Co-sponsored by: Akbo Rupasinghe

Abstract:

RTDS Technologies is celebrating its 25^th year in business, and we thought it would be a good time to reflect on the history of the company, what it has achieved, where the company is now, and hypothesize on what the future might bring. 

RTDS Technologies was founded in 1994 by James Giesbrecht, Rick Kuffel, Trevor Maguire, Neil McKenzie, and Rudi Wierckx using technology developed by and licensed from the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre, now part of Manitoba Hydro International.

James, Rick, Trevor, and Rudi were all key members of the team who developed the world’s first Real-Time Digital Simulator — RTDS^®.  Up until then, real-time simulators were based primarily on analogue technology, with a limited number of digital models (e.g. machine models), which were only available to a select few organizations due to the cost and size of these systems. The introduction of the RTDS Simulator provided the real-time performance required for Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing combined with the flexibility and accuracy of digital simulation.

Since its invention, real-time digital simulation, and particularly the RTDS Simulator, has had a tremendous impact on the power industry. For example, the RTDS Simulator has been used to perform the Factory Acceptance Testing for every HVDC scheme installed in the world over the last 1-2 decades, it is used by all major manufacturers of protective relays, and it is a highly sought-after device for power system research groups around the globe.

The presentation will summarize the development of the RTDS Simulator over the last 25 years, highlight some of the major installations, and outline present and possible future applications.

The Speaker is Paul Forsyth. Paul received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada in 1988. After graduating he worked for several years in the area of reactive power compensation and HVDC at ABB Power Systems in Switzerland. He also spent two years at Haefely in both Germany and Switzerland performing system studies and later as part of the network component sales group.  Mr. Forsyth has been employed by RTDS Technologies since 1995 where he currently holds the title of VP – Marketing & Sales. 

Speaker(s): Paul Forsyth,

Agenda:

IEEE Member Student $5

Non-member student $10

IEEE Member $15

Non-member $19

No-meal $5

Location:
Holiday Inn Winnipeg-South
1330 Pembina Hwy
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2B4