Felipe Restrepo Vallejo
Electrical Engineer, T&D Specialist
c.c. 98631999
Age: 33 years, single
Telephone: 574-***-****, Mobile phone: (57-313*******
Address: Calle 27 # 77-137 Casa 134, Medellín Colombia
Professional register: AN205 37102
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
I consider myself as an integral professional with analysis skills on power substation project
development during offer, design, put into service and operation stages. Specialist in Power
Transmission and Distribution Systems with knowledge in electrical regulatory topics. Ability to learn
and make right decisions for the technical and economical evaluations in projects. Use of informatic
tools for analysis and power system design. Communication in English, Spanish and French
languages.
ACADEMIC FORMATION
POSTDEGREE: University of los Andes. Specialist on Power Transmission and Distribution
Systems. Bogota, Colombia. Sept. 2011
DEGREE: University of Antioquia. Electrical Engineer. Medellín, Colombia Sept. 2002
WORK EXPERIENCE
CHEC S.A. E.S.P1/Transmission and Distribution Business Unit/Power System
Operation Division- Operation Engineer for Regional Control Centre
Manizales, Colombia. Sept. 2010 – Actually
Real time supervising of 115 kV Regional Transmission System and Local Distribution
Systems 33 and 13,2 kV
Preoperative and postoperative analysis under reliability and security criteria
Most relevant projects carried out:
Guide and training course for the 115/33/13,2 kV substation operation
1 E.S.P: Utility Company
Guide and training course for the use of block stations in outdoors 115/33 kV substations
INGEMA S.A./Engineering Department
Project Manager
Medellín, Colombia. Jul. 2009 – Feb. 2010
Control and protection systems design coordination for high voltage power substations.
Elaboration of reference terms for supply, installation and put into service of power
substation projects.
Technical evaluation of high voltage power substations projects for supply, installation and
put into service.
Most relevant projects carried out:
EEB- EDEMTEC Consorcial- Technical evaluation for Guatemala Power Transmission
System Expansion Project PET-1-2009. Electromechanical, control and protection designs
for 230 kV substations in breaker and a half configuration, and 66 kV substations in main
bus and transfer bus configuration.
Siemens Spain – Control and Protection Basic Engineering for Sn. Geronimo and Cabruta
400/230/115 kV Substations. Detailed site survey for the extension of 400 kV breaker and
half configuration, protection system basic design for new 230 kV ring substation and main
bus plus transfer bus configuration.
SIEMENS S.A./Transmission and Distribution Services Department (PTD SE)
Service Electrical Engineer Jr.
Bogotá, Colombia. Ag. 2005 – Oct. 2008
Control and protection systems design for power substations: preparing basic and
schematic diagrams of protection and control in new and existing substation projects to
satisfy customer requirements.
Site surveys and assistance for the put on service of control and protection design in power
substations
Documentation flow control and design coordination in power substation projects
Most relevant projects carried out:
Isolux /Siemens Spain – Qatar Electric System Expansion Project Phase VIII.
Control and protection design coordination for 66 kV GIS substations and 11 kV metal clad
substations
ISA S.A E.S.P. -Secondary Engineering for 230 kV Chivor Substation Retrofit Project.
Site survey, design and put on service for the power equipment and protection replacement
Siemens PTD-H – 115/34,5/13,8 kV Basic Control and Protection Designs.
Control and protection Schematic Diagrams for 115 kV Substation in H configuration with future ring
and breaker and half substations, and 34,5/13,8 kV substations in main bus plus transfer bus
configurations.
Transelca S. A. E. S. P. – Updating and Digitalization of Schematic Diagrams for 230 and
115 kV substations in several configurations: site survey, updating, site test of schematic
diagrams
INESSMAN LTDA
Consultant Engineer in Power Systems
Bogotá, Colombia. March. 2004 – Jun. 2005
Power system analysis using Etap Power Station tool
Electrical tests of power and protection equipment
Most relevant projects carried out:
PETROBRAS COLOMBIA LTD. – Power System Analysis and Protection Coordination for
Rio Ceibas Oil Field: Site survey and settings calculation for protection relays of the
34,5/0,48 kV distribution system.
Southern Copper Corporation, Ilo Peru Refinery – Harmonic Distortion Analysis for the
Rectifiers Transformers 115 kV: Measurements analysis and recommendations to mitigate
harmonic components in the plant distribution system.
VATECH- Functional Protocols for Putting into Service 115 kV La Virginia Extension Project
and La Virginia-Certegui Transmission Line.
ISAGEN S. A. E. S. P. /Energy Generation Business Unit/Engineering Division
Analyst Engineer Jr.
Medellín, Colombia. Jan – Jul. 2002.
Most relevant projects carried out:
Failure characterization analysis of generator windings for the San Carlos Power Plant
Generators 150 MVA, 16,5 kV.
Choice of dielectric oil for 230 kV power cables system of San Carlos power plant.
Comparative analysis of different manufacturer oils under technical and economical criteria
COMPLEMANTARY COURSES AND SEMINARS
TRAINING ON DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND IP TECHNOLOGY, CETTM of MTNL. Mumbai,
India. Jun. - Ag. 2010
Course of High and Extra High Voltage Substations, University of Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia
2001
LANGUAGES
Advanced English level (100 % written, 95 % spoken). MELICET Test
Intermediate French level (80% written, 65% spoken)
Spanish as a mother tongue
INFORMATIC TOOLS
General: Office, Project, Autocad 2006
Especialized: Elcad 7.3.1 (control and protection schematic diagrams), Etap Power Station v.5.0
(power system analysis and protection coordination) DigSilent Power Factory (power system
analysis for large transmission systems)
PUBLICATIONS
Project Degree to apply for T&D Specialist Degree: “Technical Specification of Phasor
Measurement System to monitor 230 kV Colombian Power Transmission System Using PMUs”
witht the advice of Colombian National Control Centre. Bogota, Sept. 2011
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Felipe Restrepo Vallejo
May 2011