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Technical Program

The following is the schedule of technical papers that will be presented at the
​2018 IEEE/IAS PCIC Conference in Cincinnati.

Times/room assignments are subject to change.  Please check back here or on the PCIC App for updated information.

Monday AM

 

GENERAL TECHNICAL SESSION I
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 8:00 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 3 - ABCD		Presiding - Peter Baen, PCIC Chair
PCIC-2018-01	UNEXPECTED SOURCES OF ENERGIES WEEDING THROUGH HAZARDOUS SPECTRUM
	Rehanul Hasan Rick Mendler Behzad Nejad Donna Hodgson	Emerson Phillips 66 CSA Group Shell Int'l Exploration & Production, Inc.
PCIC-2018-02	TECHNOLOGY CHANGE MANAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
	Raymond Catlett	SOG, LLC
PCIC-2018-03	GROUNDING SYSTEM CONDUCTORS: SOLID, STRANDED, BARE OR INSULATED?
	Robert Durham Stephen Szczecinski Marcus Durham	THEWAY Labs Joseph Paul & Associates THEWAY Labs

 

Monday PM

 

GENERAL TECHNICAL SESSION II
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
DECC Floor 2 - 206		Presiding - Dennis Bogh, PCIC Vice-Chair
PCIC-2018-04	COMPARISON OF IEC AND NEMA REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE PROPER SPECIFICATION AND DESIGN OF INDUCTION MOTORS & GENERATORS FOR GLOBAL USE - PART 2
	Rajendra Mistry William Finley Tyler Gaerke	Siemens Industry Inc. Siemens Industry Inc. Siemens Industry Inc.
PCIC-2018-05	IEEE C37.20.7 GUIDE FOR TESTING SWITCHGEAR RATED UP TO 52KV FOR INTERNAL ARCING FAULTS - IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE NEW EDITION
	Michael Wactor	Powell Industries
PCIC-2018-06	AN INTRODUCTION TO IEEE STD 1458-2017 "RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR THE SELECTION, FIELD TESTING, AND LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MOLDED-CASE CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS"
	Gary Donner Jeremy Smith Jessica Maldonado	TDE BP TDE

 

MARINE TECHNICAL SESSION I
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
DECC Floor 2 - 201/202		Presiding - Rick Paes, Chair
PCIC-2018-07	SELECTION AND TESTS OF INNOVATIVE VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR-COMPRESSOR SOLUTIONS FOR A 55MW FULL ELECTRIC OFF-SHORE PLATFORM MAXIMIZING AVAILABILITY AND EFFICIENCY WITH BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
	Lional Durantay Sami Siala Thoman Alban Antoine Billaud	GE Power Conversion GE Power Conversion BHGE Oil & Gas GE Power Conversion
PCIC-2018-08	DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM
	Srinath Raghavan Pedro S. Heliodoro Rekha Jagaduri Srikar Malladi	Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc Marathon Oil Company Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc
PCIC-2018-09	GENERATOR DIFFERENTIAL RELAY TRIP ON AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM
	Alok Gupta Dibyendu Bhattacharya	BP America Inc BP Exp Op Co Ltd

 

REFINING TECHNICAL SESSION I
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
DECC Floor 2 - 203/204		Presiding - Rick Bono, Chair
PCIC-2018-10	CALCULATION OF TRANSIENT TORQUES ON MOTORS DURING A RESIDUAL VOLTAGE MOTOR BUS TRANSFER
	Murty Yalla Arman Vakili Thomas Beckwith	Beckwith Electric Company, Inc. Powell Electrical Systems, Inc. Beckwith Electric Company, Inc.
PCIC-2018-11	HOW NEW ENERGY CODES ARE IMPACTING ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION DESIGNS
	Luca Magenes Hao Dinh Andrew Klein	Powell Industries Powell Industries A S Klein Associates, PLLC
PCIC-2018-12	PREMATURE FAILURE OF LARGE HORSE POWER MOTORS DUE TO IMPROPER FIELD CONNECTIONS, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING
	James Nanney Izhak (Ike) Grinbaum Mark Littlefield Javier Portos	Nidec Industrial Solutions IZG Corp Williams Companies IPS

