IIEE COMPETENCY OLYMPICS

10th IIEE REGIONAL CONFERENCE KICK-OFF ACITIVITIES:
COMPETENCY OLYMPICS - A RESOUNDING SUCCESS

August 22, 2009 saw the Competency Olympics of the 10th IIEE Regional Conference an astounding success!

Participated in by teams of electrical practitioners from Metro Cebu as well as graduating EE students from known colleges & universities, the Competency Olympics again showed the sharpness and the competitiveness of electrical technocrats in this part of the country.

As part of the kick-off activities of the Regional Conference, the ‘Olympics’ held at SMC Reception Center last Saturday was actually a quiz bowl showcasing competency-based competition the contents of which were related to the electrical world in real life. Participating teams for ‘student category’ were: USJR, UV I, UV I, CIT I, CIT II, UC, CSCST I and CSCST II. Participating teams for ‘electrical practitioners category' were: MEPZ, ASAP Engineering, Academe and TRANSCO Mactan.

Impressed on the show, Engr. Art Escalante, IIEE National President said in his inspirational speech, “This is the kind of quiz show that we want to implement nationwide. With this example, the IIEE National Quiz Show will surely be much improved... and I'm surprised, it's fun, motivating and entertaining...”

Big winners in the Electrical Engineers Category are the following:

Champion – MEPZ (Mactan Export Processing Zone) Team: Geovani Pabualan (Fairchild SemiCon), Joseph Garry Dagpin (TMX Phils), Allan Sabandal (Lexmark)

First Runner-Up – The ACADEME Team: Gregorio Pajaron, Jr. (UV), Joecyn Archival (CSCST), Rommel Luna (CIT).

Second Runner-Up – ASAP ENGINEERING SERVICES Team: Laarni Arcillas, Juhn Mark Gimongala.


EE Students Category:

Champion – CIT Team I: Jan Mikhail Villarino, Mal Cary Mula, Agapito Peluno, Eric John Mantalaba

First Runner-Up – CSCST Team I: Christian Daryl Herrera, Wilen Melsedec Narvios, Reynaldo Agudo

Second Runner-Up – CIT Team II: Ronnel Bustamante, Yena Viovicente, Christian Delator, Nelson Pido


All winning teams received plaques of merit and cash prizes. Hosted by IIEE North Cebu Chapter, the affair was chaired by Engr. Oscar Pasilan, PEE, of Cebu Chapter and co-chaired by Engr. Ernie Abunda, Jr, PEE, of North Cebu Chapter.

The affair was graced by the presence of IIEE National President Engr. Arthur Escalante, National Auditor Engr. Doods Amora, Engr. Noel Fernandez, IIEE 7 Regional Governor, North Cebu Chapter President Engr. Willie Canizares and the officers of North Cebu Chapter as well.

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS FOR EE STUDENTS

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
FOR GRADUATING EE STUDENTS
(10th IIEE Region 7 Conference)

ELECTRICAL CODES & STANDARDS

ELY P. SILVOSA, Jr., PEE
VP Internal – IIEE NORTH CEBU CHAPTER

The electrical engineer can’t just design systems without conforming to standards…
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Designing Electrical Systems for industrial or commercial complexes requires a working competence on the Electrical Code of the country and other related Electrical Standards. Fundamental rules and standards are needed to ensure safety to persons and properties from the hazards arising from the use, misuse, abuse & misapplication of electricity. That is the intent of any Electrical Code, the IEEE Recommended Practices and the IEC Design Guide, among other publications.

On the other hand; electrical devices, components, equipment and other products are manufactured within the framework of some international standards. Compliance to these standards along with proper maintenance will result to electrical systems relatively free from hazards. But what are the leading international electrical standards?

This presentation aims to discuss the roles of Codes and International Standards that are relevant in the practice of electrical engineering. It gives insights how various standards influence the design and execution of any electrical project.



GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS IN THE VISAYAS

MIKE ABRASALDO, REE
Plant Manager – Upper Mahiao Plant
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

How are geothermal power plants in the Visayas configured and interconnected..?
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Geothermal Power in the Philippines ranks among the biggest in the world. With today’s global paradigm shift to clean and renewable sources of energy, geothermal power is again brought into the limelight.

This presentation attempts to discuss the following:

a) History of Geothermal Energy in the Philippines
b) Geothermal Resources Development - from Exploration to Generation
c) Installed Capacities & Power Plant Configurations
d) System Interconnections of Power Plants & their Contributions to the Visayas Grid
e) Future Developments

With Global Warming in our midst, it is important for the student delegates to appreciate what the bounty of nature has endowed our country.



MOTOR CIRCUITS & APPLICATION

ERNESTO B. ABUNDA, Jr., PEE
Former IIEE NORTH CEBU CHAPTER PRESIDENT

The myriad of motors in an industrial plant appears to be mind-boggling, but not a mystery!
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Motors account 70% - 80% of the total load of an industrial plant and their control systems may be simple or complicated. How to design the power circuits of the myriad of motors in an industrial plant appears to be mind-boggling, but not a mystery! In fact, it is as simple as everyone should think.

In practically all plants, manufacturing processes always change as a result of product changes where sets of process equipment are acquired from event to event resulting to motors that are connected here and there or transferred from one feeder circuit to another. Sooner or later, a plant electrical engineer wakes up one morning to realize that overload conditions had occurred. Fuses keep on blowing off or circuit breakers always tripping, to the point that such overloads result to conductor melting and a fault occurs!

The engineer therefore being the technical guy has the moral obligation in making his system safe and reliable. We need some fundamental rules – and those rules happen to be, yes the Electrical Code.



GEOTHERMAL POWER DISPATCHING
& MARSHALLING

SIMEON P. GO, Jr., PEE
President – IIEE Ormoc Chapter 2009
Manager – Transmission & Dispatch Department
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

How is geothermal power in the Visayas marshaled, controlled and dispatched in real life?
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The mission of any power marshalling management is to operate and maintain effectively the high voltage switchyards and transmission line systems vital to the continuous and optimum transmission and dispatch of electric energy from the interconnected power generating sources to the power grid.

This presentation henceforth aims to cover: a) Overview of the Visayas Grid, b) The Visayas System Power Flow & Interconnections, c) Marshalling Station & Transmission Components, and, d) Power Dispatch & Communication Flow, among others.

