Mr. Sheldon P. Kennedy of Niagara - Transformers

Transformers

• Utility transformer construction

• Differences between distribution and power transformers

• Coil Construction

• Short Circuit Forces

• Cooling Options

• Recent Trends in Utility Transformer Design

• Transformer Fluid Selection - Fire Points, Dielectric Strength, Biodegradability and Relative Costs.

• Questions

Biography:

Sheldon P. Kennedy has 42 years of electrical engineering experience. He has been Vice President Engineering since 1988 with Niagara Transformer Corp., a small power and medium power liquid filled transformer manufacturer, as well as for special application transformers, including grounding transformers, motor drive transformers, rectifier transformers and furnace transformers. He was Engineering Manager at Niagara Transformer from 1985 to 1988. Prior to that he had been Chief Electrical Engineer at R.E.Uptegraff Manufacturing for four years. He has also been a Transmission Substation Engineer and Rate Engineer for four years with Allegheny Power. Prior to that he was in Division Distribution Engineering with West Penn Power Company for four years.          He was also an electrical engineering trainee for six months with the US Steel Corporation in the coal mining division. He was also a part time lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the Penn State Fayette Campus for four years. He is a Fellow Member of IEEE, an IEEE Transformers Committee member, serving on many subcommittees, working groups, task forces, and as Chair of the Insulation Life Subcommittee, Chair of C57.32 Neutral Grounding Devices, past Chair of C57.52 Sealed Dry Type Transformers and past and current Chair of C57.18.10 Rectifier Transformers.

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