ESB International - ESBI News Archive 2010.
ESBI engineers win international conference award
ESB International Press Release - April 2010
ESBI engineers win international conference award for paper on new method of system operation to reduce power cuts.
ESBI engineers Neil McDonagh and William Phang have been awarded the prize for Best Conference Paper at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Conference on Developments in Power System Protection which took place in Manchester earlier this month. The three day conference featured 155 papers and was attended by over 300 delegates from more than 20 countries.
The winning paper, entitled Use of Faulted Phase Earthing using a Custom Built Earth Fault Controller, outlines a new method of system operation for electrical networks (patented by ESB Networks) which reduces loss of supply to customers resulting from network faults. A project to implement this system is currently being carried out by ESB Networks, spear-headed by project manager Martin Hand. ESBI's Power Systems Studies (PSS) group is providing engineering expertise to the project.
Neil McDonagh from ESBI who presented the paper said, "Given the scale of this event, it is a genuine honour that our paper was selected for the award. The challenge for us was to communicate the very complex work carried out by ESBI for ESB Networks in a way that engaged delegates at the conference and advanced understanding among our industry colleagues."
Commenting further, Ollie Brogan, Manager of ESBI Engineering Solutions said, "ESBI personnel have a long tradition of contributing at technical conferences. To be selected for this award from such a prestigious line up of international speakers reflects both the breadth of knowledge within ESBI and the ability of our staff to communicate authoritatively on their areas of expertise."
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Use of Faulted Phase Earthing using a custom built Earth Fault Controller
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Neil McDonagh and William Phang, ESB International.
PSS Group
The Power System Studies group in ESBI provides a wide range of consulting services to municipal power, industrial and commercial clients in Ireland and overseas. The studies ensure power assets are optimised to ensure the reliability, availability and safety of the power system. Studies range from connection studies for distributed generation to major transmission master plans using the latest engineering software tools.
ESBI
ESBI provides a full range of engineering, operations and maintenance solutions and strategic consultancy services to the global energy market. It also invests in, builds, owns, operates and maintains power stations internationally and trades electricity in competitive European energy markets. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of ESB.
21 April 2010
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