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Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 01/Oct/2025
10:30am
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12:15pm
A1-5: Asset management
Location: Room 520C
 
10:30am - 10:45am

REPLACING DIAMOND COIL STATOR WINDINGS WITH ROEBEL HALF-BAR TYPE ARMATURE WINDINGS TO MITIGATE THE FREQUENT STATOR FAILURES CAUSED BY INTER-TURN FAULTS : NHPC EXPERIENCE

LAKESH KUMAR, ADITYA BHARDWAJ, MOHAMMAD YUSUF, BUDAMA KRISHNA CHAITHANYA

NHPC LIMITED, India



10:45am - 11:00am

Stator Windings Neutral Inversion Case Study

Claude Hudon, Remi Taghizad, Gabriel Gosselin, Clément Durochat

DMI Energy, Canada



11:00am - 11:15am

The Need for a Classification of Different Kinds of Partial Discharges to Provide Effective Reinvigoration of the Corona Effect Preventive System in Stator Winding Maintenance Process

Jorge Johnny Rocha Echeverria, Mauro Ken Iti Uemori

Trassínio Consultoria Ltda, Brazil



11:15am - 11:30am

Assessment of the Stator Insulation System of Synchronous Compensators to Determine the Need for Modernization

Júlio Nascimento, Fernando Brasil

Eletrobras-Eletronorte, Brazil



11:30am - 11:45am

Insulation Systems for Motors, Generators and Synchronous Condensers – Contributions to writing Specifications for Services and new Windings.

Fernando Roberto Spezia, Camila dos Santos Gonçalves, Julio Acordi Dorigon

WEG, Brazil



11:45am - 12:00pm

Enhancing combined cycle power plant Efficiency Through Advanced Fogging Techniques: GE 13E2 gas turbine no.5 in Samra/Jordan as a case study.

Mohammad Farhan Zyoud1, lutfi alsharif2

1: Samra Electrical Power Company SEPCo., Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of; 2: Hussien technical university / Jordan



12:00pm - 12:15pm

Méthode d’atténuation des dangers liés aux éclats d’arc de grande énergie

Kirk Gray, Brouillette Jean

Hydro Quebec, Canada

A2-4: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Arcing Fault Containment
Location: Room 520F
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Improvement and Strengthening Method for Local Structure of UHV Converter Oil Tank for Defense Against High-Energy Arc Faults

Yikun Zhao, Zongliang Zhang, Peng Li, Ke Wang, Shuqi Zhang

China Electric Power Research Institute China, China, People's Republic of



10:45am - 11:00am

Experimental Study on Explosion-Proof Strategy for On-Load Tap Changer

Jiaxi Li1,2, Ke Wang1,2, Hongwei Zhang3, Yikun Zhao1,2

1: China Electric Power Research Institute, China, People's Republic of; 2: National Engineering Research Center of UHV Technology, Haidian District, Beijing 100192, China; 3: China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing



11:00am - 11:15am

Mitigation of Fire due to High Energy Internal Arc in Bushing Turrets: Additional New Test Results

Mohamed Ryadi1, Ewald Werner Taschler2, Jean-Baptiste Meillier1, Luc Pauliac1, Martin Stoessl2, Hannes Bachkoenig2

1: EDF; 2: Siemens-Energy, Austria



11:15am - 11:30am

Research on Pressure Characteristics of HVDC Transfomer Turret on Arc Fault

Licheng Lu, Hongchuan Dong, Juzhen Wu, Yuhang Li

State Grid Economic and Technological Research Institute Co., Ltd., China, People's Republic of



11:30am - 11:45am

Arc Fault Detection in Transformers Using Optical Cable Sensors to Reduce the Risk of Explosion

Aref Sharifi1, Moritz Kuhnke1, Peter Werle1, Asghar Akbari2

1: Schering-Institute for High Voltage Engineering and Asset Management Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany; 2: Electrical Engineering Department K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran

A3-6: Circuit breaker application
Location: Room 519A
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Long-term measurements of switching transients with VCBs – intelligent data analysis and algorithms

Roberto Schulze1, Erik Sperling2

1: OMICRON electronics, Germany; 2: OMICRON electronics, Switzerland



10:45am - 11:00am

Integration of Digital Technologies in Medium Voltage Switchgears

Sneha Patel1, Sergio Sevileanu2, Mohammed Kabir1, Mohammad Ali Khan1, Mikhail Rabinovich3

1: Siemens, Canada; 2: Siemens AG; 3: Siemens, USA



11:00am - 11:15am

Capacitive Current Switching Test on Vacuum Circuit Breaker and Evaluation of Voltage Factor on the Future Italian 36 kV Network

Francesco Palone, Luca Buono, Gabriele Tresso, Mattia Boiani

Terna Rete Italia, Italy



11:15am - 11:30am

420 kV 30 MVAr reactive inductive compensation solutions and type tests in extreme low temperature -50C.