At the end of the day, the student participants will be able to familiarize and understand:

a) The Flow of Geothermal Power Generation & Transmission

b) Marshalling Station Components, High Voltage Equipment, Monitoring & Control Systems, Metering System, Back-Up Power Supply, and others.

c) How power dispatching are performed in a real life scenario.



SUBSTATIONS & DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
IN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

AL MAHATANI V. LEBUMFACIL, PEE
Technical Consultant - CEBECO I, II & III

Electric Cooperatives’ role in nation-building cannot be underestimated…
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The impact of Electric Cooperatives in electrifying the entire country cannot be underestimated. It brought hope, progress and the amenities of life into the once dark environs of the countryside.

Bringing light and power to the countryside basically needs substations as the first step. This presentation is therefore prepared to orient the student delegates on what to expect of power substations commonly installed by distribution utilities, with a brief discussion on the most common and essential substation components.

It will also discuss how power is distributed from the substation down to the doorstep of homes via 13.2 kV lines and distribution transformers.



NON-DESTRUCTIVE MAINTENANCE TESTING

ROLAND C. ALCOS, REE
Area Manager for Visayas – SPECTRUM SCIENTIFIC CORP.
Director – IIEE NORTH CEBU CHAPTER

Technology is helping reduce the costs of maintenance by using non-destructive testing techniques…
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Every company is dependent on some types of assets that keep the business in business – be it a computer, a centrifuge, switchgear or a power transformer. In a large enterprise, reducing costs related to asset maintenance, repair, and ultimate replacement is at the top of management concerns. Downtime ultimately results not only in high repair costs but in customer dissatisfaction.

Maintenance includes methods to predict or diagnose problems in a piece of equipment based on trending of test results. These methods use non-intrusive testing (non-destructive) techniques to measure and evaluate equipment performance trends. It takes advantage of proven cause-symptom-effect relationships to predict the need for corrective action.

This presentation will therefore give the student participants a taste of what it is like in the real world maintenance.

IIEE CONFAB TECHNICAL PAPERS

THE TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
(10TH IIEE REGION 7 CONFERENCE)

PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR
LARGE SUBSTATIONS

WILLE P. CANIZARES, PEE
2009 President – IIEE North Cebu Chapter

As the probability of faults is 24/7, how are large substations protected...?
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How large is a “large substation”? Certainly, a 500 MVA, 500–115 kV Substation is large in terms of MVA rating, physical size and voltage levels. And there are a large number of them in the Middle East. How are these large substations protected? How do they differ from the smaller ones?

The protection provided for a power substation depends to some extent upon its size and rating, and will comprise in several forms each designed to provide the requisite degree of protection for different faults or abnormal voltage conditions. Normally, the larger the substation, the more it demands for more sophisticated protection system it so deserves.

Protection is a vital part of any electric power system - unnecessary during normal operation but very crucial during troubles, faults, and abnormal disturbances. As every system is subject to disturbances that should be removed quickly, the awareness of these abnormalities is necessary to arm suitable protection systems.

This paper therefore focuses on the fundamental technology in the application of protective devices and other forms of protection in large power substations virtually leading to its Testing and Commissioning.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

MELEUSIPO E. FONOLLERA, PEE, IIEE Fellow,
Former IIEE National President

Renewable Energy: The Need in These Troubled Times…
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The 14th Philippine Congress has just enacted a Renewable Energy Law, designated as R.A. 9513, an Act promoting the development, utilization and commercialization of Renewable Energy (RE) Resources, and among other purposes. This law provides bundles of fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to foreign and local investors.

If vigorously and honestly implemented, R.A. 9513 will pave the way to a well developed and sustainable RE industry. Our country then achieving energy self-reliance will in effect reduce our dependency on imported fossil fuels. Employing RE for power generation, produces near–zero greenhouse gas emissions that impact in mitigating global warming, which is one of the aims of the Kyoto Protocol of which our country is a signatory.

In light of very encouraging events unfolding, the IIEE Advocacy Group for the awareness of IIEE Members, has assembled materials about wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, hydro and ocean energy as lecture topics to be presented during IIEE meetings and Regional Conferences.



MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
FOR SUBSTATIONS

NOEL T. FERNANDEZ, PEE, MMExM
IIEE 2009 Region 7 Governor

Even in the modern times, maintenance has not been understood universally… because,
“MAINTENANCE STILL MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE”.
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In any facets of life, there is always what we call as “desired condition”. Standards have always been based on these “desired conditions” and performances are always seen as if systems are still brand new. It is often desired that capacity, process capability, efficiency and throughput must not degenerate in the entire lifetime of any power system. But the reality is that there is always an end to any lifetime and that the likelihood of deterioration increases with age.

IEEE defines maintenance as: “The act of preserving or keeping in existence those conditions that are necessary in order for equipment to operate as it was originally intended”. Thus, maintenance covers all activities undertaken to keep equipment, machineries, facilities and systems in a desired state or condition to include all other services done to return them back to that desired condition. Developing & setting up a workable maintenance management system involves a strategy that demands a high level of understanding and mastery of the various equipments as well as the technical characteristics of the systems involved. After all, no industry in business would survive with a faulted Substation.

So in the modern world, the levels of maintenance procedures are now seen as Condition Watch and Predictive Tests rather than tear-downs and repairs. But if it fails, it is important to understand the reason why. While all establishments dislike breakdowns; strategies centered on maintenance testings & monitoring, the use of various test equipment and the measurable parameters as well as the concepts on how to manage Substation Maintenance are lined-up in this presentation.



ENERGY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS & TECHNIQUES

ARMANDO R. DIAZ, PEE, ASEAN Engineer
2009 IIEE National VP-External

Are Energy Management Programs in industries working…? Here’s why!
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Nowadays, most industries have their own Energy Management Program. However, this can be:

– Informal
– Decentralized, not centrally coordinated or managed
– Project-oriented, not program-oriented
– Cyclical (i.e. in the support a company gives)

Thus, many companies miss important savings opportunities because they lack a means for addressing energy use across the corporation. In this presentation, the participants will understand fully how to make an effective management program for them to have successful energy management processes to maximize product efficiency, minimize energy input, maintain high energy load factor, and the most economical use of energy.



