Cal U workshop focuses on power quality advances for industry
CALIFORNIA — A free workshop at California University of Pennsylvania will focus on advances in power quality technology that can help the region’s industrial and manufacturing facilities remain both competitive and productive.
Managers of industrial and manufacturing facilities are invited to join the campus community at the workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. May 4 in the Cal U Convocation Center, on the university’s main campus.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. Lunch is provided, followed by tours of Cal U’s laboratory facilities from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
The event is sponsored by West Penn Power, FirstEnergy and the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that conducts research and development on technology, operations and the environment for the global electric power industry.
Experts from EPRI will discuss low-cost power quality solutions, efficiency applications and advanced manufacturing technologies that can improve competitiveness.
They also will outline techniques that can make industrial and manufacturing facilities more efficient, productive and resilient to power system anomalies.
The event includes case studies, PQ equipment demonstrations and tours of California University’s laboratories, including the energy control lab, electrical engineering and computer engineering technology labs, and the automated manufacturing center.
The luncheon speaker is Todd Kirkpatrick, program manager at FirstEnergy.
The event is free of charge. However, registration is required and can be made by visiting http://www.cvent.com/d/mfq3kx to view a complete schedule. Four Professional Development Hour continuing education credits are available.
For directions, a campus map or more information about Cal U, visit www.calu.edu.