Guilhem Blanchet1, Sveinung Pettersen2, Anders Lægreid1

1: Statnett SF, Norway; 2: Equinor



11:30am - 11:45am

Development of an Anomaly Detection System for Gas Circuit Breaker

Koma Sato, Tomonori Chikano, Yu Takahara, Katsuhiko Fujioka, Shota Tanaka, Kazuhiro Oda, Daisaku Yamada, Masashi Kitayama

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan



11:45am - 12:00pm

A broad return of experience for Power Transformer Energization with Controlled Switching technique, based on more than forty cases.

Alain FANGET

GE Vernova, France

B3-5: EHV & UHV AC and DC Substation Topics
Location: Room 520E
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Development of 1,000 kV Substation Equipment and Technological Advancements in Japan through Demonstration and Verification Test

Yuki ISHIKAWA1, Masataka SHUGO1, Shigeyuki TSUKAO1, Toshiyuki SAIDA2, Yukiyasu SHIRASAKA3, Kenji SASAMORI4, Yoshitake KAI5

1: TEPCO Power Grid, Inc., Japan; 2: Toshiba energy systems & solutions Co.; 3: The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan; 4: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; 5: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.



10:45am - 11:00am

“Revolutionizing Substation Monitoring: Design and Development of AI integrated Autonomous Mobile Robot for Power Substation Inspection and Monitoring”

Pradeep Singh Chauhan1, Anirudha Bhattacharjee2, Nayan Jyoti Baishya2, Bishakh Bhattacharya2

1: Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. Gurgaon, India; 2: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India



11:00am - 11:15am

Challenge of High Ground Potential Rise in Transmission Substations having High Ground Fault Levels and Solving Approach

Aslam Khan

Hydro One Networks Inc., Canada



11:15am - 11:30am

Auxiliary Power System Design Approach for HVDC Converter Stations

Frida Ceja Gomez, Daljit Dev

AtkinsRealis, Canada



11:30am - 11:45am

Design concepts for compact air insulated substations

Maurizio Albano1, A. Manu Haddad1, Muhammad Shaban2, Mark Waldron2

1: Cardiff University, United Kingdom; 2: National Grid, United Kingdom



11:45am - 12:00pm

Seismic qualification of cylindrical electrical equipment in UHV substations

Sheng Li

University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, People's Republic of



12:00pm - 12:15pm

Substation EHV/HV transformer circuit layout optimized for lightning protection

Nkululeko Mazibuko

National Transmission Company South Africa, South Africa



12:15pm - 12:30pm

Predictive Power Flow Simulator for SCADA Systems—A Real-World Implementation

Asim AKHTAR, Hiren GAGNANI, Orion WHEELER, Abdel Rahman KHATIB

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., United States of America



12:30pm - 12:45pm

Off-Load Bus Splitter arrangement in 400 kV Double Main Bus Bar Scheme to mitigate complete disruption of power supply during breakdown/repair

Brijesh YADAV, Arti YADAV, Kuleshwar SAHU, A.K. DIXIT

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., India

B4-5: Meshed AC/DC Systems
Location: Room 518BC
This session addresses control and operation as well as study methodologies of parallel or meshed AC/DC system.
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Generalized AC/DC Power Flow Methodology including Opportunities offered by Converters

Lee Raiyan bin Zulkifli1, Josep Fanals i Batllori1, Titouan Delorme1, Santiago Peñate-Vera1, Oriol Gomis Bellmunt2

1: eRoots Analytics, Spain; 2: CITCEA-UPC, Spain



10:45am - 11:00am

Control and Operation of Parallel Interconnection of HVDC and HVAC Systems

Omar Fadhel Jasim1, Taoufik Qoria2, Farheen Chishti3, Fatima Amara1, Ameen Fayaz1, Senthooran Balasubramaniam1, Priyanka Mishra3

1: GE Vernova, United Kingdom; 2: GE Vernova, Germany; 3: GE Vernova, India



11:00am - 11:15am

Resilience-Oriented Evaluation of Static Var Compensators in Hybrid AC-HVDC Power Systems

Mohammad Ghanbari1, Mohsen Zadeh1, Sina Driss1, Fatemeh Ahmadi-Gorjayi2

1: Jacobs Engineering Group, Canada; 2: Jacobs Solutions, United States



11:15am - 11:30am

Modeling dispatch scenarios of an embedded HVDC link using historical NYISO data

Mohtarima Begum Medha1, Luigi Vanfretti1, Supriya S. Tawde2, Jason Frasier2, Pradip Kumar2

