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Our distinguished Transmission & Distribution World editors are pleased to offer web seminars on technical issues that must be addressed to advance the industry. Whether we are discussing the details related to transformer monitoring, replacement of wood pole fleets, the emergence of mobile field computing or the future of the intelligent grid, our editors work with interested participants to host web seminars bringing you expert panelists with insights, strategies and tactics you can implement.
Superconductor Cable Systems
There are situations, particularly in urban areas, where overhead line construction is just not a practical reality. In some of these situations the conventional underground cable alternatives do not provide the transfer capacity needed. In addition, new interconnections may result in high fault current levels, further complicating the issue. Superconductor cables, also available with fault current management capabilities, are ready to become an integral part of the system planner “tool kit” that is used to solve certain grid bottleneck problems.
Sponsored by American Superconductor
Evolution of Next Generation
As we inject intelligence into every aspect of our power delivery enterprise we will increasingly see wireless communications solutions emerge to enable more efficient operations. Technicians must be able perform their tasks at the required point of delivery, without extricating themselves from the work to collect or provide supporting information, requiring a two-way flow of voice, data, and images to and from appropriate mobile endpoint devices. It also requires wireless communications solutions in challenging noisy environments, while meeting required safety, reliability, and security requirements inherent in delivering electric power.
A number of next-generation wireless technologies are currently being examined and adopted to support these requirements. These include WiFi, WiMAX, and 3G Cellular. In contrast to the traditional Land Mobile Radio (LMR) solutions, these technologies provide the high bandwidth, multi-media communications necessary to support the emerging needs and applications. In applying these technologies, however, it is important to understand their limitations relative to the critical communications requirements addressed by traditional LMR solutions and to roadmap the solution architecture and design accordingly.
Our panelists address key wireless issues including coverage, reliability, communications security, regulatory compliance and authentication performance.
Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent and Transmission & Distribution World.
The Utility Applications Market Place
Oracle acquired SPL WorldGroup in November 2006 as the cornerstone for building a utility-specific application set. This session is a peak into how Oracle is executing the strategy one year later. A key aspect of this transition is how a customer project, like Hawaiian Electric made it through the transition. View this free On Demand Web Seminar Now
Sponsored by Oracle Utilities and Transmission & Distribution World.
