Safety of Information and Communication Technology Equipment Used in Smart Grid Applications
Safety of Information and Communication Technology Equipment Used in Smart Grid Applications
Don Gies
Senior Product Compliance Engineer
Adjunct Professor - NJIT
ddgies@verizon.net
IEEE Senior Member
Abstract— This paper explores the merger of power utility circuits with that of the information and communication technology (ICT) equipment under the smart grid and the safety implications that this poses, and determines what is the maximum voltage that ICT equipment, designed in accordance with IEC 62368-1 can directly access power-grid circuits.
Keywords— Smart Grid, information and communication technology, safety
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- Date: 26 Oct 2017
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Don Gies
Safety of Information and Communication Technology Equipment Used in Smart Grid Applications
Biography:
Don Gies is a senior product compliance engineer.
Since 1989, he has worked at Nokia Bell Labs as a lead subject matter expert in global product safety compliance, working primarily with wireless base station equipment.
Mr. Gies is also an adjunct professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey USA, teaching graduate-level courses, "Transients in Power Systems," and "Economic Control of Interconnected Power Systems."
Prior to working at Bell Labs, Mr. Gies was a TEMPEST engineer for Honeywell-Signal Analysis Center, where he worked on various secure communications projects for the US Army Communications -Electronics Command.
Mr. Gies graduated from Rutgers University - College of Engineering as an electrical engineer.
Mr. Gies is a senior member of the IEEE, a member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, and chairs the Telecom Safety Technical Committee.
Don Gies
Safety of Information and Communication Technology Equipment Used in Smart Grid Applications
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