Guided tour of the University of Alberta’s District Energy System
July 8 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
The University of Alberta, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, has one of Canada’s largest district energy systems. Come and hear about how utilities services are centralized and how this leads to cost savings and reduced environmental impact. Tour the Heating Plant which generates steam for heating the campus and has two steam turbine generators. Tour the Cooling Plant on Campus, where medium voltage chillers produce chilled water for the campus. Tour the underground corridors and see the mini-motorbikes trades staff use. See the 13.8kV switchgear, switches, cables, protective relaying and metering. Learn how the U of A’s 13.8 kV power distribution system topology provides a high degree of flexibility and <a href="http://reliability.
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Speaker(s): Lorne Clark
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