BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250401T015214Z UID:92C4D1E0-3F1D-4027-A94C-0DCF2C7792A6 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250331T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250331T203000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The combustion engine is the dominant prime mover of society\, and has held this distinction since before even the earliest day s of the public grid. Its preeminent market share remains largely unchalle nged in spite of notable advances in the technology and market for both re newable energy and electrochemical storage. Furthermore\, there is no clea r successor to combustion's predominance\, even while stresses to the grid as well as by the grid to the environment seem inexorably poised to presu ppose one.\n\nMicrogrids provide a very different approach to securing ele ctricity than the traditional grid. Carving out a privately controlled vol ume affords the plant's owner the freedom to pursue different combinations of technologies\, combustion and otherwise\, than what is of necessity im plemented by investors in public grid electricity-generating assets. This freedom provides an artistic canvas for the kind of innovation and creativ ity that is in high demand but that is structurally unsupported by a price -driven\, inertia-constrained big grid.\n\nThis talk develops a detailed c ase study of the economics\, physics\, and engineering for a local\, San A ntonio-based 1.8 MW combined heat and power (CHP) microgrid that is in act ive development. The entire microgrid asset lifecycle is covered\, from si te prospecting and sources of funding\, to permitting and detailed enginee ring questions\, to operational concerns\, potential alterations\, and eve ntual decommissioning. We conclude with a numerical analysis of the site's carbon emissions index as well as some changes and innovations under cons ideration to which we believe this ratio will be particularly sensitive.\n \nBio: Mr. Blair Labatt is an entrepreneur with a small company that build s and operates industrial-scale combined heat and power microgrids. Prior to this\, he managed a team of software developers and analysts for a loca l food distribution company. He holds a degree in English from Princeton\, where he also had a concentration in Computer Science. Since starting his own business\, he has taken numerous courses in Math\, Physics\, and Elec trical and Chemical Engineering. He has served for several years on the St eering Committee for the School of Science\, Engineering and Technology at St. Mary's University.\n\nRoom: BSIC 203 - Data Science and Machine Learn ing Lab\, Bldg: Blank Sheppard Innovation Center (next to building #22 in the map)\, One Camino Santa Maria\, St. Mary's University of San Antonio\, San Antonio\, Texas\, United States\, 78228 LOCATION:Room: BSIC 203 - Data Science and Machine Learning Lab\, Bldg: Bla nk Sheppard Innovation Center (next to building #22 in the map)\, One Cami no Santa Maria\, St. Mary's University of San Antonio\, San Antonio\, Texa s\, United States\, 78228 ORGANIZER:wluo@stmarytx.edu SEQUENCE:15 SUMMARY:On the economics\, physics\, and engineering of a combined heat and power (CHP) microgrid URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/477100 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div><strong data-olk-copy-source="MessageBod y">Abstract:</strong>&nbsp\;The combustion engine is the dominant prime mo ver of society\, and has held this distinction since before even the earli est days of the public grid. Its preeminent market share remains largely u nchallenged in spite of notable advances in the technology and market for both renewable energy and electrochemical storage. Furthermore\, there is no clear successor to combustion's predominance\, even while stresses to t he grid as well as by the grid to the environment seem inexorably poised t o presuppose one.</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>Microgrids provide a ver y different approach to securing electricity than the traditional grid. Ca rving out a privately controlled volume affords the plant's owner the free dom to pursue different combinations of technologies\, combustion and othe rwise\, than what is of necessity implemented by investors in public grid electricity-generating assets. This freedom provides an artistic canvas fo r the kind of innovation and creativity that is in high demand but that is structurally unsupported by a price-driven\, inertia-constrained big grid .</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>This talk develops a detailed case study of the economics\, physics\, and engineering for a local\, San Antonio-ba sed 1.8 MW combined heat and power (CHP) microgrid that is in active devel opment. The entire microgrid asset lifecycle is covered\, from site prospe cting and sources of funding\, to permitting and detailed engineering ques tions\, to operational concerns\, potential alterations\, and eventual dec ommissioning. We conclude with a numerical analysis of the site's carbon e missions index as well as some changes and innovations under consideration to which we believe this ratio will be particularly sensitive.</div>\n<di v>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div><strong>Bio:</strong> Mr. Blair Labatt is an entrepr eneur with a small company that builds and operates industrial-scale combi ned heat and power microgrids. Prior to this\, he managed a team of softwa re developers and analysts for a local food distribution company. He holds a degree in English from Princeton\, where he also had a concentration in Computer Science. Since starting his own business\, he has taken numerous courses in Math\, Physics\, and Electrical and Chemical Engineering. He h as served for several years on the Steering Committee for the School of Sc ience\, Engineering and Technology at St. Mary's University.</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR