Professional Solutions to Industry Challenges

Today as never before, facility owners are facing increasing challenges due to shorter system development horizons, increased regulatory and environmental processes and the need to establish and maintain high system reliability while developing new transmission systems or refurbishing existing transmission systems. RBJ Engineering provides specialist engineering and administrative skills to bolster and leverage the skills of the Owner's staff. Our demonstrated ability to integrate smoothly into the Owner's project team ensures that a fully capable team is available to best manage the technical and administrative challenges of any project. We can provide support in any role from overall project management to specialist studies and design.

Comprehensive Engineering and Management Skills for System Development

Our engineers are specialists in planning and design studies, specification of conventional and power electronic transmission equipment and digital control and protection system tecnologies. Our expertise includes high voltage AC lines, conventional line comutated (LCC) and voltage sourced (VSC) HVDC converters, mechanically switched capactors, shunt reactors, synchronous condensteers and dynamic reactive power systems such as STATCOM, SVC, series compensation and shunt compensation. We have specialist skills and software for harmonic and filter calculations, electric and magnetic field calculations and ground electrode design. RBJ Engineering will help your team to determine and implement optimal transmission solutions or integrate renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar energy into existing grids.

Principle Vision of Our Company

RBJ Engineering Corporation is founded on the principles of hard work, dedication, and cooperation with our customers to achieve environmentally responsible and timely delivery of quality solutions to meet any transmission system need. Together we forge the future.

Services

RBJ Engineering Corporation has extensive experience in all aspects of power systems studies and high voltage transmission system engineering in HVDC, EHVAC and Dynamic Reactive Compensation. We offer comprehensive engineering services in the following areas:

Transmission System Studies

Specifications and Bidding

Management and Administration

Testing and Commissioning

Specialized Software

Development of unique software solutions is a core competency of our business. This includes calculation tools for the analysis and design of ground electrodes, AC and DC filters, and harmonic current and voltage calculations from LCC, PWM VSC, and SVC converters.

Electrode Surface Potential Rise and Voltage Gradients

The electrode program calculates voltage profiles and voltage gradients in the conductive media around electrode sites. Earth and sea water near the electrode represented by a resistive matrix representing three dimensional volumes of uniform resistivity within a cylindrical shape around the electrode site. The program is capable of modelling land, sea and shore electrodes. Features include:

  • State of the art boundary element analysis
  • Sparse matrix methods allowing more than 14 million nodes
  • 2D and 3D Output Plotting
  • Non-symmetrical electrode shapes
  • Individually definable resistivity for each volume element

Direct calculations using analytical expressions are usually used for calculation of step potentials and current density at the electrode-soil boundary. However, such methods are not sufficient if the soil in the immediate area of the electrode is not uniform. In such case the soil structure near the electrode can be modelled in detail in using the program to establish the expected variation in step voltage or current density. The program has been extensively compared and benchmarked against exact analytical methods on simple symmetrical configurations.

Typical investigations involve determing the potential interference with other buried facilities.

The program has the capability to model very large soil structures, to distances in excess of 100km from the electrode site. The size of the model and level of detail would be selected based on the soil data and the objectives of the investigations.

Two-ring Ground Electrode with 30% Sub-electrode Outages

Ground Electrode Program



Electrode Dynamic Temperature Rise Program

This software is designed to predict dynamic temperature rise and cooling of ground electrodes due to specific DC current injections. This is accomplished by means of a 2D Fourier heat flow algorithm.

