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ISA CLEVELAND SECTION
VIRTUAL PROGRAM
At this point in time, due to COVID 19,
the ISA Cleveland Section is not having in-person face-to-face program
meetings.
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 8, 2020, 6:30 TO 8:00 PM
Electrical Power Factor
What is it? How can we control it? Why
should we be concerned about it?
About the
Topic:
This presentation covers the concept of
The Electrical
Power Factor. For an alternating current electrical
circuit (like what we have throughout our homes, businesses, and
factories) power factor is the ratio of the real [actual] power
absorbed by the load [stove, light bulb, milling machine] to the
apparent power flowing in the circuit [what we pay for] The
presentation develops the definition of power factor and how it can be
monitored by commercial instrumentation. It also
explains why this parameter should be controlled, and discusses
methods for how to do it. Finally it covers potential consequences of
not controlling it properly from an energy efficiency and safety
standpoint.
This is a special program that will simultaneously be viewed by the
Cleveland Section of ISA; and both the Augusta, Georgia Section and
the Central Savannah River Section of the American Society of
Electrical Safety Professionals.
Speaker Bio:
Donald Brown
Don Brown, PE, is a lifelong resident of northeastern Ohio, and
graduated from Fenn College of Engineering of the Cleveland State
University BEE class of 85. Don is also a registered engineer (PE) in
the state of Ohio. He has worked at Cleveland Machine Controls, and
United States Steel Lorain Works prior to working at the NASA Glenn
Research Center for the past 32 years in the Facilities Division. He
is currently the Electrical Process System Manager responsible for the
Large Electrical Motors, and associated motor control systems, and
emergency and backup power supply systems including UPS systems and
Generators. He is also responsible for managing the Variable Frequency
Power system located in the Glenn Research Center Engine Research
Building. As a system manager Mr. Brown spearheaded numerous projects
to implement solid state excitation systems, automate the variable
frequency power system, monitor and control the Power demand via
automatic power factor controls to aid with overall Glenn Research
Power demands while supporting the research customers.
Mr. Brown has also been very active in the International Society of Automation and Control by serving as the local Cleveland Section education chairman, secretary, president, and national delegate. He has presented several papers on topics including "Solid State Excitation Control for Synchronous Motors", "Using Synchronous Condensers for Automatic Power Factor Control", and "Online Condition Monitoring of Electrical Motors".
ISA CLEVELAND SECTION AGENDA
Program: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Your reservation
MUST have your e-mail address
in order for you to receive the link to join the Microsoft Teams meeting.
This link will be sent to you.
Your reservation must be in no later than COB
Monday Dec. 7, 2020.