APPLICATION OF INSULATION
COORDINATION IN SUBSTATIONS

ARTHUR ‘ART’ T. EVANGELISTA, PEE
Director Consultant – ATE Consulting Services,
Former National IIEE VP

How are Over-Voltages in Substations Protected? Much more… Coordinated?
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Transient over-voltages are attributed to natural phenomena and the inherent characteristics of the power system. Over-voltages may be generated by lightning and/or sudden changes in the power system caused by switching operations, short-circuits, load shedding, etc. The magnitude of these over-voltages may be above the allowable insulation thresholds and therefore need to be reduced and protected against.

Insulation Coordination is defined in ANSI C92.1-1982 as “the process of correlating the insulation strengths of electrical equipment with expected over-voltages and with the characteristics of surge protective devices.”

The presentation covers the fundamentals of insulation coordination and includes the discussion of traveling-wave behavior, insulation voltage withstand characteristics, arrester characteristics and ratings, arrester selection, arrester classes, and protective margins.



SYSTEM RELIABILITY
IN INDUSTRIAL PLANTS

DOMINICO ‘DOODS’ A. AMORA, PEE
IIEE 2009 National Auditor

This presentation is an assimilation of the interwoven factors & issues that contribute to the reliability of electrical systems in industrial plants...
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IEEE defines RELIABILITY as "the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time." In an industrial plant scenario; it’s only a matter of pushing a button and a 6,000 kW motor kicks up to life - just like that! And nobody seems to be thinking about it. That in a sense is good reliability..! But if one is worrying about what could result if a button is activated (e.g., huge voltage dips or source trip-outs), then that’s another story… Thus, in practical terms, system reliability is simply: “There is power at sufficient capacity when needed, at any given time, all the time..!”

As there is no maintenance program that can make good the reliability of a poorly designed system, excellent design, operability and maintainability, all three pillars of system reliability, must henceforth be inputted in the conceptualization phase of an industrial power system. Additionally, whatever maintenance program developed by a plant is determined by the design of the system and the goals of the organization.

This presentation covers among others, the following: a) Pillars of Reliability, b) the Reliability Nines, c) the N + n Concepts, and d) Voltage Factor in Reliability.

To stay competitive in business, it is usually best to identify the problems that affect Plant Reliability, and apply solutions that most efficiently address those gaps. If the industrial plant does not design its system with reliability in mind, SOMEONE ELSE WILL.



FAULTS IN SUBSTATIONS

ELY P. SILVOSA JR, PEE
2009 VP Internal – IIEE North Cebu Chapter

Awareness of the magnitudes and effects of faults in substations is a vital competency for the practicing electrical engineer...
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It has been said that the continuity of operation in an industrial plant is as just as good as its electric system. Its value speaks for itself the instance power is interrupted during production days because of the so-called ‘faults’. The awareness of the magnitudes of fault currents in Substations cannot be well appreciated until a major or heavy fault occurs – after all, the protection system only comes to work during these abnormal times. But then, beyond a nice-looking system, any industrial complex or power distribution utilities must have its protection schemes live up to predictable expectations; while above all, the protective devices shall not disintegrate during events of faults and while performing its functions.

And faults are for real! According to experience, faults usually surface out after about five years operation of a brand-new electric system. Systems must be designed to anticipate these faults, thus the need for fault calculations - the end objective of which is to design a system sturdy enough to survive the disastrous effects of faults.

Failures or breakdowns in various components of a power system are either man-made, accidental or by natural causes such as those brought about by lightning, hurricane or from mere deterioration. But should the system fail, it must “fail well”.

This presentation shows how faults in Substations can be calculated manually while a check with EDSA Power-Analysis Software, will confirm the results.



CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION (CPE)

FRANCIS V. MAPILE, PEE
2002 IIEE National President

If you rest, you rust. Learning is a never ending process…
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IIEE Continuing Professional Education (CPE) refers to the inculcation, assimilation and acquisition of knowledge, skills, proficiency and ethical & moral values after the initial registration of a professional that raises and enhances the professional competence.

Compliance with the IIEE CPE Program as condition for the renewal of professional license identification card is an effective and credible substitute for requiring a professional to pass another examination in order to allow him/her to continue the practice of his profession.



NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR POWER
GENERATION: FACTS & MYTHS

MELEUSIPO E. FONOLLERA, PEE, IIEE Fellow,
Former IIEE National President

Facts or Myths: Which is which …?
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The International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations, in one of its documents, states: “Nuclear energy has the potential to be a reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly energy source that can contribute to the accessibility of affordable energy services in all interested countries for present and future generations. Any use of nuclear energy should be beneficial, responsible and sustainable, with due regard to the protection of people and the environment, non-proliferation, and security”.

In support to the above statements and to the enlightenment of IIEE Members about nuclear energy, this lecture covers briefly the following topics:

 1987 Philippine Constitution
 Nuclear Energy Basic Principles
 Nuclear Power Plant Accidents
 Nuclear Waste Disposal
 The Economics of New Nuclear Power Plant
 Climate Change Issues
 Coal Fired Power Plants
 BNPP Re-Commission Update
 Against Operation of Nuclear Power Plant
 Renewable Energy Update
 Renewable Energy’s Limitations/Constraints
 Power for the Future!

As public debates on the use of nuclear energy for power generation are intensely going on, it is now a concern of the electrical engineering practitioners to get involved in the discussion on this issue and be guided accordingly.



EFFICIENT LIGHTING DESIGN CONCEPTS

ARTHUR A. LOPEZ
2000 IIEE National President

There is more in Lighting Systems that meets the eyes - it is a gold mine waiting to be tapped…!
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The main objective of the paper is to provide specification and application guidelines for electrical practitioners engaged as lighting designers, consulting engineers, architects, interior designers, building administrators, plant engineers, utility personnel, end-users and others who make decisions about lighting designs and installations.

This presentation will also provide information on the basics of light and artificial lighting fundamentals applied to office indoors and industrial environments. It also discusses various lighting design concepts as well as technical description of energy efficient lamps and accessories and how they operate.

CONDITION-BASED POWER
TRANSFORMER MAINTENANCE

RODOLFO R. PENALOSA, PEE, ECE
Chairman– Board of Electrical Engineering, PRC
1995 IIEE National President

New Trends in Power Transformer Maintenance – the IEEE way!
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The presentation will discuss the IEEE Standards in testing apparatuses such as power transformers.

Power System maintenance specifically on the substation power transformer has evolved from predictive to condition-based maintenance to assess the condition of the apparatuses in the system.

