2024 WESTERN PROTECTIVE RELAY CONFERENCE
October 21–24, 2024
Spokane Convention Center
Spokane, Washington
FUNDAMENTALS TRACK
In 2010, as a supplement to on-the-job training for engineers new to the field, WPRC inaugurated a track focused on topics foundational to success in a protection engineering career. The Fundamentals Track of WPRC comprises ten sessions days of lectures on concepts basic to protection and communications used for protection. Designed as training material for both young engineers and technicians, the Fundamentals Track is also an excellent refresher for seasoned protection engineers and practitioners in fields related to protection.
The WPRC Fundamentals Track lectures are taught by seasoned engineers from a variety of equipment manufacturers and utilities joining together to offer training while introducing the students to a balanced range of protection philosophies.
Tuesday, October 22
1:15–2:30 pm
Fundamentals 1: Basics of Protection
Kevin Damron (Avista)
2:50–4:45 pm
Fundamentals 2: Symmetrical Components
Dan Ransom (GE Vernova)
Wednesday, October 23
8:00–9:15 am
Fundamentals 3: Bus Bar Protection
Mike Kockott (Hitachi Energy)
9:35–11:30 am
Fundamentals 4: Time-Coordinated Line Protection/Wide Area Coordination
Ian Riensche (Relay Application Innovation)
1:15–2:30 pm
Fundamentals 5: Shunt Reactor Protection, Part 1
Mukesh Nagpal (Burns & McDonnell)
2:50–4:45 pm
Fundamentals 6: Shunt Reactor Protection, Part 2
Mukesh Nagpal (Burns & McDonnell)
Thursday, October 24
8:00–9:15 am
Fundamentals 7: Transformer Protection
Eric Chuang (Hitachi Energy)
9:35–11:30 am
Fundamentals 8: Protection for Transmission Lines
Hector Altuve (Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories)
1:15–2:30 pm
Fundamentals 9: Event Analysis Presentations I
Various Presenters
2:50–4:45 pm
Fundamentals 10: Event Analysis Presentations II
Various Presenters