PDH - Oct. 14 - Synchro-Waveform Measurements for Modern Power Quality and Event Detection

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Greetings Houston PES! We are excited to bring you our first in-person event at our new meeting space. For this event we will have Richard Kirby, PE, MEng, SMIEEE from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. will be demonstrating Synchro-Wave measurements with a live test rack. Attendees to the presentation will receive 1 PDH.

This event will be at 6pm. We are trying a later time to align with people's demanding work schedules. We really want this to be an excellent club for power systems engineering professionals and so we have also sought out an excellent, new, non-competitive location for meetings just south of the Energy Corridor. Park on the side lot off W Houston Center Blvd.

This event will be free of charge for IEEE Members, and free as well for first-time non-members. Join us afterwards at 7 for a networking hour in the same building, there will be snacks and refreshments provided.

 


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  • 12121 Westheimer Rd. Ste. B
  • Houston, Texas
  • United States 77077
  • Building: Mission Control Offices
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  • Co-sponsored by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.
  • Starts 27 August 2026 05:00 AM UTC
  • Ends 15 October 2026 04:00 AM UTC
  • No Admission Charge

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Synchro-Waveform Measurements for Modern Power Quality and Event Detection

This session explains the evolution from conventional synchrophasor (PMU) technology to synchro-waveform–based measurement units (WMUs) and why this shift matters for modern power quality monitoring, particularly in systems with increasing data center integration.
The presentation introduces continuous waveform streaming and recording (CWS&R) and describes its technical foundation, including WMU devices that stream waveform data at 14.4 ksps to support high-resolution, time-domain analysis.
A live demonstration using the SEL‑T35 Time-Domain Power Monitor shows how CWS&R enables virtual PMU and virtual metering functions. The demonstration illustrates how traditional measurements, such as harmonics, are derived from waveform data and how event notifications support abnormal condition detection and diagnostics.
The session also introduces the IEEE PES Task Force on Big Data Analytics for Synchro-Waveform Measurements and references its technical report, Synchro-Waveform Measurements and Data Analytics in Power Systems (PES‑TR127, December 2024).

Biography:

Richard D. Kirby, PE (S ’90, M ’96, SM ’06), is a senior engineer in R&D at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL), in Houston, Texas. His focus is waveform measurement, power quality metering, transient recording, and disturbance detection. He is a registered Professional Engineer. He has 34 years of diverse electric power engineering experience. He received a BS in engineering from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1992, and in 1995, he earned his Master of Engineering in electric power from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Richard has coauthored nine technical papers.