Daniel Sabin Named IEEE Fellow

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Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, January 12, 2016: Daniel Sabin, Principal Engineer and Software Architect of Electrotek Concepts in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA, has been named an IEEE Fellow. He is being recognized for leadership in power quality database management and analysis software. Dan designed and developed database schemas and software libraries for PQView, a software system capable of storing billions of measurements from power quality monitors, smart meters and other devices in a single relational database.

Dan Sabin developed the first software module to combine measurements from power quality monitors & digital relays, distribution circuit models, and geographic information system (GIS) to provide automatic fault location based on reactance calculations. Sabin is currently the Vice Chair of the IEEE Transmission & Distribution Committee. Dan also chairs the IEEE Working Group on Power Quality Data Interchange Format.

The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth of one- percent of the total voting membership. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.

The IEEE is the world’s leading professional association for advancing technology for humanity. Through its 400,000 members in 160 countries, the IEEE is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power, and consumer electronics. If you would like to learn more about IEEE or the IEEE Fellow Program, please visit www.ieee.org.

Electrotek Concepts provides power systems management services and solutions for electric utilities, commercial and industrial consumers, government agencies, and other parties. Electric utility clients include investor-owned, municipals, and cooperatives. Industrial and commercial clients include manufacturing, high-tech mission-critical operations, data centers, and energy intensive manufacturing plants. For more information about Electrotek, please visit www.electrotek.com, or call +1-978-927-8755.

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PQView - Finding Faults and Getting Data

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What is PQView?

PQView is a multi-component software system developed by our sister company, Electrotek Concepts, for building and analyzing databases of power quality and energy measurements. Its components build measurement databases, write summary reports, compute power quality indices, view waveforms and RMS samples, as well as trend steady-state quantities. These analyses, and more, are available via workstations and web browsers. Power providers, industrial power consumers, consulting companies, and university researchers throughout the world widely recognize PQView for its capabilities and flexibility.

PQView Features:

• Integrate COMTRADE, PQDIF & Over 50 Different Data Systems
• Import measurements from permanent monitors such as a Dranetz DataNode®, InfoNode®, or PQNode®, and portable monitors such as a Dranetz HDPQ®, Power Xplorer®, or PowerGuide®
• Manage Billions of Measurements in a Single Database
• Locate Faults Automatically Using Waveforms, Circuit Models, and GIS
• Create EN 50160 and Custom Compliance Reports

PQView Brochure (PDF)
Encore and PQView: Partners in the Smart Grid (PDF)

What Can PQView Do for Me?

Build databases with billions of measurements from thousands of monitoring points, read different types of meters, including power quality monitors, voltage recorders, in-plant monitors, digital fault recorders, store and analyze information with the measurements about the cause and source of triggered events. Quickly extract meaningful information from a one megabyte, or one terabyte database, and evaluate the impact of events to both a power provider and a power user.

Proactive Energy and Demand Monitoring

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In today’s world where facility staff managers and team members are wearing multiple hats, having information at your finger tips is a requirement. Even more so, having valuable information that can be acted up is even more critical. A typical facility can save from 10% to as much as 40% annually on energy costs by implementing a comprehensive energy action plan. And, while each facility will require an organized approach to recognize those savings, facilities first need to understand their power consumption, location of major loads, electric demand usage patterns, and associated costs.

Many companies today are developing energy management plans and actions requirements to address and limit their growing costs of energy. Part of these plans is the act of reducing energy consumption when peak demand levels are being reached or when electric rates are at their peaks. In order to do this facility operators need to have intelligent metering in place which is capable of recording and forecasting electrical usage in a real-time basis. Additionally, the responsible staff needs to know what these values are at any point in time and know what action to take. However, having someone sit at a computer screen or in front of meter panels to watch the energy levels increase and decrease is not a productive use of time or money. This is why it’s critical to have an intelligent system monitoring the various parts of the facility.

Utilizing the Encore Series ES230 DataNode’s along with the Encore Series Software, a facility can easily view their instantaneous, historic and predicted demand, energy consumption (as well as many other parameters), and associated costs at each point whenever they need. Additionally, the Dranetz Encore Series Software has built-in intelligence which proactively monitors any or all points identified, and has the ability to create alarm points based on an the plans requirements. This system proactively monitors present and predicted demand and usage levels, when the programmed threshold (limit) is exceeded, the Encore Series Software will send out alarm notifications to as many individuals as needed. These notifications can be in the form of email, pager, or the ever popular text message to a cell phone.

The Encore Series Software is a web enabled application that does not require the installation of any software on a local users computer. The system can be accessed from any web-enabled browser by multiple people simultaneously, and performs a variety of operations, including; data collection, data analysis, reporting, alarming, and remote setup of the equipment. With the Modbus driver installed the software can easily read data from any previously installed instrument that supports the Modbus protocol. Additionally, the software allows for easy expansion, including the addition of Power Quality instruments for more detailed analysis of power anomalies.