Most utilities in developed countries have adopted this type of methodology to save - by having to continually monitor what goes on with the apparatus and minimize downtime, loss of revenues and most of all prepare for spare parts needed during maintenance.

This presentation will show the significance of insulation power factor in power transformers, how it’s tested, both on-line and off-line. It will also discuss the importance of oil tests, and the use of partial discharge as vital new tool in testing insulation systems.



OPEN ACCESS ENERGY TRADING

EDWARD L. MENDOZA, PEE
Member – Board of Electrical Engineering, PRC
1996 IIEE National President

Energy Trading has yet to go full blast. It’s important to know how it works…! How well is your organization prepared for these changes?
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As most large energy users in the Philippines are aware by now, decades of government-ruled electric utility monopoly is coming to an end. The passing of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001, which marked the beginning of electricity deregulation, is changing forever the way electric power is delivered, purchased and used by energy customers.

Deregulation requires all electric utilities to share their transmission and distribution lines with other utilities and retail electricity suppliers. Started initially with wholesale competition, it is opening up the entire country’s electricity grid to the marketplace and encouraging retail competition by offering many new customer choice options.

The decision-making process of buying electric energy from the right source is a finite strategy that requires inside knowledge of how the utility, wholesale and retail businesses operate, and how electric power is applied by the user. Energy buyers will need to evaluate their choices on a new playing field, and from different perspectives, such as financial, contractual and benefits.

This presentation will attempt to enlighten the participants about the basics of deregulation and to better prepare respective organizations for negotiating favorable energy supply contracts. The advice contained in this presentation is designed as a guide on how to better manage utility costs and to compete in a deregulated marketplace that is sure to grow more competitive each day.




BLACK-OUT 101

JAIME V. MENDOZA, PEE
Member – Board of Electrical Engineering, PRC

How often do we want Black-Outs…?
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“BLACK-OUT HITS THE VISAYAS. A 10-hour black-out swept the entire Visayas after the main power supply in Leyte tripped amid on-going maintenance work of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).” This was the headline of the Philippine Star, one Sunday, April 25, 2009.

Will Black-Out be a normal occurrence in the Visayas? How often do we want them?

The reliability of a power system is not a mystery. It can be maintained at the highest level we can expect. But of course, it comes with a cost, but more than that, it requires national attention and the will to implement. We cannot stop typhoons, lightning strikes, flood, random equipment failures, human errors and jellyfishes, but we can certainly decide how often we want to have cascading black-outs.

This paper will explain the basics of why black-out can or cannot be prevented; what happens if one line tripped and how can we minimize this.


APPLICATION OF Is LIMITERS & SOLID
STATE CURRENT LIMITERS IN SYSTEMS
WITH HIGH FAULT CURRENTS

JULES S. ALCANTARA, PEE, MSEE, MS Energy Mngt
2009 IIEE National Secretary

How are Is - Limiters applied in Electrical Systems…?
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Electrical engineers are faced with the challenges of integrating new generation into existing power systems, requiring the clearing of faults more quickly or finding an alternative to SF6 breakers.

Also, the rising demand for energy world-wide requires additional transformers and generators, and an increasing interconnection of the individual supply network, leading to the permissible short-circuit currents for the equipment being exceeded. Thus, parts of the equipment are being dynamically or thermally destroyed.

When replacement of existing switchgear and cable connections by new equipment with higher short-circuit strength is technically impossible or uneconomical for the user, the use of Is-limiters reduces the short-circuit current in new or expanded systems.

This presentation is about fault currents and the application of Is- Limiters and of Solid State Current Limiters.



ELECTRICAL DESIGN CONCEPTS
FOR HIGH RISE BUILDINGS

HIPOLITO ‘POL’ A. LEONCIO, PEE
Immediate Former IIEE National President

High Rise Buildings are here to stay. What are then the best design strategies…?
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The growth of the real estate market has initiated the rise in the development of business centers in the metropolis and key cities in the country. Real estate developers started the construction of high rise buildings during the construction boom of early eighties and have continued up to the present.

To cope with this trend, Electrical Engineers have to equip themselves with the technical know-how in the design of electrical system of a high rise modern building. Their work and participation in the planning, design and construction of a modern building cannot be underestimated or underscored.

We are anticipating the increase of high rise building not only in Metro Manila but also in other upcoming metropolitan cities in the country. With global concern on greenhouse effect ever increasing, buildings and all structures for that matter should seriously consider energy efficient design and the use of energy efficient devices and equipments. Also with the recent trend in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) call centers on 24 hours operation have change some parameters in our building design.

This paper intends to open up our Electrical Practitioners to the new concepts in designing high rise/modern buildings. It is also a prelude to more detailed and comprehensive seminars/lectures being prepared by IIEE for its members and associates.



HARNESSING GEOTHERMAL POWER IN
THE PHILIPPINES – THE EDC EXPERIENCE

ELLSWORTH LUCERO, ME
Senior Manager – EDC Power Generation Group

Silently bellowing behind the mountains, geothermal power energizes most of the Visayas Grid…
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Geothermal energy is an important renewable energy resource whose exploitation has relatively insignificant environmental impact. The use of geothermal energy has proven to be cost effective in many countries where geological, hydrological and geophysical conditions are favorable to the formation of geothermal systems.

The existence of geothermal systems is manifested by the presence of hot springs and /or fumaroles. Geothermal exploration serves the purpose of locating geothermal areas favorable to development and to finding sites within the system for drilling. Exploration includes geological mapping as well as geochemical and geophysical surveys. Geological mapping determine the rock and structural properties of the geothermal system.

Geochemical surveys predict subsurface temperatures to gain information on the origin and characteristics of the geothermal fluid as well as understand the subsurface flow directions. Geophysical surveys establish the variations in the physical properties of the geothermal system. Evaluation of information gathered from exploration, drilling the system to test the economic feasibility of the geothermal prospect ensues and later development of the geothermal field is pursued. Installation of the Power Plants and the Steam-field Facilities completes the system for power generation.

Geothermal exploitation for Power Supply contributed to national progress most specially to the host communities.

