TRISTAN CALASANZ
Invention : Hybrid-Electric Vehicle
Design, implementation, and commissioning of all phases (from the electronics and
programming, to power systems, and to drives) of a Hybrid-Electric Vehicle project
for go/stop, slow, low-gear, and heavy traffic conditions in megacities and in
emerging economies.
Technical and Corporate - Accomplished a turn-around in Operations nationwide,
(1) Turned around one of the largest operations in the country, making the equivalent
gross income of US$1 billion in 1983
(2) Complied with all the loan covenants on "rate of return on rate base" (RORB) with
the World Bank and ADB for the first time in NAPOCOR's history
(3) Achieved technically acceptable reliability and efficiency in all the electric
grids in the country
(4) Re-established the National Power Corporation's financial and technical viability
as a profitable and decentralized organization.
"My vision of Energy" moves towards the more sustainable.
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I combine renewable energy technologies with energy-efficiency principles and practice, in order to service end-user needs. A must: the energy content of gas that is discarded into the environment should be almost at ambient conditions. Chilling and heating or drying applications share a common set of energy sources, such that the energy that is not used for electrical power generation becomes the input to "absorption chilling and mechanical chilling applications", and the output of these heat pumps is made to perform heating and drying work. Three projects that I want to offer to the World Community revolve around the "practical" and "pragmatic" approaches to traditional engineering. Research in one of these areas will discover ways of supplying the energy needs of a farming community, heating and chilling needs of buildings, such as supermarkets, hospitals, and homes/commercial/industrial buildings. I also bring two other research areas that I also have personal expertise in:
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My Offer to the Automotive Manufacturing Industry
My Homepage : www.thcal.com DEGREES COMPLETED Jul 1, 1956 - Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering Mapua Institute of Technology, Academic Scholar Jan 31, 1958 - Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Mapua Institute of Technology, Academic Scholar Silver Medal of Honor GOVERNMENT LICENSES - Registered Mechanical Engineer 5th Place Junior Mechanical Engineering Board Exams, 1957 http://me.mapua.edu.ph/Chronicles/BoardTopNotchers.aspx - Assistant Electrical Engineer 1st Place Asst Electrical Engineering Board Exams, 1958 http://eece.mapua.edu.ph/Chronicles/BoardTopNotchers.aspx HONORS Ateneo de Manila University - Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award, 2004 - School of Science and Engineering Dean's Award for Teaching Innovation, 2001 National Association of Mapua Alumni - Outstanding Mapua Alumnus, 1980 Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers - Outstanding Electrical Engineer, 1981 National Power Corporation - Award for completing the design and implementation of the Philippines' high voltage transmission control system, 1981
Some Technical Projects - hybrid-electric design and implementation - design and implementation of variable frequency variable voltage polyphase inverter - power electronics and solid-state controls - dispatching of the electric power system - energy management, efficiency and co-generation - wave power converter and renewable energy schemes - operated own R&D lab since 1973 Other Projects - development of trainors for hands-on training - teaching methodology - facilitate meeting effectiveness - economic feasibility studies - forecasting of heavy rains
Energy-Related Publications - HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLE T. Calasanz, Tangonan G, Uy S, Villarin J, Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Designed for Slow, Start/Stop, Low-Gear Driving in Heavy Traffic Conditions in Manila, IEEE Xplore, 2005 September 7 to 9, ISBN 0-7803-9280-9 - POWER SYSTEMS OPERATION T. Calasanz. Predicted in a The Manila Chronicle article of May 5, 1989, "The Power Sector in Perspective," the ensuing severe power crisis in the Philippines starting 1992, more than two years before its occurrence. Also recommended quick remedial measures in the same article. - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT T. Calasanz, "Culture-Based Strategy for Change and Development" (pamphlet guide), Conference of the Electric Power Supply Industry (CEPSI), Philippine Society for Training and Development, and NAPOCOR, 1981. - Discussed the interaction of people within a Filipino organization - Showed how productivity and good organizational health could be achieved by re-engineering its management style - Became a model for some neighboring ASEAN electric utilities - Was invited to join their organization after I left the National Power Corporation. - EMERGENCY SYSTEMS IN POWER SYSTEMS T. Calasanz, Emergency Systems in Electric Power Systems, National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) (handbook for operators), 1982. - Failure of a small DC relay that controls the DC lube oil pump to supply oil to its steam turbine bearings could cost a utility US$100 million and a 10-month downtime - Handbook is to make sure that all the components comprising the "last lines of defence" are properly designed and duly maintained - STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN POWER SYSTEMS T. Calasanz. Start-up and Shut-down, National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) (handbook for operators), (1983). - Start-ups and shut-downs are the most critical "technical transients" in the life of equipment in electric power systems - Manual lists down all the "concurrent" and "sequential" activities to be performed in each power plant or substation - Activities are formulated according to "best practice" for each installation - Each activity must be signed off by an "accountable" person - Only the Plant Manager or his designated official may clear the start-up or shut-down process to proceed to the next step. - INNOVATION IN CONTROL SYSTEMS T. Calasanz. Designed and implemented the first high voltage unmanned control of (138-kV) substations in the Philippines. (View the Business Day Newspaper report of April 16, 1982) - ENERGY MANAGEMENT As editor-in-chief of The Energy Manager (a publication of the Energy Management Association of the Philippines, or ENMAP), put emphasis on energy services as a frame of mind which encourages energy management programs to set up measures of success and emphasized "savings" through energy management and productivity improvement as a "new resource" to an organization, not saved, but reclaimed.