IEEE New Brunswick Section, Biennial General Meeting, 2004-2005

Date:  Wednesday, July 6, 2005
Time:  7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Place: Room HC25, "The ADI Room"
       Head Hall
       15 Dineen Drive
       University of New Brunswick
       Fredericton, NB
       E3B 5A3

Agenda:
7:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.  Report by and feedback to the Section Chair
                       Approval of the Cheque Register
7:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  Elections 
7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.  Invited Speaker

Elections

   Chair
   Vice Chair
   Secretary
   Treasurer
   Student Activities
   Chair, Computer and Communications Chapter

Invited Speaker

Abstract:

A more intimate view of the 60 Hz specification we see printed on the back of electrical appliance nameplates, will be gained by the audience. From harmony to indication of trouble, frequency is the heartbeat of the interconnected power system.

Topics include: load-generation balance, daily cycles, the concept of governing, area generation control, under-frequency load shedding, over-frequency generator tripping, natural frequency response and its decline, Graphical representation of transient frequency, Northeast Partial blackout 2003 AUG14, historical frequency data set, extreme frequencies observed.

The speaker is inspired from the practical experience of a retired NB Power System Performance Engineer who had responsibilities from the performance of control equipment on generators and transmission facilities to power quality at the customer's facilities.

About the speaker:

Elmer Bourque, son of a bricklayer in a small Nova Scotia fishing village, obtained a BA 1965 from College Ste Anne in Church Point NS and a BScEE 1969 from UNB. He worked at NB Research and Productivity Council for 5 years on a PDP/8 before joining NB Power where he retired after 31 years. He kept the basically the same job title for 29 of those 31 years, an indication of the very brisk advancement of technology during that period. Well versed in vacuum tubes, Elmer also enjoys playing with transistors and micro-processors. Elmer also tunes and maintains pianos and several pipe organs in Fredericton. At present he is Secretary of IEEE Canada under the directorship of Bill Kennedy one of his classmates.