QUALIFYING FOR A PEE LICENSE

EDWARD L. MENDOZA, PEE
Member – Board of Electrical Engineering, PRC
1996 IIEE National President

How do you overcome the Fear Factor in the PEE Licensure? Here are your tips…
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Most of our REEs and would be licensed EE professionals, desiring to pursue a life-long career in Electrical Engineering, would definitely want and therefore strive to attain the highest measurement of competence and recognition for a practicing EE professional – that of being conferred one of the most sought after license for any professional - that of being a Professional Electrical Engineer (PEE).

This paper is meant to give would be PEEs an insight into the expectations and preparations needed for the wannabes in going through the process, understanding the pre-qualifications for taking the licensure for PEE, thinking of a prospective topic for the thesis, preparation and doing the thesis proper, following Rule 14 of the IRR of RA No. 7920, going for the much awaited interview by a panel, and finally waiting with bated breath for the judgment at the end of the interview.

At the end of the day, the PEE wannabes attending this presentation will realize that it is NOT that difficult after all to be a PEE!




MOBILE SUBSTATIONS

DOMINICO ‘DOODS’ A. AMORA, PEE
IIEE 2009 National Auditor

To some, a Mobile Substation Project may not be ‘big deal’, but the opportunity to design a mobile substation is one worthwhile experience of an electrical engineer…
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Catastrophic events, weather related outages and system failures affect everyone, every time. Emergency or temporary service must be available, whenever and wherever we need it.

This Presentation is about MOBILE SUBSTATIONS as alternative quick and short-term solutions for small power utilities & electric cooperatives in situations of need. The concept of Mobile Unit Substations is to quickly replace faulted substations to provide power on short notice or to facilitate temporary power supply as an aftermath of a catastrophe or during heavy maintenance or while system expansion and/or construction of the permanent systems are going on.

The temporary nature and the hasty mode of installation of Mobile Substations demands for several trade-offs in terms of fault protection, the degree of flexibility & reliability desired, physical size & space limitations, height & weight restrictions, transportability requirements, safety, and economics.

IIEE CONFAB IN AUGUST

IIEE REGION 7 CONFAB IN AUGUST

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The INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (IIEE) has scheduled its 10th Regional Conference on August 27-29, 2009 at the CEBU INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER (CICC), Mandaue City. The conference will be attended by electrical engineers & practitioners from the chapters of Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental, Leyte and Samar. The conference will highlight technical sessions to strengthen the roles of the Filipino electrical practitioners amidst recent global challenges and how the profession can help mitigate these effects.


With the theme, “ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE AMIDST GLOBAL CHALLENGES” the three-day conference will undertake the following fields in RENEWABLE ENERGY, NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION, OPEN ACCESS ENERGY TRADING, BLACK-OUT 101, PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR LARGE SUBSTATIONS, SUBSTATION MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT, RELIABILITY IN INDUSTRIAL POWER SYSTEMS, GEO-THERMAL POWER GENERATION, ENERGY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, APPLICATION OF INSULATION COORDINATION IN SUBSTATIONS, ELECTRICAL DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS, APPLICATION OF SOLID STATE CURRENT LIMITERS, EFFICIENT LIGHTING CONCEPTS, POWER TRANSFORMER MAINTENANCE, FAULTS IN SUBSTATIONS, CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, and HOW TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. Attending the technical sessions will earn the electrical engineers CPE credit units required for the renewal of PRC licenses which is due for implementation by 2010.


The conference will also be attended by graduating EE students from different colleges & universities in the Visayas. Lined-up for them are the following subjects of interest: SUBSTATIONS & DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, MOTOR POWER CIRCUITS, GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT CONFIGURATION IN THE VISAYAS, GEOTHERMAL POWER DISPATCHING & MARSHALLING, NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTINGS and ELECTRICAL CODES & STANDARDS.

Exhibit booths showcasing the latest quality products, tools & equipment in the electrical industry are one of the dynamic features of the conference. For more information, please call: Babie Abad, Tel No. 345-4531 or Fax: 343-6936 or E-Mail: iiee_ncc@yahoo.com

ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE AMIDST GLOBAL CHALLENGES

‘ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE AMIDST
GLOBAL CHALLENGES’


The 10th IIEE Visayas Regional Conference
Theme Overview

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We had once a beautiful Earth - unique in the heavens, a wonderment solitary in the universe.


In the past, there were global crises – somehow the world survived. Today, not only have the oil prices soared to unprecedented heights but more seriously, the global economic meltdown. Now we are into resurging uncertainties… we need to sail again through an uncharted limbo! Sooner or later, we have to pay the bitter price.


Depleting natural resources, denuded forests, unabated CO2 emissions, pollutions of any sort, atmospheric denigration, ecological imbalance; all these sum up into scarcier food, dirtier air to breathe, the emergence of new mutant plagues and to top it all, Global Warming. With the global financial structure down to its knees, all these are just few of the Global Challenges --- the price we have to pay.

ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE AMIDST GLOBAL CHALLENGES

The world is sick and we need to do something about it. Although the INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS OF THE PHILIPPINES (IIEE) can only do little in addressing these challenges, lest it is our compulsion to actively participate and contribute in mitigating the consequences of these crises - in effect, delaying the demise of the very life solely known in the cosmos. As an organization, we can position ourselves in several advocacies, foremost of them are as follows:

a) Efficiency in Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Utilization of Energy,

b) The Shift to Renewable & Clean Forms of Energy Sources;

c) Quick Adaptation & Application of Technology Changes;

d) The Drive to Mold Competent & Global Electrical Engineering Workforce.

But note that achieving excellence amidst these challenges starts from the hearts & minds of the organization’s members. IIEE-Region 7 believes that if & when the competencies embedded within the electrical engineer are made global; it would result to great wonders in terms of achieving the first three goals cited above.


As it has always been IIEE’s drive to provide avenues for its members’ growth, its desired objectives include strong but modern competencies & skills, innovativeness & creativity, quick adaptation to new technologies, ability to communicate, competence in management & human relations, and the never-ending desire for continuing professional development.


That is the essence of the 10th IIEE Region 7 Conference which will be held on August 27 - 29 at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), Mandaue City.

It is in this backdrop that we welcome all the delegates, participants, guests, supporters & sponsors to the 10th IIEE Visayas Regional Conference.

ICE BREAKERS

ICE BREAKERS
by Domineko du Surigao


“What good does it profit a man
if he owns the whole world
but knows not even the sound
of his own laughter ?”

Ok-enim-do

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Which is right: The monkey eating eagle or the eagle eating monkey?