 

SAFETY TECHNICAL SESSION I
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
DECC Floor 2 - 205		Presiding - Shahid Jamil, Chair
PCIC-2018-13	RELIABILITY: THE MISSING LEG OF THE STOOL
	Donald Dunn	T.F. Hudgins - ARG
PCIC-2018-14	STRATEGIES FOR RELIABLE ARC FLASH DETECTION ON LOW VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR
	Robert Burns Adams Baker Dan Hrncir	Eaton Eaton Eaton
PCIC-2018-15	HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND HOW IT AFFECTS SAFETY
	James White Tony Damaria	Shermco Industries Tony Demaria Electric

 

Tuesday AM

 

CHEMICAL TECHNICAL SESSION I
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 206		Presiding - Mark Throckmorton, Chair
PCIC-2018-16	ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVE SYSTEM COMPARISON - VSI AND LCI FOR HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS
	Axel Rauber Peter den Bakker	ABB Switzerland Ltd. Shell Chemicals Americas Inc
PCIC-2018-17	METHODS TO AVOID ELECTRICAL RUNOUT
	Lutz Hubner Horst Kummlee Tomasz Neumann Richard Sczodrok Joachim Denk Oliver Stier	Siemens AG Siemens AG Siemens AG Siemens AG Siemens AG Siemens AG
PCIC-2018-18	THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL MOTORS USED IN THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY
	Helmuth Glatt Austin Bonnett John Frese	Nidec Motor Corporation Emerson Electric (Retired) Nidec Motor Corporation

 

ELECTROCHEMICAL & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TECHNICAL SESSION I
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 201/202		Presiding - Sudhir Thorat, Vice-Chair
PCIC-2018-19	THE VALUE OF INTEGRATING POWER AND PROCESS FOR THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY
	David Mazur John Kay Cheryl Schmehl Bruce Venne	Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation
PCIC-2018-20	INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW STANDARDS - IEEE STD 844.1-2017/CSA C22.2 NO. 293.1-17 AND IEEE STD 844.2-2017/CSA C293.2 FOR SKIN EFFECT TRACE HEATING OF PIPELINES, VESSELS, EQUIPMENT, AND STRUCTURES
	Roy Barth Franco Chakkalakal	Thermon Pentair Thermal Management
PCIC-2018-21	CASE STUDY: DEPLOYMENT OF 200 SMART MOTOR CONTROL CENTERS
	Praveen Subramanian Scott Manson Roy Hamilton Michael Mendiola	Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc. Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc. Chevron Chevron

 

INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL SESSION I
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 203/204		Presiding - Nicolas Leblanc, Chair
PCIC-2018-22	HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP TESTING OF ELECTRICAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
	Krishnanjan Gubba Ravikumar Roy Hamilton Anshuman Mallya Michael Mediola	Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc Chevron Chevron Chevron
PCIC-2018-23	COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW, AND COMPARISON OF ANSI VS. IEC SHORT CIRCUIT CALCULATIONS - USING IEC SHORT CIRCUIT RESULTS IN IEEE 1584 ARC FLASH CALCULATIONS
	Afshin Majd Robert Luo Marvin Devadass Tim Huang	EasyPower EasyPower EasyPower EasyPower
PCIC-2018-24	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ANSI AND IEC CURRENT TRANSFORMERS IN PROTECTION APPLICATIONS
	Dragan Ristanovic Terry Tadlock Gautami Bhatt	Bechtel OG&C Bechtel OG&C Bechtel OG&C

 

PRODUCTION TECHNICAL SESSION I
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 200		Presiding - Donna Hodgson, Chair
PCIC-2018-25	COOLING THE ARC FLASH HOT SPOT
	Paul Cardinal Rick Preston Gautami Bhatt	Siemens Bechtel
PCIC-2018-26	APPLYING OFF-THE-SHELF ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVES AND ELECTRIC MOTORS - AN ASD PRIMER (PART 1)
	Tom Stewart Jeffery Lovelace Steve Williams	TMEIC TMEIC Co-op Refinery Complex
PCIC-2018-27	HIGH RESISTANCE GROUNDING (HRG) AND ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVES (ASD)
	Sergio Panetta John P. Nelson	I-Gard Corp. NEI Engineering

