Generator Protection Relay M-3410A
Some of the M-3410A's features and enhancements include:
Generator Protection Intertie Protection M-2980 CAMP™ Utilinet® Remote Communication Module
For more information on these products, please contact your Beckwith Electric sales representative or Sales at (727) 544-2326. We are already planning the next issue of Powerlines. Look for topics to include the latest from Beckwith Systems Engineering (BSE) as well as some informative and technical articles.
Industry Veteran Jon Gardell Joins Beckwith Electric
Tom Beckwith, President of Beckwith Electric, said, "I am very pleased to have Jon on board to further strengthen the Beckwith Electric management team. Jon is a highly-regarded and respected electric industry veteran and brings with him tremendous experience." He added, "Not only does he bring the depth of knowledge we were looking for to fill this important position, but he has a thorough understanding of the engineered systems market. With Jon focusing on the further growth and development of our ever-expanding BSE innovations, we expect to continue to build on Beckwith Electric's leadership in the electric power marketplace." Mr. Gardell received his BSEE degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University. Mr. Gardell comes to Beckwith Electric from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), where he was an Industrial Field Application Engineer. In this position, he had the responsibility of helping customers with proper SEL product applications, especially in the area of motor, generator, and plant facility protection. This task was accomplished by providing knowledge of the products and the protected equipment, site visits, demonstrations, training, and telephone support to the customers. Additionally, he provided SEL support through contribution to product specification, application, industry representation, authoring and presenting papers, seminars, internal training, and testing. Previously, Mr. Gardell was a Senior Engineering Specialist with Factory Mutual Global. His responsibilities included working with the Field Loss Prevention Specialists, insurance company personnel and insured companies on electrical equipment and system issues. He helped lead the Electrical Loss Prevention Specialists Team on electrical inspection, engineering, loss prevention and investigation. In addition, he provided training, mentoring and coaching as appropriate to this team. Prior to joining Factory Mutual Global, Mr. Gardell worked for General Electric for seven years in the Power Systems Engineering Department. Jon worked in Generation Product Application Engineering as a Consulting Engineer and also as the Group Technical Leader. His activities included supporting both GE product departments and external customers in the Generation Product and System Application areas. In addition, Mr. Gardell worked for the American Electric Power Service Corporation for nine years. Jon worked mainly in the area of major electrical equipment in the power plants with a focus on rotating machinery. Mark Dixon, Beckwith Electric's Director of Sales & Marketing, stated, "For almost four decades, Beckwith Electric has provided expert solutions that meet the needs of customers involved in the production, transmission, and distribution of electric power. More recently, we have become a leader in the evolution of power quality solutions in the North American electric industry. I am confident that the addition of this dynamic, proven leader will play a significant role in the further development and execution of our strategic plan in both our electrical engineering services and solutions." "This position presents an exciting opportunity for me," said
Mr. Gardell. "I look forward to working with the Beckwith Electric
team in developing strong consulting engineering solutions that further
cement Beckwith Electric's reputation as a recognized leader in the electric
power arena."