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TEACHER: ‘What is your favorite food ?’
PUPIL: ‘Seafoods, Maam’.
TEACHER: ‘Why ?’
PUPIL: ‘Because everytime I see foods, I eat !

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Women talk fast and longer than any man could. That’s why they never grew a moustache!

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‘It is easy to identify the male from the female chicks’, said the expert.
‘How?’ asked the audience.’
‘The male chick eats female earthworms, while the female chick eats a male earthworms’, answered the expert.
‘Wow, how can we identify the male from the female earthworm?’ countered the audience.
‘On that, I’m no guru. I’m only expert on chiks,’ said he.

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While Muhammad Ali has his ‘Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee’ theme, the Pacman also has his ‘Bra-Ba-Li-Bin-Ta-Wan’. Courtesy of Alaksan.

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HOST: ‘Lady, going back to High School Chemistry, can you still recall what this symbol NaCl (Sodium Chloride or Table Salt) stands for?’

LADY CONTESTANT: ‘Well, I seem to have forgotten it already’.

HOST: ‘I’ll give you a clue: It is a substance which you use to sprinkle on the eggs of your husband every morning’.

LADY CONTESTANT: ‘Yes, yes. I got it now’.
HOST: ‘What is it ?’
LADY CONTESTANT: ‘It’s Johnshion’s Baby Powder !

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Pacman to the Hitman after that killer Left Hook: ‘Now, you know.’

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Which do you prefer: The man who fart, or the woman whose snot have blown like a bubble gum upon hearing the fart ?


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The rule says ¨LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Is’nt it Love another one?’

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TEACHER: ‘Our lesson for today is about the letter M. Example: Mmmmman ! Mmmmmoon ! Mmmmmusic ! Alright, Peter, give me three words beginning with the letter M with emphasis on the Mmmmm sound, okay ?
PETER: Caught unprepared, suddenly answered : ‘MmmmCAT ! MmmmDOG ! MmmmPIG !

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When the Presiding Judge said : ‘Let there be order’, the accused Politician retorted : ‘We have plenty of order, Your Honor. Depending on the pish and the dynamite!

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Once upon a time in the far flung mountain barangay of Kanturatoy, there lived a farmer who had a 100 hectare land on which he patiently planted corn, corn for everybody within the vicinity, corn for all the livestocks raised in every household, corn for his keens and for his subsistence, too.

Harvest was bountiful for the first fifteen years.

The preceding years brought gloom and hunger while the corns saw a dwindling and dwindling produce as the earth became barren and dry like the wombs of a wilted woman. Except for the one and only one stalk of corn in the middle of the field that grew bigger and taller by the day like the proud and lofty trunk of a Philippine Lauaan Tree having then a base diameter of two meters. Indeed, it became a tree. Yes! A corn tree!

But without its ears. Without its fruits.

Thus, the painful conclusion of the owner to finally cut it off and end the anguish caused by the already unyielding land.

One day, the farmer took an axe and went to the middle of the field to cut the corn tree.

He struck on the trunk once, twice, thrice. The third strike took a good fist size chunk of the already wooded trunk and when he cleared the chips that barred the hole, there came a strange rumbling from within the bowels of the corn tree, a gurgling sound akin to the growling of a dragon from some subterranean tomb.

He leapt backward and took a stock of the white granules that seemed to ooze out of the hole… and then … Lo ! and Behold !

He suddenly shouted to the top of his voice: ‘Sacks ! Give me empty sacks ! Plenty of empty
Sacks !

For what came out from the severed trunk in endless fashion were grits, CORN GRITS already milled and polished to exact whiteness and size 12 of the true Cebuano corn !

Thus was born the Cebuano’s passion for corn and all those that goes with it.

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HUSBAND: ‘That man is doing to his wife what I won’t do to a pig.’
WIFE: ‘Why, what’s he doing ?’
HUSBAND: ‘He’s kissing her !’

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A Peeping Tom on his nocturnal voyeurism paying a peep to a newly-wed couple supposedly billeted in a beach house.

Upon coming to his hole in the wall, he peered through but was met with the inky darkness of the room. There was a whispered sound, however, resembling the knocking clap of castanets: Takatak ! takatak ! takatak ! takataktak !

He used his NVG (Night Vision Goggles) and … PRESTO !

What he saw was a pair of Human Skeletons … dancing the CHA-CHA !

Hence, the sound! hehe …

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WHAT’S THIS ???

BEN: ‘Steve, you going fishing ?
STEVE: ‘Who, me ? No, I’m going fishing.’
BEN: ‘Oh, I thought you going fishing !’

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The woman in the bar said: ‘Can you tell me about this story that you seem to be preoccupied these days?’

The author answered: ‘Alright. Listen. There was once a trio of ants marooned in an empty cup. Two of them were females and the other, a male. The females kept asking the male to help them get out of the cup for fear that hot water might be poured unto them.

The male merely shrugged and gave his Mona Lisa smile.
The two females became hysterical but then again pleading to the male to please help them find a way out.

Finally, the male ant answered: ‘Yes, I can help you get out but on one condition.’

‘Why, what is in your mind? What is that condition?’ asked the females.

‘I’d like to make love to the both of you,’ answered the male ant.

And so they made love surrounded with the claustrophobic wall of the cup; the male pouring out the passion and lust for the two female ants until exhaustion consumed them to slumber and the dawn found them already out of the cup.

The two females looked out for the male but he was nowhere to be found.

And then the eerie SILENCE …

WOMAN: ‘What happened? How did they get out from the cup?’
AUTHOR: ‘You want to know? Well, I can satisfy you curiosity it you agree to a one Condition.’
WOMAN: ‘And that would be….
AUTHOR: ‘Same with the ants !’

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People, like many other things become dull when alone. Perhaps that was why God, seeing Adam so lonely in the garden of Eden, took a rib from him and invented the first “Loudspeaker”.

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A young matron greeted her husband on the front porch and said: ‘Darling, let’s kill the turkey for tomorrow is our wedding anniversary.

’The husband, knowing that their marriage was not a successful and happy one; answered’: ‘Let the poor animal live. It has nothing to do with our rotten marriage!’