 

TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL SESSION I
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 205		Presiding - Todd Huston, Chair
PCIC-2018-28	HOW TO ENSURE LOW VIBRATION OF 2-POLE MOTORS ON FLEXIBLE FOUNDATIONS
	Timo Holopainen Jannee Roivainen Samu Aarnivuo	ABB ABB Elomatic Oy
PCIC-2018-29	MV MOTOR OPTIMIZATION
	Chris Heron Ray Catlett Dorothy Siplin	TECO-Westinghouse SOG, LLC Schneider Electric
PCIC-2018-30	BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF LOW INRUSH LARGE INDUCTION SQUIRREL CAGE MOTORS
	Fredemar Runcos Elder Stringary Cecile Gaudeaux	WEG WEG Air Liquide

 

Wednesday AM

 

CHEMICAL TECHNICAL SESSION II
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 206		Presiding - Keith Lyles, Vice-Chair
PCIC-2018-31	A MOTOR PRIMER - THE NEXT GENERATION: PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS
	Robert McElveen Nicolas Frank William Martin Jukka Jarvinen	ABB ABB ABB ABB
PCIC-2018-32	WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM YOUR MOTOR SERVICE CENTER WHEN SERVICING YOUR MOTOR
	Austin Bonnett Chuck Yung	IEEE Emeritus/Retired EASA
PCIC-2018-33	COAST-DOWNS AND RUN-UPS: UNDERSTANDING VIBRATION RESPONSES
	Ryan Queen Gregory Chatlos	Siemens Siemens

 

ELECTROCHEMICAL & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TECHNICAL SESSION II
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 201/202		Presiding - Andrew Ackerman, Secretary
PCIC-2018-34	USING IEC 61850 FOR A POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM
	Richard Preston Louis Bevrotte Quinton Houston Rodrigo Munoz	Siemens Shell Jacobs Siemens
PCIC-2018-35	MODULARIZATION OF HIGH VOLTAGE GAS INSULATED SUBSTATIONS
	Merwyn D'Souza Ravi Dhara Rene C. Bouyer	WorleyParsons ABB Inc. ABB AG
PCIC-2018-36	PINPOINTING PARTIAL DISCHARGE IN MEDIUM VOLTAGE BUS DUCT; RECOGNIZE, REPAIR, RE-ENERGIZE
	Sean Broderick Jim Bowen Dion Caves	Powell Industries MMT Services Powell Industries

 

INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL SESSION II
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 203/204		Presiding - Allen Gibson, Vice-Chair
PCIC-2018-37	A SMART CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR HV NETWORKS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUGMENTED REALITY AND VIRTUAL REALITY
	Lee Renforth Riccardo Giussani Michael Mendiola	HVPD HVPD Chevron
PCIC-2018-38	HOW TO ID IOT SOLUTIONS WITHOUT FEELING LIKE AN IDIOT: AN APPLICATION PERSPECTIVE
	Joseph Manahan Dennis Grinberg	Eaton Eaton
PCIC-2018-39	APPLYING CONTINUOUS MONITORING & DIAGNOSIS (M&D) TO CRITICAL ROTATING MACHINES WITH NO ADDITIONAL DEVICE TO INSTALL
	Mital Kanabar Vijaysarathi Muthrukrishnan A. Thomas Jeyanth Yogaratnam	GE Grid Solutions, Canada GE Grid Solutions, Canada Barrick Gold, Canada GE Grid Solutions, Canada

 

PRODUCTION TECHNICAL SESSION II
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 200		Presiding - Shelly DeGrate, Vice-Chair
PCIC-2018-40	CASE STUDY: RADIO APPLICATION IN A SMART GRID SYSTEM FOR A BROWNFIELD ONSHORE DISPERSED OIL FIELD
	Kei Hao Niraj Shah Nevil Herbert	Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc. Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc. Chevron
PCIC-2018-41	EXPERIENCE WITH FAST LOAD SHEDDING USING IEC 61850 GOOSE
	JC (Jacobus) Theron Anthony Colonnese Troy Wilsey Russell Gagner	GE Energy Connections Ameresco Ameresco CIV NAVFAC MidLant
PCIC-2018-42	CABLES AND CABLE GLANDS FOR HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS
	Brian Keane Gerhard Schwarz Peter Thurnherr	Eaton GSA Consulting thuba Ltd.