Dr. Yalla receives IEEE PES Award
Two Industry Veterans Join Sales Team
Beckwith Electric is pleased to announce that Robert McFetridge has joined the company as Regional Sales Application Engineer for the east coast of the US and Canada. On the West Coast, George Kosmas has joined as Sales Application Engineer, taking over for Jim Shanahan, who is now leading efforts in the Central United States and Canada. A seasoned electrical utility industry veteran, Mr. McFetridge will be responsible for leading the company's sales initiatives for products and services throughout Eastern North America. Mr. McFetridge brings over 20 years of electrical power experience and over 5 years of marketing and sales experience to this position. He spent the first 7 years of his career as an application engineer with two different power companies- Virginia Power Company and Georgia Power Company- where his primary focus with both companies was in substation SCADA, distribution automation, and distribution protection. He spent the last 14 years of his career working for various vendors such as Tasnet, Siemens PTD, Schneider Electric/Modicon, and Alstom/Areva T&D. During this time, his specialization was in automation, protection and control. Mr. McFetridge has worked with companies that include Progress Energy, Portland General Electric, Southern California Edison, CommonWealth Edison and NYSEG. He has commissioned protective relays from SEL, Areva T&D and ABB including line differential relays, distance relays, transformer differential relays and feeder management relays. Mr. McFetridge has presented papers on substation automation at conferences such as Texas A&M and the Marquette University Substation Automation Seminars. Mr. McFetridge received a BSEE from West Virginia University. Mr. George Kosmas is the Regional Sales Application Engineer for Western US and Canada. Mr. Kosmas brings more than 20 years of extensive experience from engineering as well as management roles in the electrical power industry. His expertise is in protective relaying and automation. Mr. Kosmas began his lengthy career with Utah Power & Light Company and Nevada Power Company, holding various engineering positions. Prior to his current employment, he was Regional Manager for substation automation and protection support at AREVA/ABB. He has also held a number of senior positions in companies supporting the electrical utility industry and industrial markets including, but not limited to, Western Regional Sales Manager at Atkinson Industries; Western Region Application Engineer at Siemens; Western Regional Applications and Sales Manager at Basler Electric; and Applications Engineering Supervisor at ASCO Delta. Mr. Kosmas received a BSEE degree from the University of Utah. Tom Beckwith, President of Beckwith Electric, said, "I am very excited
to have Bob and George on board to further strengthen the Beckwith Electric
management team. Both Bob and George are highly regarded and respected
power industry veterans and bring with them tremendous experience. With
the growth Beckwith Electric has experienced, the company will benefit
from their strong management, sales and marketing, and operations experience."
Some of our power quality solutions include:
Not only can Beckwith Electric offer you the equipment for these solutions, we can also provide the site surveys, the systems analysis, the complete studies, as well as the evaluations that can ensure your project will be a complete success. Whether you're installing power factor correction or power quality improvement systems at the end-user's load, at the utility distribution line level, or at the substation level, we have the right solution at the right price, right now! In this issue, we introduce a new Active Harmonic Filter that is immune to pre-existing line voltage distortion. INELAP's active filter overcomes a common problem with typical active filter behavior. Traditional active filters had difficulty performing to their specifications in applications where the source voltage was distorted. This included such common applications as inverters being supplied by a generator, line voltage notching due to SCR rectifiers (DC drives, battery chargers, induction heating, etc) and utility power supplying a heavy concentration of non-linear loads. In the absence of a pure sinusoidal reference voltage, active filters have not always lived up to their expectations. INELAP's new active filter employs proprietary technology to overcome these problems, making the filter immune to line voltage distortion. INELAP's active filter provides both power factor correction and harmonic mitigation to meet the world's most stringent power quality requirements. When properly applied, it can reduce current distortion to less than 5% THID and voltage distortion as low as 3% to 5% THID, all the way from the 2nd through 50th harmonic. The new filter's ability to function properly on a distorted voltage source, combined with its ultra-fast response time, makes it suitable for use in a variety of applications such as wind turbines, fuel cells, DC drives, generators, high-speed elevators, systems with high concentrations of nonlinear loads, and systems with long conductor lengths between power sources and nonlinear loads. As with other INELAP power quality solutions, the new active filter improves the quality of electrical power in a facility while reducing energy consumption. Performance is guaranteed! INELAP's individual active filters are capable of supplying harmonic cancellation current in ratings of 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400 and 600 amps. An unlimited number of filters may be connected in parallel to achieve even higher current ratings. Voltage ratings range from 208 volts to 600 volts for either 50 or 60Hz. Users can easily select the right filter based on the system voltage and frequency and the amount of harmonic current they wish to cancel. A correctly-sized filter reduces harmonic current distortion to less than 5% THID and will guarantee compliance with IEEE-519 and virtually any other international harmonic standard. Call Beckwith Systems Engineering today at (727) 544-2326 to end your power quality and harmonics mitigation problems.
