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Summary of Qualifications

Professional Registrations
— Philippines: Professional Electrical Engineer (First Placer – April 1991)
— Australia: Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ)
Professional Memberships
— Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers (Philippines) – Life Member No. 23633
— IEEE Member No. 90438137 - IEEE Power & Energy Society
Education
B.Sc (Eng) Electrical, 1983 - Saint Louis University
Baguio City, Philippines
Specialist Courses
— Hazardous Area Classification Certificate No. CT04248 (Australia)
 → UEENEEM015B Classify hazardous areas
 → UEENEEM016B Design electrical installations in hazardous areas
 → UEENEEM017B Design explosion-protected electrical system
In partial completion of UEE61207 - Advanced Diploma of Engineering - Explosion protection
Training and Seminnars
— ISO 9001:2015 - Understanding and Requirements Implementation
— Effective Risk Management
— Task Risk Assessment

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Core Competencies

Concept definition, front-end engineering (FEED) and detail design engineering
— Equipment specification, selection, procurement, installation and commissioning
— Power distribution, earthing, lighting and lightning protection design
Procurement, project management and construction management
— Purchase requisitions and technical bid evaluations
Power System Design
— Power system modelling(ETAP, SKM Power Tools, PowerCad)
— Electric Power Distribution for Industrial and Commercial Facilities
— Short-ciruit Calculation and Protection Coordination
— Calculations for equipment selection
— Earthing (grounding) and lightning protection
— Lighting design
— Semiconductor and Clean Room Facilities
— UPS and Emergency Genecators
Commissioning, maintenance, estimating and construction
— Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) estimating
Hazardous area design and installation
— Upstream and downstream oil & gas facilities, refineries and process plants
— Offshore platforms, floating production storage and offloading (FPSO)
— LNG pipelines, bulk water transmission pipeline
— Tunnel/underground facilities installations
Water pumping stations, water treatment & sewage plants

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Posted in Design / PEC on November 21st, 2024

Philippine Electrical Code – Objectionable Current

What is Objectionable Current?

The term "objectionable current" in the context of the Philippine Electrical Code (PEC) refers to the presence of current flow on grounding conductors or grounding paths that are not intended to carry current during normal operation. The PEC addresses objectionable current in Article 2.50.1.6, which highlights the need to minimize or eliminate such currents because...
Posted in Design / PEC on November 19th, 2024

Philippine Electrical Code – General Requirements for Grounding and Bonding

Performance-based requirements establish overall objectives without prescribing specific methods to achieve them. The opening paragraph of Section 2.50.1.4 explains that the performance objectives outlined in 2.50.1.4(A) for grounded systems and 2.50.1.4(B) for ungrounded systems can be met by adhering to the detailed prescriptive requirements set forth in Article 2.50 - Grounding and Bonding. Section 2.50.1.4 does not dictate specific rules...
Posted in Design / PEC on November 18th, 2024

Philippine Electrical Code – Separately Derived System

The PEC has defined a Separately Derived System as an electrical source, other than a service, having no direct connection(s) to circuit conductors of any other electrical source other than those established by grounding and bonding connections.

Examples

Examples of separately derived systems include generators, batteries, converter windings, transformers, and solar photovoltaic systems, provided they have no direct electrical connection...
Posted in Design / PEC on November 15th, 2024

Philippine Electrical Code – Additional Requirements for GFCI Protection

Additional GFCI Requirements

The PEC has more requirements for GFCI than that in the kitchen. Below are sections of the Philippine Electrical Code 2017 Part 1 but not limited to the list below. It will be for the Electrical Engineer to determine if the installation requires GFCI.
Posted in Design / PEC on November 13th, 2024

Philippine Electrical Code Common Violations – GFCI Protection for Kitchens (Other than Dwelling Units)

This is a series of articles where we shall be discussion the common violation on the Philippine Electrical Code. It is the assumption of this series of article that the Electrical installer are duly licensed by the Professional Regulations Commission, plans are checked, signed and sealed by a registered Professional Electrical Engineer, and all permits has been acquired prior...
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Tutorials

MVA Method

At this times where supercomputers could fit into a mobile phone and utility softwares are always available to do particular tasks, most Electrical Engineers tend to forget how to implement …

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Short Circuit Study
What is a Short Circuit Study? A short circuit study calculates the short circuit capacity at designated locations within a...
MVA Method Short Circuit Calculation
A Short Circuit Study is an important tool in determining the ratings of electrical equipment to be installed...
MVA Method Load Flow Calculation
In previous tutorials for the MVA method, we have discussed the importance of Short Circuit Study, combining KVAs and...
MVA Method for 3-Winding Transformer
In previous tutorials, the examples provided were mostly for 2-winding transformers. In this tutorial, fault calculations for a 3-winding...
Complex MVA Method – Part 3
In Part 2, we have seen how to combine MVAs connected...
Complex MVA Method
The normal MVA method, despite its simplicity, provides only an approximate solution to determine the fault levels in a...
Complex MVA Method – Part 2
After presenting the equations that we will be using for the Complex MVA Method in Complex MVA Method – Part 4
In Part 1, Part 2, and Part...
Combining KVAs
KVAs in series. The total KVAs in series (KVAtotal) is the reciprocal sum or inverse sum of all series...

Cable Selection

Cable Selection – Single Phase Earth Conductor Sizes Fault Loop Impedance High Voltage Cable Selection – Underground Cables Selection for Motors

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Cable Selection – Single Phase
Note: This will be the first of a series of tutorials for the selection of cables. The objective of this...
Fault Loop Impedance
Note: This is the second part of a series of tutorials for cable selection. We have done cable selection based...
Cables Selection for Motors
When selecting a suitable cable size for a motor, there are more parameters to consider than when selecting cables...
High Voltage Underground Cable Selection
Unlike the other Cable Selection tutorials which deals with low voltage (LV) cables,...
Earthing Conductor Sizes
The following table lists the recommended minimum sizes of earthing conductors. Note: This serves only as a guide, calculations are...
Arc Flash Hazards
It's not too long ago that arc flash hazards has become an important part of electrical design. More clients...
IEEE 1584 Arc Flash Calculations
IEEE 1584 provides empirical formulas for determining arcing fault current, flash protection boundaries, and incident energy. The formulas are...
Time-Current Curves Using Excel – Part 1
In these articles, I have discussed the methodology on how to create time-current curves using excel.
  1. Creating Coordination Curves...
Time-Current Curves
Discrimination & coordination using Time-Current Curves
  1. TC Curves Part 1 - Introduction
  2. Time-Current Curve Part 2 – Discrimination
    In Part 1, I have discussed the basics of using excel in plotting time-current curves. In...
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