 

TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL SESSION II
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 8:15 am to 11:15 am
DECC Floor 2 - 205		Presiding - Brandon Cassimere, Vice-Chair
PCIC-2018-43	ACTIVE HARMONIC MITIGATION - WHAT THE MANUFACTURERS DON'T TELL YOU
	Anthony Hoevenaars Marek Farbis Michael McGraw	Mirus International Inc. Mirus International Inc. NSOEM
PCIC-2018-44	SUBSTATIONS IN CLASSIFIED LOCATIONS: INTEGRATION OF NFPA 496 PRESSURIZATION REQUIREMENTS WITH OTHER SUPPORTING SYSTEMS
	Giovanni Parra Joshua Komathy Gregory Clement Richard Anderson	Fluor Enterprises, Inc. Andeavor Corporation Fluor Enterprises, Inc. Fluor Enterprises, Inc.
PCIC-2018-45	DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS IN SELECTION AND SIZING TURBOEXPANDER GENERATORS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL POWER GENERATION
	Dragan Ristanovic Neeraj Bhatia Matt Taher	Bechtel OG&C Bechtel OG&C Bechtel OG&C

 

Wednesday PM

 

MARINE TECHNICAL SESSION II
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
DECC Floor 2 - 201/202		Presiding - Kevin Peterson, Vice-Chair
PCIC-2018-46	HARMONIC ANALYSIS OF ARCING FAULTS AND IMPACTS ON SYSTEM PROTECTION
	Dane Martindale Jeremy Smith	Aramco Services Company BP
PCIC-2018-47	MEDIUM VOLTAGE FREQUENCY CONVERTER FOR ESP APPLICATIONS
	Diogo B. Candido Joable A. Alves Wallace G. Honcrio A. Timoteo da Costa e Silva	WEG Drives & Controls - Automation WEG Drives & Controls - Automation Statoil Oil & Gas Brazil AS Statoil Oil & Gas Brazil AS
PCIC-2018-48	A NEW STANDARD FOR MARINE POWER DISTRIBUTION
	Jeffrey Jordan Nicole Barthel Duncan McTaggart	Schneider Electric Schneider Electric Ellicott Dredges

 

REFINING TECHNICAL SESSION II
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
DECC Floor 2 - 203/204		Presiding - Troy Parvino, Vice-Chair
PCIC-2018-49	THE EFFECT OF AIR GAP ON ELECTRIC MOTOR PERFORMANCE
	Chuck Yung J. Travis Griffith	EASA Jacobs Engineering
PCIC-2018-50	THE EFFECT OF HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS ON ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SHORT CIRCUIT RATINGS
	Rehanul Hasan Rick Mendler Behzad Nejad	Appleton Phillips 66 CSA
PCIC-2018-51	STATOR ENDWINDING VIBRATION IN TWO-POLE MACHINES
	Greg Stone Bayu Satmoko Nixon Manik John Letal	Iris Power Star Energy Star Energy Iris Power

 

SAFETY TECHNICAL SESSION II
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
DECC Floor 2 - 205		Presiding - Jim White, Vice-Chair
PCIC-2018-52	THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION
	Tammy Gammon Shahid Jamil	JMA Independent EE & Safety Consultant
PCIC-2018-53	SAFETY BY DESIGN - HOW ELECTRICAL DEVICES INSTALLED IN THE INDUSTRY CAN BE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE PERSONAL SAFETY
	Palak Parikh Mital Kanabar Michael Pilon	GE Grid Solutions GE Grid Solutions GE Grid Solutions
PCIC-2018-54	FAILURE TO FOLLOW STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS CAN LEAD TO A SERIOUS INCIDENT
	Joe Rachford	e-Hazard

 

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