Beckwith Electric is committed to providing a family-friendly workplace to support employees in achieving their personal and professional goals. Beckwith Electric strives to help employees balance work and family responsibilities by providing enhanced support, services and benefits. Benefits include the Beckwith Electric Educational Assistance Program. The expectation is that employees will continue to learn and develop throughout their career. The Educational Assistance Program provides no-cost training and on-the-job developmental experiences as well as tuition reimbursement for those employees pursuing formal education. The means may be university coursework, traditional classrooms, online learning, satellite broadcast, or on-the-job training, which will expand their knowledge, skills, and abilities. A better-educated or highly-trained employee is a greater asset to the company and the customer.
Thaichong Li Rakesh Nathwani Eddie Gomez
Beckwith Electric is now registering attendees for its eighth
annual Protection Seminar to be held September 25-29, 2005 in St. Petersburg,
Florida. This seminar includes four days of intensive training and instruction. Topics include
Who Should Attend Instructors
Registration For Additional Information
Learn About Power Quality at the New Industry Super Session!
This one-day session focuses on new technologies that are expanding the scope of power quality to help increase the reliability of electricity supplies around the world. Technologies include monitoring systems with intelligent applications to identify equipment problems automatically and new power conditioning technologies. We will provide a cross-section of different perspectives on these advanced technologies. Power quality and reliability problems cost businesses billions of dollars each year in lost revenue. This seminar will help you to understand the cause of these disturbances, resolve problems, and provide proactive methods for preventing future problems. Electrical engineers including contractors, utility account managers and business energy managers will benefit from this one-of-a-kind, user-friendly seminar, no matter their experience. The Super Session includes "real world" concepts and case studies and discussion of problems and solutions. Attendees also will receive a packet of valuable resource materials. Registration Sign-up today for the Beckwith Electric Industry Super Session along with the Protection Seminar and save $100. $1045 for the entire week! For Additional Information
Dr. Yalla named Executive Vice President and appointed to the Beckwith Electric Board of Directors
Dr. Yalla joins a strong team of industry leaders. Current board members include Robert W. Beckwith, CEO, Beckwith Electric Co., Inc.; Thomas R. Beckwith, President, Beckwith Electric Co., Inc.; Barbara B. Anderson; Leo J. Aubel; Gabe Cazares; Paul R. Drum; David Martinez; and Will Miller. As executive vice president, Dr. Yalla will be a member of Beckwith Electric's senior management team, advising on company policies and strategies. Tom Beckwith, president of Beckwith Electric Co., Inc., said, "We are delighted that Dr. Murty V.V.S. Yalla has joined the Beckwith Electric Board of Directors. Dr. Yalla brings a wealth of experience to the Board with over twenty years of experience in the electrical utility industry. We are certain that he will bring invaluable insight and resources to the Board." Dr. Yalla received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, College of Engineering,
Kakinada, India in 1981; a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from
the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India in 1983; and a Ph.D.
degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick,
Canada in 1987. From 1988 to 1989, Dr. Yalla taught and conducted research
on digital power system protection at Memorial University of Newfoundland,
Canada. Dr. Yalla has published several research papers in international
journals on digital protection and holds four US patents in the areas
of digital controls and protective relays.
Ecommerce Initiatives As part of Beckwith Electric's e-commerce program, several functions are now in use to save the time of our customers. Many of our customers have already received our E-mail acknowledgements. After orders are checked carefully and a delivery schedule is established, an E-mail acknowledgement is sent to the customer and to all salesreps involved with the order. The E-mail lists all the line items on the order, the quantity, scheduled shipping date and the price as well as the sales order number that coordinates with the customer's purchase order number. We also have implemented an automated delivery notification. Every invoice that is generated sends an e-mail to notify the customer and any salesreps that a unit has been shipped out. The e-mail lists all the units, the quantity sent and a description. The e-mail also gives the customer carrier information as well as the tracking number so they can track the shipment. Customers can have their invoices e-mailed, have the invoice sent through the post office and soon, by fax as well. Our web store with just-in-time information is in place. The web store gives our customers, reps and employees secure access to current information such as sales history, accounts receivable data and RMA status. Customers can purchase many of our standard products online using a fully-functional secure shopping cart system including shipping preference and credit card processing capabilities. If you would like additional information on any of these utilities or would like to apply for a logon, please contact informationsystems@beckwithelectric.com or use the link to our web store from our home page at www.beckwithelectric.com.
