Transients and Surge Protection Considerations in Electrical Equipment – Offense and Defense

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The control and acceptance of electrical transients and surges on power-supply circuits, distribution networks, and electrical utilization equipment can be viewed in terms of the sports analogy of "offense" and "defense". On the offense, power utilities and service providers need to control the transients that their power networks deliver to their customers, limiting transients to a maximum acceptable level. On the defense, electrical utilization equipment needs to tolerate transients up to the maximum levels that may be present at its point of installation, or if it cannot tolerate those maximum levels, protection such as surge protection devices or more robust overcurrent protection must be introduced to the electrical installation. Overvoltage categories are examples of expected levels of transients on power systems.
From a product safety point of view, this paper explores the maximum levels of transients expected at the points of connection for electrical equipment, and describes customary practice and regulatory rules for tolerating or suppressing power transients for electrical utilization equipment.

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  • 600 Mountain Ave
  • New Providence, New Jersey
  • United States 07974
  • Building: Main Building
  • Room Number: 6A-106
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  • Emad Farag, Vice Chair, IMS Chapter, enfarag@ieee.org
  • Co-sponsored by NNJ IMS Chapter & NJ COAST Computer & Instrumentation Chapter
  • Starts 01 November 2013 11:00 PM UTC
  • Ends 18 November 2013 10:00 PM UTC
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Don Gies of Alcatel-Lucent

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Transients and Surge Protection Considerations in Electrical Equipment – Offense and Defense

The control and acceptance of electrical transients and surges on power-supply circuits, distribution networks, and electrical utilization equipment can be viewed in terms of the sports analogy of "offense" and "defense". On the offense, power utilities and service providers need to control the transients that their power networks deliver to their customers, limiting transients to a maximum acceptable level. On the defense, electrical utilization equipment needs to tolerate transients up to the maximum levels that may be present at its point of installation, or if it cannot tolerate those maximum levels, protection such as surge protection devices or more robust overcurrent protection must be introduced to the electrical installation. Overvoltage categories are examples of expected levels of transients on power systems. From a product safety point of view, this paper explores the maximum levels of transients expected at the points of connection for electrical equipment, and describes customary practice and regulatory rules for tolerating or suppressing power transients for electrical utilization equipment.

Biography: Don Gies has been a product compliance engineer for over 27 years. Since 1989, Mr. Gies has worked at AT&T‐Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies/Alcatel‐Lucent as a product safety engineer, responsible for obtaining product safety certifications for his company's telephone and information processing equipment from domestic and international product safety organizations. Mr. Gies has become a leading subject matter expert for his company in the field of global product safety compliance, working primarily with Alcatel‐Lucent's wireless base station equipment. Mr. Gies is a member of the Alcatel‐ Lucent Technical Academy. Mr. Gies is also an adjunct engineer at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey USA. He teaches the graduate‐level course, "Transients in Power Systems." Prior to working at AT&T, 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.

Don Gies of Alcatel-Lucent

Topic:

Transients and Surge Protection Considerations in Electrical Equipment – Offense and Defense

Biography:


Don Gies of Alcatel-Lucent

Topic:

Transients and Surge Protection Considerations in Electrical Equipment – Offense and Defense

Biography:




Agenda

This meeting will be held at Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, in Murray Hill, NJ. The meeting will take place in Room 6A-106, which is located near the main entrance behind the Bell Labs Showcase exhibition area. It is not necessary to sign in to access this area.

The meeting starts at 6:30 pm and ends at 8:30 pm.

This event is being co-sponsored by the Northern NJ and NJ Coast IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Chapters.