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Join us for a new AMSC webinar on Solving Motor Start Power Quality Issues on Monday October 7th at 3PM EST! TOPIC: Line start induction motors are the workhorse behind many industrial operations. Due to the high VAR inrush characteristic during start-up (5-7x the motor rating), larger motors can cause substantial utility power quality issues, e.g., disruptive voltage sags. The costs associated with these power quality issues can be substantial and include unintended relay tripping, process curtailments, and even required disconnection of a motor from the utility grid. In this technical webinar, a field service expert from AMSC will share innovative and field-proven solutions to these costly power quality problems. Attendees of the webinar can expect to learn the following: – The principle of operation of distribution class STATCOM applied to motor starting – Why soft starters do not address power quality issues  – When and why distribution class STATCOMs can be the most cost-effective solution to the problem  – How to quickly and accurately select and size STATCOM solutions  – How to validate field performance using high-speed waveform capture tools of fielded STATCOMs REGISTER HERE https://lnkd.in/ejH3micB

AMSC is pleased to be attending WindEnergy Hamburg 2024! If you’re attending as well, come visit us at booth A3 #309. We’ll be featuring our ready-to-build wind turbine solution, WT4200df, optimized for maximum energy production in low wind sites; our multi-brand converter control stack (Retrofit Solutions); and our solutions for renewable energy to connect to applications to support decarbonization. https://lnkd.in/eM7i_3BQ

Come join us for a free webinar on Utility-Owned Volt/VAR Distribution-class STATCOMs for Renewables on Monday June 24th at 10:30am EDT! About This Webinar: STATCOMs are IGBT-based current source devices that are traditionally used by electrical utilities to provide voltage support to the bulk transmission system during transient fault conditions. They are one of the technologies that make up the Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTs) technologies group that also includes SVCs and SSSCs. The STATCOMs can inject both capacitive and inductive current and therefore is capable of providing both boost and buck to the voltage on the grid. The STATCOM device can typically provide voltage support in under 1 cycle making it very advantageous for transient voltage support.   The technology has been impractical due to available design ratings and high costs for distribution applications in the past, but that’s changing with recent advances and industry trends. The technological changes are also occurring at a rapid pace on the distribution  systems as well. Distributed wind and solar generation is being widely connected directly to the distribution system and is causing problems such as rapid voltage changes outside of allowable limits. Emphasis on reliability and system hardening is encouraging greater use of back-up ties between adjacent radial circuits that create contingency arrangements with low voltage constraints. Distribution customer loads are also trending from a constant-resistive to a constant-power characteristic which can exacerbate dynamic voltage issues. Finally, Volt/Var optimization and Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR) initiatives are leading to increased mechanical operations for equipment such as LTCs, regulators and switched capacitor banks leading to more frequent maintenance. The STATCOM device  requires has no moving parts and no maintenance and therefore the number of operations does not factor into the life of the product.   With this in mind the following applications will be covered in this webinar covering AMSC’s Distribution class STATCOM product:   1. Increasing DG Feeder hosting capacity 2. Decreasing the number of operations of mechanical equipment and reducing O&M budgets Expenses 3. Providing unparalleled performance within Volt/VAr Optimization & CVR programs 4. Providing End-of-Line voltage support and increasing fault current levels at the end of the feeder 5. Providing voltage phase balancing on individual feeders.   This Webinar will also briefly cover how to model the STATCOM in load flow software including: CYME, Synergi & Milsoft. REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/eTx25Mhk

Join AMSC's Chris Duffey for our next Webinar, Core Power Engineering: Passive Harmonic Filter Design on Thursday May 9th, 1-3 PM EDT! TOPIC: Passive harmonic filters are used extensively to mitigate and avoid harmonic distortion issues in electrical power systems. Their application is ubiquitous across many industries due to distortion-causing rectification processes, adjustable speed drive applications, arcing loads, inverter-based resources and many other non-linear load and generation types. Harmonic filters help us minimize in-plant distortion, provide capacitive var resources while avoiding problem resonances, and meet harmonic compliance so the general grid has minimal distortion. In this 2-hour webinar, we will cover a host of important facts or truisms that contribute to proper, effective and well-designed harmonic filters. This will include a discussion on several filtering approaches, or starting points, as well as limitations and ratings of the components utilized. Similar to the title of Mason’s historic text on protection, filter design is both an art and a science. Thus, the design approach discussed will be drawn from the webinar presenter’s technical depth and experience. Our sincere hope is that the methods and approaches presented will be beneficial and help you in your design process. PRESENTER: Christopher Duffey is a Senior Technical Staff engineer at American Superconductor (AMSC) and a licensed professional engineer in Oregon. Chris joined AMSC’s Network Planning Team in 2022, performing system analysis for the D-VAR and D-VAR VVO STATCOM, Neeltran rectifier and NEPSI harmonic filter product lines. REGISTER HERE! https://lnkd.in/eZmVtQFc

We’re pleased to share our industry knowledge by offering a free webinar on Motor Start Modeling & D-VAR VVO® Sag Mitigation by AMSC’s own Chris Duffey. Follow the link to register today! https://lnkd.in/dNyn9ukS

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Join us for our #Webinar : Distribution STATCOM 101 Monday, January 22nd 1-2PM EST Topic: STATCOMs are current source devices used by electrical utilities to provide voltage support to the bulk transmission system during transient fault conditions. They are one of the technologies that make up the FAC Ts group that also includes SVCs and SSSCs. The STATCOM can inject both capacitive and inductive current and therefore is capable of providing both boost and buck to the voltage on the grid. With the advent of DG/DER and other voltage regulation disruptions in the distribution system howev­er, a purpose-built feeder STATCOM can provide advantageous transient voltage sup­port there as well. The advantages of AMSC's distribution STATCOM, D-VAR VVO® , in­clude: • Increasing DG Feeder hosting capacity while maintaining voltage regulation • Decreasing the number of operations of mechanical equipment and reducing O&M budgets • Providing unparalleled performance within Volt/VAR Optimization & CVR programs • Providing End-of-Line voltage support without making the system weaker and increasing fault current levels at the end of the feeder • Providing voltage phase balancing on individual feeders. REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/eAfqewvs

We’re pleased to share our industry knowledge by offering a free webinar on Harmonic Modeling and Analysis by AMSC’s own Chris Duffey.  Follow the link to register today! #webinar https://lnkd.in/g_nS55vb