2019 Protection and Control Conference

Attendance

This conference is an industry-open event, with registration open to:

• Electric Utilities
• Consultants
• Equipment Vendors
• Research Facilities and Laboratories
• Academics

CEATI Protection and Control Program Participants

This event is organized in coordination with the following Utility Participants.

Conference Themes

Theme 1: Innovative Approaches for Optimizing Protection System Design, Maintenance, and Replacement Strategies

• Systems design standards/guidelines and recognized best practices for transmission and distribution stations protection and control– e.g. development of modular protection design standards
• Applications of the IEC 61850 protocol in the design of new substations, and training requirements for utility staff involved in the design, commissioning, and maintenance of such facilities
• Experiences from the application of IEC 61850 standards, including GE Process Bus and BRICS modules, in substation design and operation
• Optimization of protection system relay replacement strategies, including relay data management systems
• Best practices in protection systems maintenance and data management supporting audits for compliance with NERC reliability standards
• Cyber-security – standards, guidelines, and best practices in managing risks from cyber attacks
• Management and analytic processes of large volumes of data, including automated analyses and evaluation of protection responses to system faults
• Using SCADA in combination with digital protection relays capabilities for station automation

Theme 2: Enhanced Utilization of Modern Digital Relay Capabilities for Station Automation and “Smart Grid” Applications

• Detecting irregular performance of power system elements, including:
  • Breaker restrikes
  • Harmonics-caused resonant conditions
  • GICs and power transformer saturation conditions
• Detection and recognition of waveform signatures for identifying incipient system faults and their locations
• Digital relay logic programing capabilities, for initiating appropriate control actions to minimize power outages and/or facilitate automation of network operations
• Use of smart meter data in conjunction with information from digital relays for improvements in locating permanent, transient, and high-impedance faults in distribution systems
• Use of digital relays for SCADA RTU function

Theme 3: Technologies and Techniques for Improved Integration of Distributed Generators and Microgrids

• Emerging power system protection and control issues caused by inertia-less, intermittent generators
• Potential changes in power system dynamic characteristics, impact on conventional generator control systems responses, and requirements for optimal coordination with DG controls
• Novel technologies capable of introducing “synthetic inertia” into power system; their technical characteristics and uses for power system stability enhancements
• Application and means of coordination of smart inverters to facilitate improved voltage and frequency regulation and mitigation of power swings
• Technologies and techniques for enabling autonomous operation of microgrids during transient system events and their seamless re-synchronization with the main grid upon its stabilization
• Economic impacts of high levels of DG penetration upon distribution or bulk power system operation, and possible mitigation solutions, including application of energy storage systems

Theme 4: New Power System Protection, Control, and Communication Systems Technologies

• Methods for accurate location system faults, including high-impedance faults
• Identifying and locating major system performance issues and possible automation of switching required to mitigate system impact
• Technologies designed to improve system security, such as new wide-area monitoring schemes, synchrophasor measurements and their applications, near-real-time power system computer modeling and state estimation techniques, and new methods for power system simulation and protection coordination verification.
• Technologies that increase the level of power system automation and enhance electric supply power quality
• Technologies and methodologies that reduce the overall power system capital investment and operating costs

Theme 5A: New Ways of Using Power System Data for Enhanced Operational Efficiency and Power Quality Improvement 

• Distributed generators
• Smart inverters
• Energy storage technologies
• Communication systems/technologies used for communication with protection relays, DGs, energy storage systems
• Improvements in protection coordination and performance aimed at reducing the number or duration of system/feeder outages and improving system reliability
• Distributed generator connection and operation control and how it affects feeder voltage variations, momentary (or sustained) power outages, harmonic emission levels, direction of power flows, severe voltage dips after feeder trip / reclosure event and loss of distributed generator connections

Theme 5B: New and Emerging Protection and Control Technologies for Hydroelectric Power Generators

• Design standards/guidelines and recognized best practices for generator protection and control systems
• Protection philosophies and technologies for minimizing arc flash energy in the station’s main generator and auxiliary service switchgear
• Generator fault analysis and case studies
• Modeling of generator controls for coordinating generator and/or transmission system protection relaying, including schemes designed for ensuring power system integrity during major disturbances
• Model validation techniques and methodologies for generator governor and excitation systems
• Aging technology, including reliability, adequacy of existing protection, and control schemes, end of life determination, and best practices in development of business cases for optimal improvements
• New generator ground fault detection schemes ensuring reliable 100% zone coverage
• Techniques, experiences and best practices in remote generation plant monitoring and operations
• Protection and controls issues arising from increased participation of intermittent, inverter-based generators in power system energy generation and active voltage and frequency controls
• Requirements for effective coordination and performance monitoring/verification of all generator control systems

Accommodations

DoubleTree Los Angeles Downtown
120 South Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90012

Reserve by Phone: +1-213-629-1200

Preferred Rate: $178 USD (plus applicable taxes).
The preferred rate is only available until March 1st, 2019 and subject to availability. To receive this rate, please mention the group name CEATI International for the 2019 Protection and Control Conference. 

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Unauthorized Housing Companies Contacting Exhibitors & Attendees. It has come to our attention that unauthorized housing companies have been contacting CEATI International exhibitors and attendees via email and phone and in general, misrepresenting themselves as an official housing vendor for CEATI International. Room registrations should be made directly with the hotel as described above.

We highly caution you from engaging unauthorized companies because if/when issues arise, CEATI International management does not have the ability to provide assistance in solving them.

The Audience

Presenter Guidelines

Presentations should adhere to the Guidelines set forth by CEATI International.

Presentation Guidelines Include:

• Presentations must be submitted in Power Point format (PPT).
• Presentations will be distributed to attendees in secure electronic (PDF).
• Page numbers must be displayed in the lower right hand corner of each Power Point slide.
• Each Presenter will be allocated 25-30 minutes of presentation time, including 5-10 minutes for Q&A.
• Presenters may be asked to participate, as Panelists, in an Open Discussion concerning the session topic as well as their specific presentation.
• Please note that all participants, including presenters, are required to register to attend.

Subsequent to submission, presenters may continue to revise presentations but must submit their revised files on flash drive or via email at a minimum of one (1) day in advance of their scheduled presentation time.

Presentations must be submitted electronically to the attention of Amanda Sotos at [email protected]

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Professional Development Hours

Did you know that by attending a CEATI conference, you could be eligible to use your attendance towards Professional Development Hours? A Certificate of Attendance is available to all conference attendees – simply check with your local accreditation body for more details on how to apply it towards their requirements.

Women In Power

The Women In Power collaborative venture is a networking, mentorship, and peer-to-peer support group that spans across the entirety of the CEATI organization, including all our programs. It aims to promote engineering to women in the field and help females thrive in a male-dominated industry. In an effort to facilitate comradery and networking, this group is currently available to anyone involved in the CEATI programs or events at no added cost.

For more information about the Women In Power group, visit our website.

Please join us at our Women in Power Breakfast at CEATI’s Protection and Control 2019 Conference!