Abstract

Gas Insulated switchgear can be configured to meet different applications and provide a sustainable solution. GIS is a completely sealed system with a stainless-steel tank containing all the live parts and switching functions. The sealed steel tank with constant atmospheric conditions ensures high reliability, personnel safety, and a virtually maintenance-free system increasing its lifetime to 40-50 years.

This session will cover the fundamentals of GIS to help the user understand and configure switchgears suitable for various applications. The advantages of vacuum interruption and gas insulation technologies will be explored, along with the operating mechanism and termination connections. Protection schemes and accessories will also be covered.

Presenter

Christopher Bartoszek – Product Marketing Manager

Sancheeta Basak – Product Marketing Manager

ABB

Christoph Bartoszek is the Product Marketing Manager MV GIS at ABB located in Ratingen, Germany.He has a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control Engineering from Technical University in Gliwice in Poland and Economical University in Katowice in Poland. His previous roles include experience as designer engineer for MV and LV products, Sales, and Marketing. He spent 4 years in Canada and a year in the US, and through his extensive knowledge and experience in MV GIS, he has developed the MV GIS market in the North America.

Sancheeta Basak is the Product Marketing Manager of GIS Switchgears at ABB and is located in Dallas, TX. She holds a Masters in Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has held various positions in R&D, Application Engineering, Sales, and now Marketing. She has also spent the last 6 years working on medium voltage products, including switchgears, reclosers, cable accessories, and distribution connectors. In her current role, she supports customer-facing applications, market analysis and forecasts, competitive industry positioning, and go-to-market product strategy.