Harmonic Analysis Programs for AC & DC

Our software allows us to determine voltage and current harmonics from HVDC and industrial power electronic converters. This allows both design and verification of filter performance and ratings when the system harmonic impedance is known. Our capabilities include:

  • Calculation of system harmonic impedances under multiple operating conditions with mapping to a region in the RX-plane
  • Flexible modelling of any filter configuration
  • Consideration of filter component tolerances, environmental tolerances, and system frequency variations

AC Systems and Filter Configuration

AC Systems Representation Diagram

Electric and Magnetic Field Calculations

Our software solution provides the ability to analyze complex tower and conductor configurations, including AC and DC on the same tower or same right-of-way. Typical analyses are:

  • Conductor surface gradients on AC and DC conductors in the same tower
  • Static and Enhanced electric fields from DC lines
  • Ion current flow and ion current density near ground-level
  • Magnetic fields from DC lines or cables, with simultaneous consideration of the earth's magnetic field

DC Electric Field Lines for Two Bipole Configuration on Same Tower

Two Bipole Electric Field Lines Diagram
Company Profile

RBJ Engineering Corporation was established in 2008 as a high voltage transmission systems consulting and engineering firm dedicated to the goal of providing our clients with high quality solutions and services to best meet their needs. It was founded by Bruno Bisewski, Sreenivasa Rao Atmuri, and Jingxuan Hu who together have more than 70 years combined experience in the field of electrical engineering. RBJ Engineering Corporation has been committed to this goal since its inception.


Bruno J. Bisewski

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Bruno Bisewski, President of RBJ Engineering Corporation, is a specialist with over 35 years of experience in all aspects of the electrical power transmission industry including project management, system studies, specification and design, calculation of electrical effects, design review, cost estimates, equipment testing and commissioning of EHV-AC and HVDC transmission systems.

Mr. Bisewski is known for his HVDC expertise. He has provided engineering services, including preparation and review of specifications, tender evaluation, system studies, design review, witnessing of equipment tests, and commissioning of HVDC converter equipment and system tests to a large number of HVDC transmission projects in USA, Canada, New Zealand, and China.

He is a registered professional engineer in Manitoba, State of Arizona, Vermont, Minnesota and Wisconsin (USA), and has authored/co-authored numerous technical papers.

Contact Information:

Bruno Bisewski
RBJ Engineering Corporation
203-1483 Pembina Highway
Winnipeg, MB
Canada, R3T 2C6
Tel: 1-204-415-4852
Email: b.bisewski@rbjengineering.com


Jingxuan Hu

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Ms. Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, received her Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 (China) and her Masters degree in Computer and Electrical engineering in 2001 (Canada).

She has over 20 years of experience in high voltage technologies and power equipment, protection and digital relays, power system stability and electromagnetic transient (EMTP) studies; Subsynchronous resonance phenomena analysis and small signal stability studies; HVDC system control and modeling; Series and shunt compensations; Equipment design studies such as breaker TRV, line and transformer energization as well as live line maintenance; HVDC and FACTS specifications and bidding documents.HVDC system and FACT device Control & Protection system factory RTDS testing and commissioning.

She is specalized in power system modeling and simulation using electromagnetic transient program (PSCAD/EMTDC) and power system dynamic stability programs (PSS/E and PSLF).

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Contact Information:

Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu
RBJ Engineering Corporation
203-1483 Pembina Highway
Winnipeg, MB
Canada R3T 2C6
Tel: 1-204-415-4853
Email: j.hu@rbjengineering.com

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Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3T 2C6
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Email: b.bisewski@rbjengineering.com

Selected Publications

  1. Joshua Burroughs, Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu and B. Bisewski, Jose Sebastiao, Aureilie Eybalin " Operational Experience of Essex STATCOM after Refurbishment", Cigre Canada 2019, Montreal.

  2. Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu and B. Bisewski, "Investigation of EMF and ACDC Coupling Effect Associated with Full-Bridge VSC HVDC Systems", Cigre Symposium 2019, Aalborg Denmark.

