Gary Gonnason, P.ENG.
Senior Electrical Engineer
Education
- B.E., Electrical Engineering: University of Saskatchewan, 1966
Professional Registrations
- Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
- Association of Professional Engineers of Yukon Territory
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (Life Member)
Areas of Technical Proficiency
- Specifications
- Electrical design
- Performing evaluations
- Studies and cost estimates
- Economic evaluations
- Supervising electrical design
Experience Summary
Design electrical systems, including electrical equipment specifications, design parameters, load flow calculations and evaluations for water injection and booster pumps, electric motor-driven compressor and related facilities, transmission lines and high voltage substation equipment.
Design and Equipment Specification
Expertise includes electrical design and layouts, equipment specifications, bid evaluations, electrical material estimates, equipment ratings, and supervising electrical design for projects involving generators, variable speed motor drives, pumps, switchgear, motor control centers (MCC’s), new transformers, CDP Panels, cooling tower and water fans, transformers, ground resistors, protective relay panels, generator excitation power system stabilizers, circuit breakers, substations, transmission lines, field production facilities, gas turbine generators, low voltage systems, electric heat tracing, lighting fixtures, coal fired steam generators, transmission lines, mine substations, compressor stations, co-generation facilities, cable bus, electrical and control systems, gas gathering system, and emergency generator battery systems.
Electrical Distribution System
Design grassroots and expansions to electrical distribution systems, including design and specification of the electrical distribution system equipment, motor controls, system load flow and fault studies, load forecasting, protective relay coordination, fired heater control panel design, plant auxiliary distribution system, lighting and grounding systems, and also performed electrical distribution system reviews.
Voltage System/Substation Design
Extensive expertise designing high voltage distribution systems for substations, including transmission system studies, and cost estimates, layout, equipment specifications, voltage determination, detailed material take-off, tie-ins, synchronous condenser, shunt line reactors, design supervision, and field construction assistance.
Electrical System / Load Flow Studies / Investigation
Perform numerous studies including electrical system, feasibility, stability, power system, load shed/flow and motor reacceleration and protective coordination. Work includes providing cost estimates, load flow, short circuit simulations, fault, stability and harmonic analysis, electrical design parameters for generators, medium and low voltage switchgear, loadshed relays, harmonic filters, generator control upgrades, designing a lateral feed for additional wellsites, heat recovery system, dragline, peak shaving equipment and developing small construction packages.