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ESIG LLTF Webinar: Datacenter Load Impact on Torsional Vibrations of Turbine-Generators
October 23 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Featured Speaker: Dustin Howard, Technical Director, GE Vernova Consulting Services
About the Webinar: The growing prevalence of AI is driving an increase in the scale and quantity of datacenters to support AI-training workloads. Successful deployment of datacenter loads requires careful coordination with generation resources to maintain the stability and reliability of the power systems to which they’re connected. A key technical aspect of this coordination is ensuring torsional stability of turbine-generators supplying the datacenter loads, whether through onsite generation or nearby generation in the transmission network. Both the rapid power fluctuation characteristic during AI training workloads, as well as the small-signal characteristics of the load during idle periods, can compromise the mechanical integrity of the turbine generators if not properly planned and coordinated.
This webinar, targeted to transmission system operators/planners, datacenter developers, and generator owners, will provide a technical overview of datacenter characteristics that may pose torsional vibration risks. Methodologies for evaluating risk will be described, as well as potential mitigation options in scenarios identified with elevated risk. Example simulation results will be shared to support key findings/takeaways.
About the Speaker: Dustin Howard is an electrical engineer specializing in power systems, power electronics, controls, and modeling. For over a decade, he has worked at GE Vernova Consulting Services, leading stability studies for inverter-based resources and complex grid interconnections. He has developed turbine-generator torsional vibration protection and mitigation strategies to address interactions with electrical grids and power electronics controls. He supports GE Vernova’s product teams to create effective control solutions and adapt product development for evolving grid requirements. He is a leading contributor in many industry forums including IEEE, the UNIFI Consortium, and as Reliability Working Group Chair at ESIG. He has over 20 industry publications and over 30 patents. Dustin lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and two kids where he enjoys playing golf (with more enthusiasm than skill).
Moderator: Julia Matevosyan, Associate Director, Chief Engineer, ESIG
Registration Cost: FREE for ESIG Members
Q&A Session: We will be using the Slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