  3. Joshua Burroughs, Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, Bruono Bisewski, "Essex STATCOM Refurbishment _ Engineering Testing and Commissioning", Cigre 2018 Session

  4. Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, B. Bisewski and Jeff Carrara,Ascutney SVC Associated with Connecticut River Valley Project", Cigre 2017 Winnipeg Colloquium (SC A3/B4/D1)

  5. Peter Schommer, Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu and B. Bisewski , "40 Years' operational experience and upgrades of Square Butte HVDC System", Cigre 2017 Winnipeg Colloquium (SC A3/B4/D1)

  6. Joshua Burroughs, Jose Sebastiao, Chris Root, Aurelie Eybalin, Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu and B. Bisewski, "VELCO Essex STATCOM - A Versatile Transmission Solution", 2017 Cigre USNC GOTF Symposium

  7. Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, B. Bisewski, et al, "Converter Transformer Inrush Control Using Hybrid Pre-Insertion Resistors and Point-on-Wave Switching in the New Zealand HVDC System", CIGRE 2016 Session

  8. Joshua Burroughs, Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, Bruono Bisewski, "Refurbishment and Life Extension of Existing Facilities in Vermont", CIGRE US National Committee 2015 Grid of the Future Symposium.

  9. Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, Hans Thunehed, Bruno Bisewski, "CIGRE Working Group B4.61 – General Guidelines for HVDC Electrode Design", HVDC and Power Electronics International Colloquium, Agra, India 2015.

  10. Joshua Burroughs, Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, Bruono Bisewski, Chris Root, Ed McGann, Jose Sebastiao, Mike Fiske, "Essex STATCOM Life Assessment and Extension", Cigre Canada Conference 2015, Winnipeg.

  11. B. Bisewski, Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, G. Gheorghita, et al "HVDC Line Maintenance, Live-line and Close to voltage work”, CIGRÉ Regional South-East European Conference - RSEEC 2014

  12. Joshua Burroughs, Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, "Refurbishment and Upgrade of Highgate Back-to-Back Converter Station”, CIGRE Canada conference, Toronto, 2014.

  13. Denis Dufournet, Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, "Transformer Limited Fault Transient Recovery Voltage for EHV and UHV Circuit Breakers”, ISH2013, August 26-30, 2013, Seoul, Korea

  14. Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu, Ed, "Overvoltage Issues associated with De-energization of 345 kV Variable Shunt Reactors - Parametric Analysis and Mitigations", 2013, Vancouver, Canada

  15. Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu and B. Bisewski, “Simulations for Validation of a Black Start Restoration Plan using PSCAD”, International Conference on Power System Transients”, 2013, Vancouver, Canada

  16. Denis Dufournet and Joanne Hu, "Revision of IEEE C37.011 Guide for the Application of Transient Recovery Voltages for AC High-Voltage Circuit Breakers", IEEE PES Transaction on Power Delivery, April 2012.

  17. Joanne Hu and B. Bisewski "Evaluation of coupling between dc and ac transmission lines on the same right-of-way Parametric analysis and mitigation methods”, MIPSYCON 2011, USA

  18. B. Bisewski and Joanne Hu, "Protection Considerations for Long Neutral and Electrode Lines”, CIGRE B4, Colloquium, 2011, Australia

  19. Joanne Hu, B.Bisewski, D. Marki, and M. Marz, “Mitigation of Voltage Drop Using Pre-Insertion Resistor during Large Transformer Energization in a Weak System: Simulation and Field Verification”, IPST 2011, Delft, Netherlands.

  20. B. Bisewski, M. Walker and M. O’Brien, “Static and Enhanced DC Electric Field Assessment for HVDC Transmission Lines”, International Colloquium Power Frequency Electromagnetic Fields EFL EMF, 2009 Sarajevo.

  21. R Atmuri, B. Bisewski, J. Hu, W. Chandrasena "Equipment Design studies using EMTP", MIPSYCON 2007, Minneapolis, USA.

  22. B.J. Bisewski and S.R. Atmuri, "Considerations for the Application of +/- 800 kV HVDC Transmission from a System Perspective," International Workshop for +/- 800 kV HVDC Systems, February 25-26, 2005, New Delhi, India.

  23. P.Wang, J.Hu et al. "Electrical Field Analysis in the Investigation of the AC 500kV Flashover during Live Line Work", 14th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH2005), August 25-29, 2005, Beijing China.

