Substations

IEEE PES T&D Show Blog: Inside Models

April 18, 2018

Contributing Editor Gene Wolf shares his observations from the 2018 IEEE PES T&D Conference and Expo

If you ever wondered what the insides of a piece of equipment looked like, you'll find it at the Expo. SPX Transformer Solutions has this transformer model on display. There are buttons that light up components. So if you don't know what an LCT is, you can see it on the model.

SPX Transformer Solutions| Booth 3042

About the Author

Gene Wolf

Gene Wolf has been designing and building substations and other high technology facilities for over 32 years. He received his BSEE from Wichita State University. He received his MSEE from New Mexico State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New Mexico. He started his career as a substation engineer for Kansas Gas and Electric, retired as the Principal Engineer of Stations for Public Service Company of New Mexico recently, and founded Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC an engineering consulting company.

Gene is widely recognized as a technical leader in the electric power industry. Gene is a fellow of the IEEE. He is the former Chairman of the IEEE PES T&D Committee. He has held the position of the Chairman of the HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee and membership in many T&D working groups. Gene is also active in renewable energy. He sponsored the formation of the “Integration of Renewable Energy into the Transmission & Distribution Grids” subcommittee and the “Intelligent Grid Transmission and Distribution” subcommittee within the Transmission and Distribution committee.