THE TRUTH OF THE MOMENT

THE TRUTH OF THE MOMENT
By Domineko du Surigao


“Nemo me impune lacesit” – from A Cask of Amontillado
By Edgar Allan Poe

THE DRAMA in that late morning of May 3 was akin to the principle of ambuscade executed in blinding rapidity as in that stealthy frontal interception that jarred and rattled the senses. The purpose of which is to inflect not only injury but mental anguish, dread and amazement to the recipient while evading at bay in anticipation for a fight another day.

Such was the climactic performance of the Pacman’s patented tactics of speed, precision and his capricious but fluid cadences in the square arena. A subtle resemblance of East Asia’s temperament during the 60’s: EXPLOSIVE and RESTLESS!

That, being contrasted on the other hand, with the somnambulant oscillations of the Hitman upon stumbling into dreamland – a replica of Western Europe after World War II: RUINED and DEVASTATED!

East met West.

Each in their sinister but mesmeric lethal dance of bloodlust for the win; exchanging blows like the clashing of minute swords of grass in the wind-blown verdant green, each fully clad and gleaming with the crimson dew of covetousness – leaping for the sky, reaching and both wanting for the sun…..

After the raucous din, only one man remained standing for the accolade. It was over. Brief. Clearcut. Neat. Swift as lightning.

Thus, was punctuated Europe’s best P4P fighter in that electrocuting flash of a pugilist’s dream: entering with as bang, departing in deafening silence.


THE UNSEEN WHYs and WHEREFOREs

After the Hitman had awakened from that sweet slumber initiated by that famous left hook, he allegedly said: ‘All right Coach, let’s get on with it! Let’s go for a jog before I floor that Pacman in the ring.’ The Coach answered: ‘What jog, the game is over’! Harharhar!

The simulated conversation is reflective of the human tendency to fall into that familiar trap labeled as the abnormal loss of memory. Amnesia. Forgetfulness. Oversight of the little things that when magnified should have considerably swayed the outcome of a projected goal.

Fatally overlooked by the Hitman was the wisdom of KNOWING. “It is in the knowing that we find resilience to cope with the demands of what we seek.” To vanquish one’s adversary, the doctrine of Ninjutsu stated among others: “Know your enemy. Become his friend and the other phases of his defeat will come in handy and in succession.”

Also forgotten for scrutiny was the psyche of the Pacman.

At an early age, the Pacman learned the rudiments of boxing in his frequent brawl while peddling his Pan de Sal, Newspaper and or shoe-shinning in the streets and alleyways of GenSan. This knowledge, if only pursued, would have given a hint of deducing that the Pacman was already a STREET FIGHTER prior to his involvement in the punching scene.

And the Hitman challenged this guy to a fracas of fists inside the ring! Who can deny him the privilege? It was like dispatching the proverbial turtle into the river! So, the ember flamed. And the splinters flew thereafter.

Another yarn has it that when a reporter asked why the fight was lost so quickly, the Hitman retorted: ‘Oh, Boy, how can you ever expect to win against a dude with eight fists?’ Harharhar!

Speed. Discipline. Concentration. Wisdom. Truthfulness in war or combat. These are the attributes of a good warrior. He must know how to incite fear, hate, anger, confusion and fright into the soul of the enemy. These are aspects of one attitude: INSECURITY. Feed this to the enemy in great dozes.

Failing to do this, one cannot win. One merely survives.

No matter how much the Hitman denies it, there was fear in his eyes upon climbing the stair to the ring. That was proven later when he bulldozed his way to test the water with a dubious thrust to the Pacman’’s side. There was also fear when he succumbed to the floor the first time while the second fall contrived revenge as reflected in the shock on his face. His body language confirmed all these and was magnified on the life-sized screen.

As long as there is fear, there will be defeat. This is a posture that invites revenge. And if one begins to think only of revenge, one’s body will be made weak by that obsession. One will cease to have options open until all strategy disappears, leaving only one thing: the thought of revenge.

The cause of the first knockdown, according to Doods, was reminiscent of Jeet Kune Do. Precisely right. He also chimed it was a shot from Nimo Naranai Do. Not wrong either. One or the other, they have that common mode of execution: Astounding SPEED.

Speed kills. Or maim. Hence the sealed fate of the Hitman in five minutes & fifty seconds. Whether it was JKD or NND that made it, was not the issue that hanged at bar.

It was Pacman’s fist that brought the house down along memory lane.

Dismissed, too, as irrelevant was the concentrating power of the Pacman. Unknown, perhaps, to the Hitman’s party, concentration plays an important role in any form of combat. This was one of Pacman’s aces: “To meet the enemy with the mind settled on that spot where one’s offence must constantly hammer the adversary into oblivion.”

On the contrary, the Hitman’s intentions were clearly telegraphed by his body and eye movements prompting the other party to anticipate in the form of mind-reading and intercept the blows prior to being consummated. Thus, the Jeet Kune Do slash in the first salvo.

And that was the CHIN of the matter. The LOWER JAW in another.

Alien to the Western mind is the almost fanatical preoccupation of the Pacman to indulge in moments of SILENCE in his Mass Offering a day before the fight and again kneeling in STILLNESS on his corner prior to the action. Why is this?

Kenjutsu affirms: “Combat is a very deep SILENCE attacked. Just as man can create silence, so does the human psyche: thought. Without silence, thought is impossible. Without thought, strategy cannot be formulated. Unless one actively seeks out the SILENCE in the midst of combat he cannot attain victory. He can only be there as witness to his own defeat.”

These intangibles, basically regarded as negligible, became in fact the fatalistic factors pushing the Hitman into his own pit. Were you to agree or not, that is the infallible palindromic message etched on the mirror on the wall.


BODY LANGUAGE

While the Pacman almost always wear that enigmatic grin before his fights, the body speaks a tune rather contrary whenever blows are inflicted unto him. Albeit the Pacman knowing this or not, is clearly manifested everytime he retaliates to the opponent.

The language being Latin and written as the lead of this article, it is herein translated into English meaning thus:

“No one attacks me with impunity.”

That, is the tenet of the warrior under stress. That, also is the truth of the moment. More or less.


Domineko du Surigao
May 10, 2009

SHOCK, AWE & HORROR - THE FINAL CHAPTER

SHOCK, AWE & HORROR:
THE FINAL CHAPTER

by Doods A. Amora, PEE

From the edges of the earth to the center of the ring, the East collided with the West and three explosions shook the world..!

Two volcanic eruptions in the first; followed by the exclamatory climax in the second round.

Three knockdowns: SHOCK, AWE and HORROR - yes, what else could it be?