New @ www.beckwithelectric.com If you've visited the Beckwith Electric web site recently, you've noticed a few changes. We have redesigned the site and added new features to it. Check out our newly organized and revamped Customer Support section, available in an easy-to-use index page that's accessible right from our home page. It's simple to find the information you're looking for, and all of our articles are designed to help you make the right decisions and choose the products that best suit your needs. You'll also notice a big change in our product pages. There's much more information for you, right there next to the products in which you're interested. We've moved Documentation and Software right up front if you just want a quick scan, and added more detailed information below. For more information about Beckwith Electric and the products and services that we provide, please visit www.beckwithelectric.com or e-mail marketing@beckwithelectric.com
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Digital
Tapchanger Control M-2001C
The
M-3410A Intertie/Generator Protection Relay is intended for the protection
of the intertie between the utility and dispersed generation. It is also
suitable for the protection of synchronous and induction generators. Communications
and control features of the M-3410A are accomplished utilizing the M-3810A
IPScom® for Windows™ Communications Software Package.
The
M-3410A can be used for Generator and Intertie protection.
The CellNet/Atos
(UtiliNet) enabled, SCADA-ready capacitor control and line regulator control
from Beckwith Electric "speak" the SCADA language of distribution
system "field asset" automation. The UtiliNet wireless network
not only enables utilities to communicate with end-devices in the field,
it provides distributed control throughout the network. This enables you
to make distribution planning decisions based on data collected today
or last year. All this information is available directly from a control
center and without wires.
Jon
Gardell has joined the company as Manager of Beckwith Systems Engineering
(BSE). In his new position at Beckwith Electric, Mr. Gardell will lead
projects involving consulting engineering services, consisting of: training,
engineering studies, analysis and the specification, design, and supply
of system solutions using both Beckwith products and the products of other
companies. He also represents Beckwith Electric by participating in Industry
Standards activities.
Beckwith
Electric is proud to announce that Dr. Murty V.V.S. Yalla, Executive Vice
President, and member of the Beckwith Electric Company Board of Directors,
received an IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) Award at the IEEE PES
General Meeting in Denver, Colorado in 2004. The Working Group Recognition
Award for an outstanding technical report "Application of Peer-to-Peer
Communications for Protective Relaying" was presented to Dr. Yalla,
who chaired the working group, by IEEE PES President Hans B. Püttgen.
The working group is associated with the communications subcommittee of
the Power Systems Relaying Committee (PSRC) of the IEEE PES.
Beckwith
Electric Company, through our Beckwith Systems Engineering group, has
partnered with INELAP to provide the electrical power industry with a
full comprehensive offering of low- medium- and high-voltage capacitors,
harmonic filters, and other power factor correction and power quality
improvement systems.
Beckwith
Electric held its seventh annual Protection Seminar last fall in St. Petersburg,
Florida. Participants from across the United States, Mexico, and as far
away as New Zealand attended the seminar, which included intensive training
in generator, power plant transformer and distributed generator interconnection
protection. The seminar builds the background needed to understand these
complex subjects, even for those with a limited knowledge of power system
protection standards and practice.
On
Friday, September 30, following our eighth annual Protection Seminar,
Beckwith Electric will hold its first-ever Industry Super Session. This
Super Session addresses issues not covered in traditional seminars and
training sessions and features presentations by leading experts.
Dr. Murty
V.V.S. Yalla has been appointed Executive Vice President and is the newest
member of the Board of Directors for Beckwith Electric Company. Dr. Yalla
joined Beckwith Electric in 1989 as the vice president of research and
development/engineering, where he was responsible for new product development
and product maintenance in digital protection and control of power apparatus.
He is a senior member of the IEEE and has been active in the IEEE Power
System Relaying Committee (PSRC) for over 15 years. He is a member of
several working groups in PSRC and presently chairs the Working Group
that is revising the IEEE Standard C37.102 "Guide for AC Generator
Protection." He co-authored an IEEE PES tutorial on the "Protection
of Synchronous Generators. He is a US delegate to the International Electrotechnical
Commission (Geneva, Switzerland) Technical Committee 95 Ad Hoc Working
Group on Relay Functional Standards.
