Electrical and Current Signature Analysis are technologies that identify electrical and mechanical condition of equipment. In this workshop we will identify the differences between ESA and MCSA, how it works, including types, and the identification of condition and severity. We will also discuss the fault types and how they are detected in power quality, electric machine, and driven equipment. We will also identify how component losses are measured and then associated with defect progression, energy costs and emissions. We will also identify the relationships between traditional vibration measurements and ESA/MCSA dB and watt values.

Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP, CEM, CMVP is president of the Veteran Owned Small Business, MotorDoc® LLC, the 2022-25 chair standards development American Clean Power (wind, solar, storage), past chair SMRP, past chair Chicago Section IEEE, IEEE standards committee(s) active member, USA representative for CIGRE machine standards, NEMA Rail Electrification committee, and past Senior Research Engineer University of Chicago Energy Resources Center.  He is a 5-time recipient of the UAW-GM People Make Quality Happen Award, leading researcher ESA/MCSA applications, design team GM hybrid Tahoe and Volt, John Deere 644 and 944 hybrid Construction Tractors, LVAD heart Pump, flywheel generators,  high temp/low atmosphere electric machine design, and US Navy electric machine repair/rewind journeyman (NEC 4619/4621).  He serves the SMRP and ACP government affairs team  for workforce, smart grid, cybersecurity, and infrastructure, amongst numerous other energy/environment/ workforce programs.  He is a Certified Reliability and Maintenance Professional (SMRP), a Certified Energy Manager (AEE), Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (AEE), life member MENSA, member vibration institute,  PhD Industrial/General Engineering (Kennedy-Western University), and certified data science and machine learning Stanford University, University of Michigan, AWS and IBM. https://linkedin.com/in/motordoc