  24. Apimuk Noosuk, Thepjit, Megat Shahir Rahman, Abdul Razib Dawood, Shyful, R.D. Kurth and S.R. Atmuri, "Commissioning Experience of the 300 MW Thailand-Malaysia Interconnection Project," IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exhibition 2002: Asia Pacific, October 6-10, 2002, Yokohama, Japan.

  25. Jingxuan (Joanne).Hu, P. McLaren, Dirks, P. Wang, B. Bisewski, "A Graphical Block Platform for Real-Time DSP-Based Digital Relay Development", PowerCon 2002 IEEE-PES/CSEE International Conference on Power System Technology, October 13-17, 2002, Kunming, China

  26. H. Goforth, S.R. Atmuri and A.F. Lee, "Breaker Transient Recovery Voltages for the Series Compensated 500 kV Crystal Transmission System," Paper 122, International Conference on Power Systems Transients, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 24-28, 2001.

  27. B. Bisewski, Lin Huazi, "Research into Reasons for Failure of the Shanghai Electrode", HVDC Operating Conference in Wuhan, China, September 2001

  28. R.S. Thallam, D.W. Gerlach, T.G. Lundquist and S.R. Atmuri, "Modelling Mead Phoenix 500 kV Phase Shifting Transformer in EMTP Studies," International Conference on Power Systems Transients, Lisbon, Portugal, September 1995.

  29. S.R. Atmuri, J. Chand, and D.A. Woodford, "Evaluating Interaction Between High Speed Power System Controllers," IEEE WESCANEX Conference on Communications, Power and Computing, May 15-16, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  30. M.G. Bennett, B.J. Bisewski and S.R. Atmuri, "Survey of the Performance of Dry-Type Air-Core Reactors," CEA Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 1995.

  31. R.S. Thallam, T.G. Lundquist, S.R. Atmuri and D.A. Selin, "Design Studies for the Mead-Phoenix 500 kV AC Transmission Project," IEEE Summer Power Meeting, San Francisco, California, July 24-28, 1994.

  32. S.R. Atmuri, R.S. Thallam, D.W. Gerlach, T.G. Lundquist and D.A. Selin, "Neutral Reactors on Shunt Compensated EHV Lines," IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, April 1994, 94CH3428-0.

  33. N. Diseko, B.J. Bisewski et al., "Induced Overvoltages on an AC DC Hybrid Transmission System", Canadian Electrical Association Spring Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 1993.

  34. J. Gleadow, J.R. DeSilva, B.J. Bisewski, L.E. Juhlin, T. Iansoon and R. Ljungquist, "Commissioning of the New Zealand HVDC Hybrid Link", CIGRE International Colloquium on High Voltage Direct Current and Flexible AC Power Transmission Systems, Wellington, New Zealand, September 29 - October 10, 1993.

  35. J.R. De Silva, K.M. Dean, B.J. Bisewski, P. Holmberg and O. Laursen, "Reactive Power Controllers for the New Zealand HVDC Link", CIGRE International Colloquium on High Voltage Direct Current and Flexible AC Power Transmission Systems, Wellington, New Zealand, September 29 - October 10, 1993.

  36. J.C. Gleadow, B.J. Bisewski and M.C. Stewart, "DC Ground Currents and Transformer Saturation on the New Zealand HVDC Link", CIGRE International Colloquium on High Voltage Direct Current and Flexible AC Power Transmission Systems, Wellington, New Zealand, September 29 - October 10, 1993.

  37. S.W. Brooksbank, B. Bisewski. "The Potential for Mine Mouth Power Generation in the Asean Region", Third Intra-ASEAN Coal Workshop, Cebu City, October 20-23, 1992.

  38. S.R. Atmuri, L. Malone and V. Burtnyk, "Representation of Single-Pole Open Conditions in Stability Studies," 90 SM 283-2 PWRS, IEEE Summer Power Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 15-19, 1990.

  39. J.C. Gleadow, M.T. O'Brien, D.E. Fletcher and B.J. Bisewski, "Uprating the HVDC System in New Zealand", CIGRE International Colloquium on HVDC Power Transmission, Comite Nacional Brasileiro - CE 14, 13-15 , Recife, Brazil, August 1989.