The first bomb sent shockwaves. The second delivered a nerve-breaking awe and the last one detonated sheer horror. Shock, Awe & Horror to the 25,000 adoring Hattonites who trooped to Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena and to the millions around the world watching their TV screens. On the other hand, romping in celebration were deafening roars of pandemic approval on the side of the Pacmanites - me and my cohorts included!

The first knock-down came from a right hook. It looked like a counterpunch but it wasn’t. It was a looping right hand from Pacquiao that landed right on the dot just as Hatton went for a left of his own. Reminiscent of Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do, it was more of a shot from Nimo Naranai Do that only the wisdoms of Freddie Roach and Dumineko du Surigao can explicate.

The second knock-down came from Pacman’s patented combinations punctuated by a left straight penultimate finale. As expectators, we had seen it several times in previous Pacman fights. But live at the center of the ring, with so much power, speed and fluidity, there was no way Ricky saw it.


Short, swift and easy. It’s all over in 5 minutes & 59 seconds.


HATTON IN TWO ROUNDS

Yet, the Mancunian pride is a double edged sword. It can drive one to great heights or drive one to the point of near death in the pursuit of victory.

Hatton chose the latter. If this was what death must be like, then so be it. The eyes in his tiger inside were still sharp & piercing – still determined! Ricky hopped into the center of the ring seemingly re-energized as the second round bell rang.

But all of a sudden, Hatton was gone. A final perfect left hook delivered in surgical brutality to the side of the chin sent Hatton seemingly lifted sideward. Unconscious even before hitting the canvas at the closing of the second round, the crystal-eyed and motionless Mancunian Hitman appeared to have dreamt of flashes of morbid hallucinations. And as the bile slowly creeped inside Ricky’s system, the deeper, the more infectious the pain was. Unmoving, eyes open but unseeing, Ricky must have seen himself floating in "Hatton Wonderland".

Indeed, Pacquiao mercilessly ended Hatton’s reign as Ring Magazine’s light welterweight champ. “It was a hard punch,” said Pacquiao. “I didn’t think he would get up.” Truly, Hatton did not get up—yes, for several minutes. Lying in partial life flat on his back, the breathing was painful and hard, his senses out of sync.

Referee Kenny Bayless knew he need not count. He knew it was over way back in the first round. The second round was just bonus.

Before this fight, Hatton came in his prime with a record of 45-1 with 32 KO’s and he had never lost in his 140 pound territory. His only defeat was when he ventured into higher weight division to mix it up with Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather Jr. Of course, he lost through a 10-round TKO to the pound-for-pound great PBF, but then the boxing world was so kind to excuse him, much less, history forgetting of this defeat.

Days before the fight, the match promised of an electrifying war between two most exciting warriors of the modern world. Hatton was perceived to have found his match in the equally aggressive & volume punching Pacquiao - the challenger to his lineal IBO and Ring Magazine belts. On the other hand, Hatton wanted so badly Pacman’s title as the World's No. 1 Pound for Pound fighter. Electrifyingly before the fight, he declared to shock the world.

The world was indeed shocked! But to Pacman’s favour. Then I joined with the sea of all fellow Filipinos in the swelling of the national pride as we were all part ingredient of a nation charmed of Pacquiao’s triumphs again and again!

And it was bitter reality as Hatton Promotions CEO Garret Williams in apparent respect to the Pacman, summed it up, “Ricky is desperately sorry to all his fans. Manny Pacquiao is the best fighter, possibly of all time there’s no shame in losing to somebody like that.”


SURPRISE

In the shortness of the fight, there’s not much to say in this article. The fight was self-explanatory as it was not complicated. Simply put, Hatton was no match to the tornado from the East.

But I could not have dreamt of a more spectacular outcome, for I for one was surprised how it came so easily. I expected peaks and valleys as the fight would go on, I mean the excitement, the electricity.

In my last article, I was looking at a knock-out in the later rounds. Ricky Hatton, known for his durability and being much fresher than Oscar Dela Hoya, the Hitman needed to be softened up until the late rounds where the knock-out would be ripe.

But with the Pacman as opponent, the actual fight seemed to expose that Hatton could have been thought of as a bum. Had it not been for his impressive credentials, Hatton would have not belonged to the class of the Pacman. Don't get me wrong. Ricky is one of the greatest fighters in the modern world. But Manny is just much better.

So easy, so swift, so clinical – that’s how dramatically Manny dismantled Hatton.

In retrospect, David Diaz looked good in his ninth round TKO loss to Pacman. Oscar Dela Hoya was much better in his own eight round combat with the Pacman. And Pretty Boy Floyd’s performance over Hatton now appears to be mediocre.

Manny Pacquiao himself admitted he was surprised by the ease of his win over Ricky Hatton. Hatton used to clinch the Pacman two times in every thirty seconds as part of his roughhousing strategy but then, the hittable Hitman from Manchester got hit – 57.5% percent of the time. In fact, he only connected 18 out of his 78 punches. Pacquiao on the other hand, connected 73 out of 127. It means that the Hitman was hittable in a frequency of 12.2 blasts per minute while the eely Pacman absorbs only 3 punches per minute, in a lopsided ratio of 4 hits to 1.



THE COACH ROACH FACTOR

But then before the fight, Freddie Roach said that this epic match has the makings of a brand new offering never before seen by boxing fans. “The match-up is the best kind of fight ever to be made”, Freddie as quoted. Before the match, Freddie Roach, the Coach, predicted a knockout in three, Pacman made it shorter in two, through the so-called "ROACH TRAP", which Freddie himself devised.

“I knew it was over,” said Roach. “Ricky fights the same way over and over. He doesn’t have the ability to adjust. I watched the tapes over and over the last few months. I know him as well as I know my fighters.”

“Every time he throws the left hook and cocks it, he is wide open for the right hook from the southpaw stance,” Roach explained. “We worked on that every day in the gym and it just worked beautifully.”

“Manny is unbelievable, he performed the gameplan flawlessly,” said Roach at the press conference. “I’m the best trainer in the world because I have the best fighter in the world.”

Needless to say, Pacman's victory is sweetest to a coach who himself was involved in a bout with the trainer at the other side of the fence. After all that’s said and done, Freddie Roach, the Hall of Famer, is the best boxing guru the world has ever known.


DOODS A. AMORA
May 4, 2009