IEEE PES San Antonio Meeting Announcement



March Meeting Announcement

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Central Texas Section

CTS

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008

Time: 6:00 to 6:30 PM Social

6:30 to 7:00 PM Social / Dinner

7:00 to 8:00 PM Presentation

Dinner: **Note: We had to raise the prices because of price increases by the restaurant.**

$10.00 for members

$15.00 for non-members

**Free for students**

The price includes drink (iced tea or water), tip and tax.

Barbeque meal includes 2 meats and two sides

Cash only please, No checks or credit cards.

Location: Grady's Bar-B-Q

6510 S. San Pedro Ave. (see below)

San Antonio, Texas 78216

210-805-8036

RSVP: Please RSVP to John A. Brogan, 210-353-3375, or jabrogan@

For more information please go to our web site



Speaker: Ben Banerjee, Square D

Bio: B. Ben Banerjee (IEEE M ‘72) holds a B.E.E degree from the University of Calcutta, India and a M.E.E degree from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Presently, he is working as Power Quality Product & Application Engineer in PQ Solution Group of Square D Company, San Francisco Field Office. Prior to that, he worked for seventeen years, as Power Conditioning & Advanced Motor-Drives Manager, in Power Quality Business Group of Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, where he was responsible for technology & application development for power quality mitigation hardware system, advanced energy storage for power quality solutions, and advanced motors and drives system for end-use sectors.

Presentation: Selection & Applications Of Power Factor Correction Capacitors for Industrial and Large Commercial Users. The presentation will focus on the applications of shunt capacitors and will cover topics such as power factor fundamentals including displacement and total power factors, selection and sizing of power factor correction capacitor and cost benefits and utility rate structures. It will also discuss other related application issues like proper location of capacitors in the facility distribution system, effects of harmonics, fixed vs. automatic banks, selection of circuit protection and isolation devices, applicable standards and codes, various considerations for capacitor banks connected at motor terminals, and certain aspects of storage, maintenance, and installation.

Directions: Grady's Bar-B-Q on San Pedro: From I-410, exit at San Pedro Ave., turn south, and proceed to 6510 San Pedro. A link to a Yahoo map is provided on the Website.

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