Solar Power Plant Tour 

The FAMU-FSU IEEE branch in conjunction with students from Dr. Arghandeh’s Fundamentals of Power Class arranged a tour of the solar plant scheduled on November 20th at 2:30 pm EST.

When: Monday 20th of November, 2017
Where: On the property of the Tallahassee International Airport (TLH)

Ben Cowart from the City of Tallahassee gave an overview of the construction.

  • Date: 20 November 2017
  • Time: 02:30 PM to 04:00 PM 

PES Executive Meeting on Nov 14, 2017

  • Apply for Best Section award for Power Energy Society and Tallahassee section.
  • Dec 9, 2017 is the date by which new officers for next year have to be reported.
  • Post highlights of Power Energy Society and Tallahassee section on the website.
  • Send out periodic reminders of Social event on November 30, 2017

Arvah Hopkins Power Plant

The Arvah Hopkins power plant burns fossil fuels (either natural gas or oil) to convert water to steam in two huge boilers. The steam is used to drive two turbines which are in turn connected to power generators.
In addition, power can be produced when needed by two gas turbine generators located at the plant.

The plant is located on 230 acres of land 7 miles west of Tallahassee, Florida on Geddie Road.

Built in 1971, the Hopkins power plant was expanded to more than double its original size in 1977 with construction of a second boiler and power generator. The City has converted the Hopkins Unit 2 conventional steam-generating unit to a more
efficient and economical combined cycle system under the Hopkins Unit 2 Repowering Project.

The PES Chair, Dr. Thomas Bellarmine, arranged a power plant tour to visit the Arvah Hopkins Power plant, Tallahassee on 11/8/2017. The tour started at 2:00 p.m. and had 35 participants. We had 21 IEEE members and 14 non-members. It was assisted by Cyrinda deMontmollin, Supervising Engineer of Hopkins Generating Station.

  • Date: 08 November 2017
  • Time: 02:00 PM to 03:30 PM EST

Technical Speaker: Challenges faced by the Electrical Power Grid and Potential Solutions offered by Superconducting Power Systems Technology

Abstract

The elctrical power grid is facing challenges due to the increase in demand in urban areas, increased reliance on renewable energy sources, and general interest of the society to move towards low-carbon economy. Several new technologies are being explored to modernize the electrical power grid and in general electrical power system technologies. The presentation will discuss the challenges and how some of the challenges can be addressed by high temperature superconducting power system technologies.

Presenter

Sastry Pamidi, Ph.D., M.B.A, PMP
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Associate Director, Center for Advanced Power Systems

  • Date: 24 October 2017
  • Time: 03:30 PM to 04:45 PM EST

March 28, 2017

Title: SURGE PROTECTION OF POWER SYSTEMS

This presentation started with a quick video based definition of a surge arrester and how it works. It then reaches back more than 100 years and shows a short history of surge protection of power systems over the years. The presentation then takes a tour of the many aspects of power lines protection from lightning and self-induced switching surges. This tour also offered insight into the many engineering disciplines needed to keep the lights on. The last part of the presentation was about the future of this field of engineering.

Date: March 28, 2017
Time: 3:45 p.m to 5:30 PM

Location: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer St, Tallahassee

Attendance:  76
Guest Attendance 46
IEEE Member Attendance 30

Start Time: 2017-3-28 18:00:00
End Time: 2017-3-28 20:00:00
Time Zone: America/New_York
Location: Region 3
Section: TALLAHASSEE AREA
Organizational Unit: PE31
City: Tallahassee
State/Province: Florida
Country: United States