  40. S. Nyati, S.R. Atmuri, D.L. Gordon, V. Koschik and R.M. Mathur, "Comparison of Voltage Control Devices at HVDC Converter Stations Connected to Weak AC Systems," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 1988, pp. 684-693.

  41. S. Nyati, S.R. Atmuri, D.L. Gordon and V. Koschik, "Metal Oxide Varistor to Limit Dynamic Overvoltages at the Terminals of an HVDC Converter," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 1988, pp. 819-827.

  42. D.E. Fletcher, G.B. Mazur, R.S. Burton and B.J. Bisewski, "Planning Multiterminal HVDC Systems", IEEE/CSEE Joint Conference on High-Voltage Transmission Systems in Beijing, China, October 17 22, 1987.

  43. S. Nyati, S.R. Atmuri, V. Koschik and D.A. Woodford, "Influence of Various Factors on Recovery Performance of a DC System Feeding into a Weak AC System," IEEE International Montech '86 Conference on HVDC Power Transmission, September 29-October 1, 1986, Montreal, Quebec.

  44. S. Nyati, S.R. Atmuri and V. Koschik, "Modelling of Static Var Systems for Electromagnetic Transient Studies," IEEE International Montech '86 conference on AC Power Systems, October 1-3, 1986, Montreal, Quebec.

  45. R.S. Burton, S.R. Atmuri and A.N. Ogale, "Digital Simulation of HVDC Systems - A Software Package," International Symposium on EHV/UHV AC, HVDC Transmission Systems, May 6-7, 1986, Bangalore, India.

  46. B. Bisewski, G. Stensrud, L. Wilhelmsson and S. Svensson, "Project Commissioning and Operational Experiences of the Highgate HVDC Converter Station", International Montech '86 Conference on HVDC Transmission, Montreal, Quebec, September 9 - October 1, 1986.

  47. C.A. Beard, B.J. Bisewski & Lennart Carlsson, "Special System Aspects of the Highgate HVDC Project", IEE Fourth International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, 1985. Conference Publication Number 255

  48. S. Nyati, S.R. Atmuri, V. Koschik, R.M. Mathur and D. Flueckger, "Effectiveness of Var Controllers Connected at the Converter Bus of an HVDC Link Feeding into a Weak AC System," IEE Fourth International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, September 23-26, 1985, London, England.

  49. G. Andersson, S.R. Atmuri, R. Rosenquist and S. Torseng, "Influence of Hydro Units' Generator to Turbine Inertia Ratio on Damping of Subsynchronous Oscillations," IEEE Trans. PAS, August 1984, pp. 2352 61.

  50. R.M. Mathur, A.M. Sharaf and A.S. Rao, "Thyristor Controlled Phase-Shifters," IEE International Conference on Thyristor and Variable Static Equipment for AC and DC Transmission, London, November 30 to December 3, 1981.

  51. A.S. Rao and C.S. Cook, Discussion on "Effects of Faults and Shunt Reactor Parameters on Parallel Resonance," IEEE Trans. PAS, February 1981.

  52. A.S. Rao and V. Ramachandran, "Canonic Realization of Some Two-Variable Functions," Alta Frequenza, Vol. XIIII, No. 3, 1974.

  53. V. Ramachandran and A.S. Rao, "The Real Part of a Multivariable Positive Real Function and Some Applications," IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, September, 1974.

  54. V. Ramachandran, A.S. Rao, and P.K. Verma, "Some Theorems on Multivariable Positive Real Functions," AEU, Band 28, 1974.

  55. V. Ramachandran and A.S. Rao, "Bibliography on Multivariable Network Functions," IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Newsletter, December 1973.

  56. V. Ramachandran and A.S. Rao, "A Multivariable Array and its Applications to Ladder Networks," IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, September 1973.

  57. A.S. Rao and V. Ramachandran, "Synthesis of Cascaded Transmission Lines and Lumped Lossless Networks," Sixth Asilomar Conference on Circuits and Systems, November 1972.