February 2, 2007,
General
Electric: Mr. Hamid Elahi, Ph. D., General
Manager, Energy Consulting
Mr.
Goran Drobnjak, Principal Engineer, Energy Consulting
Mr.
Neven Pecotić, Country Executive, Global Sales –
Institute
Nikola Tesla: Mr. Dragan Kovačević, Ph. D.,
General Manager of Institute Nikola Tesla
Mr. Saša Minić, Manager
of Power Systems Department
Mr.
Dušan Arnautović, Ph. D., Manager of Automation and Control Department
Mr.
Petar Vukelja, Ph. D., Manager of Electric Power Facilities Department
Mr.
Srđan Milosavljević, Manager of Electrical Measurements Department
Duration
12.00-17.00
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Presentation of Institute Nikola Tesla global activities and
organization, by Mr. Dragan Kovačević
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Presentation of Power Systems Department research, recent activities and
resources, by Mr. Saša Minić
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Presentation of Automation and Control Department research, recent
activities and resources, by Mr. Dušan Arnautović
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Presentation of Electric Power Facilities Department research, recent
activities and resources, by Mr. Petar Vukelja
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Presentation of Electrical Measurements Department research, recent
activities and resources, by Mr. Srđan Milosavljević
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Presentation of organizational scheme of General Electric, and Energy
Consulting position within it, its fields of research, most significant
products and clients, by Mr. Hamid Elahi
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Discussion of future cooperation possibilities and ways to realize them
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Visit to TENT power plant and presentation of several technology
platforms integrated in TENT power plant by Institute Nikola Tesla
1. Mr. Dragan Kovačević
welcomed guests from GE. He presented Institute "Nikola Tesla" as a
scientific - state owned organization whose activity covers a wide spectra of
problems in the area of production, transmission, distribution and implementation
of electrical energy. Research activities in the Institute are organized in
four scientific - research departments: Power Systems Department, Automation
and Control Department, Power Facilities Department, and Electrical
Measurements Department. In these departments researchers are working on the
problems: of development and architecture of power systems, its exploitation
and control in an integrated and deregulated power surrounding, implementation
of new technologies, automation and new functional solutions in power systems
and its plants, development and testing of high and low voltage equipment that
is used in production, transmission and distribution of electrical energy,
development and implementation of measurement methods and measurement devices,
control of quality parameters, etc. He presented management staff of Institute.
In the end he demonstrated willingness for future cooperation between Institute
and GE.
2. Mr. Saša Minić first
spoke about the main goal of researches of Power Systems Department as advancing
of development, operation and management of modern large power systems, based
on introducing of new technologies, asset management techniques and applying of
power energy software solutions and advanced tools. The result should ensure
reliability, quality and safety of energy flows, as well as efficient operation
of networks through information management. Then, he presented wide spectrum of
research activities of Power Systems Department ordered in following sections:
power system analysis, power system development, power system management and
control and special services provided by his department. He showed list of
references realized in last two years and presented development of human
resources in Power Systems Department in the period 2002-2006.
3. Mr. Dušan Arnautović presented activities of
Automation and Control Department, which include research and testing of Power
Electronics and Automation Control. These activities are divided in four
sections: Power Electronics, Control in Power Systems, Automation and Control
(development, testing and manufacture of different control and protection
systems), and Special Services. He showed some of recent products of this
department and some of latest researches and designs. He emphasized the fact
that this department realizes many control systems in Serbian power plants. In
the end, he presented resources of Automation and Control Department.
4. Mr. Petar Vukelja
presented activities of Electric Power Facilities Department in the field of
insulation coordination and electromagnetic transients in power systems with
specifics about analyses of lightning, switching and temporary overvoltages in
high voltage and industrial networks and calculation of flashover risk and
insulation breakdown risk. He presented human and equipment resources of
Electric Power Facilities Department.
5. Mr. Srđan Milosavljević
presented Accredited Laboratory for Testing and Calibration and list of
accredited methods (120 items). In the end, he presented resources of
Electrical Measurements Department.
6. Mr. Hamid Elahi
presented structure of General Electric, its fields of research and production,
market and total revenue and resources. He pointed the place of Infrastructure
and Energy in GE organization and presented solutions across the energy industry,
power generation platforms and many services of GE Energy. Then he focused to
Energy Consulting of GE Energy - its mission, main customers, and capabilities.
He discussed in details capabilities of GE Energy in the area of power
economics, power systems engineering, software tools, and customer education.
He pointed up similarity and compatibility of activities and researches in
Institute Nikola Tesla and GE Energy Consulting, mainly in the area of power
systems analyses. He noticed several direction of future cooperation and
discussed them (cooperation in GE activities in the region, potential training
of Institute engineers, potential usage of GE software for power system
analyses, etc.)
7. Visiting the TENT power
plant made possible to witness a successful integration of several technology
platforms to generate affordable and reliable energy. Institute Nikola Tesla
realized many of these systems.
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Institute Nikola Tesla and GE Energy Consulting have similar format and
skills that make their future cooperation possible and desirable for both
sides. The cooperation would be possible in power systems studies, power system
equipment application, software development etc.
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The way to start this cooperation is involvement of the Institute resources
in some of GE Energy’s projects in the region of the East, the Southeast and
the
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Another way is to propose implementation of some of GE power system
solutions, as needed, into Serbian Power Grid transmission, generation or power
system control with participation of Institute Nikola Tesla.
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Although the Institute has it’s own software tools, one of initial and
effective steps in the process of partnership would be for GE to provide GE’s
power system software tools (PSLF, MAPS) to the Institute and to train users
how to use it. This would help to synchronize two groups, speed up work
processes, improve problem understandings and create the same technical base
for system studies, system data and study results.