Power Technology

Welcome to the latest eNewsletter from Siemens PTI US
 
As the incoming General Manager, it is my pleasure to announce a leadership change at Siemens PTI US. Since joining Siemens in 2005, Siemens PTI has enjoyed much growth and success under the seasoned leadership of Mike Edmonds. Those skills did not go unnoticed, as Mike now transitions to Vice-President of Siemens Energy Management and Automation, headquartered in Minnesota.
 
While I take on my new role, at Siemens PTI it is business as usual. The challenges facing the energy sector in the current economic climate — challenges from NERC compliance, to outage issues and asset upgrades, just to name a few — offer Siemens PTI tremendously exciting opportunities for continued growth in our areas of expertise — network consulting, software technology and T&D training. We have responded and continue to respond to these challenges with dramatic improvements in our products and services that benefit you, our customer.
 
The Siemens PTI team is committed to meet your needs by keeping the PSS® suite up-to-date with leading-edge advances in power system simulation technology. The PSS® suite continues to evolve as we consistently increase the capabilities and efficiencies of all the products in the portfolio. Version 32 of our flagship PSS®E product represents the next generation of PSS®E technology with a completely integrated graphical user environment coupled with a powerful database engine. Due to be released in March 2009, Version 32 will include some major features including N-1-1 contingency analysis for North American Electrical Reliability Corporation (NERC) requirements, substation reliability analysis, PSS® DB database, flexible short-circuit calculations, revised and updated documentation, as well as backward compatibility with Version 30 and later versions. Beyond these new features, PSS®E Version 32 will also provide updated Graphical Model Builder (GMB) and small signal Eigenvalue and Modal Analysis (NEVA) modules. Furthermore, we have significantly enhanced our Model on Demand (MOD®) software product, which coordinates PSS®E cases across an enterprise and may be used as an aggregator of regional cases among member companies. MOD® offers model coordination in a time-based “project oriented” model.
 
In network consulting, 2008 was a significant year as we brought our consultants closer to our customers with the opening of two new offices. Our presence in the US grew with the opening of regional offices in San Jose (California) and Minnetonka (Minnesota), as well as with the expansion of offices in Schenectady (New York), Houston (Texas), and Denver (Colorado). Network consulting also launched a new practice in Energy Market Business Solutions, which has extended Siemens PTI’s unique expertise to assess both the technical feasibility and the financial viability of projects within a competitive market.
 
In our education department, our Siemens Power Academy TD - USA, 2009 Siemens PTI Education and Training Catalog is now presented in an entirely new design and format - we hope you like it! Our offerings are now segmented by discipline, including power distribution engineering, power systems engineering, power system software engineering, power transmission engineering, and equipment-based training. We are now able to provide curriculum programs which will guide students in building a progressive learning plan toward an advance certificate program; offering both the value of the course content as well as the recognition of achievement with Siemens Power Academy and Siemens PTI.
 
As demonstrated above, we are moving forward to address your needs. Even greater activity is planned over the coming year in all three of our areas of expertise — network consulting, software technology and T&D training — as we continually strive to support your challenges and lead our industry. Your continuous loyalty and support drives the continued improvement of our products and services.
 
Inside this edition you will find, we hope, many interesting articles for your reading pleasure.  If you have any questions or want further information, please do not hesitate to contact the author. If you have any suggestions for articles, we would welcome those as well.