1: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States of America; 2: New York Independent System Operator (NYISO)



11:30am - 11:45am

Frequency Stability in Hybrid AC/DC Transmission Systems: Evaluation of Grid Forming and Grid Following Converter Controls with DC Momentary Reserves

Siyuan Li, Florian Freidinger, Aaron Hebing, Lukas Jung, Xiong Xiao, Jutta Hanson

Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany



11:45am - 12:00pm

Enhancing Grid Stability: The Role and Design of Static Frequency Converters in the Kühtai 2 Variable Speed Pumped Storage Power Plant

Alexandre Christe1, Tobias Thurnherr1, Christoph Haederli1, Steve Aubert1, Wolfgang Kofler2, Andreas Hammer2

1: Hitachi Energy Ltd, Switzerland; 2: TIWAG Tiroler Wasserkraft AG

C1-4: PS1: Congestion, Curtailment, Reliability, Adequacy & Uncertainty
Location: Room 519B
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Analysis of the Impact of Curative Congestion Management Measures on System Stability

Fabian Meissner, Ricarda Kriete, Stefanie Samaan, Albert Moser

RWTH Aachen University, Germany



10:45am - 11:00am

Energy Curtailment Analysis in Alberta

ASHRAF UL HAQUE1, ASHIKUR BHUIYA2, HABIB MASUM1

1: Stantec Consulting Ltd., Canada; 2: ARUP, Canada



11:00am - 11:15am

Weather Synchronizations - The key Consideration for System Simulation and Reliability Assessment

Ming Hu

AESO, Canada



11:15am - 11:30am

Power System Reliability Models and the Characterization of Equipment Outage Durations

Razib Hasan1, Selena Lee1, JinMing Liu1, Partha Roy1, Thomas Fredeman1, David Allen2

1: Consolidated Edison Co. of NY, United States of America; 2: Risk Research Group, USA



11:30am - 11:45am

Strathclyde European Electricity Market Model: a 14-Zone disaggregated GB model for adequacy and cost assessment of future decarbonisation pathways

Shanay Skellern, Callum MacIver, Magnus Jamieson, Keith Bell

University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom



11:45am - 12:00pm

Adaptive Power System planning for integration of new Technologies

Frederik J van der Linde1, Muath Akkad1, Stefan Kovacevic1, Sultana Begum2, Kate Young1

1: Jacobs, United Kingdom; 2: Jacobs, UAE

C4-4: ADVANCED SIMULATION MODELS FOR ANALYSIS OF IBR DOMINATED SYSTEMS
Location: Room 521ABC
 
10:30am - 10:45am

A Data-Driven Aggregated Model of IBR-based Networks for EMT Simulations; Accuracy and Performance Analysis

ABOUBACAR ABDOU DANGO1, INNOCENT KAMWA1, HIMANSHU GROVER1, ALI HAJEBRAHIMI2, ALIREZA MASOOM2, NASIM RASHIDIRAD2

1: Laval university, Canada; 2: Institut de recherche de Hydro-Québec, Canada



10:45am - 11:00am

Detailed Circuit-Based Model of Switched Reluctance Motor Drive System for Electromagnetic Transient Studies

Seyedarmin Mirnikjoo1, Mohammed Naidjate1, Jean Mahseredjian1, Nicolas Bracikowski2, Paul Akiki3

1: Polytechnique Montreal, Canada; 2: IREENA Laboratory of Nantes University; 3: EDF-R&D, Électricité de France



11:00am - 11:15am

Research on Transient Characteristics of 300MVar Air-cooled Cylindrical Rotor Synchronous Condenser

Guifen Li1, Xu Ge1, Zhiqiang Li2, Yutian Sun1

1: Harbin Electric Machinary Company Limited, China, People's Republic of; 2: China Electric Power Research Institute Company Limited, China, People's Republic of



11:15am - 11:30am

On the Effect of Tap Changers on Voltage Stability with Polynomial Loads

Andrea Zanelli1, Dirk Schmidt1, Matthias Resch1, Marco Giovanelli1, Martin Geidl1, Walter Sattinger2

1: University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland; 2: Swissgrid Inc.



11:30am - 11:45am

Impact of IBR Equivalent Negative Sequence Impedance on Overvoltages on Healthy Phases during Faults

Cassandre Sarrazin, Julie Lacroix

Hydro-Québec, Canada



11:45am - 12:00pm

Leveraging specialized utility testing facilities for rigorous evaluation and de-risking of PMU solutions: two comprehensive case studies

Sagnik Basumallik1, Reza Pourramezan1, Alex Ludewig1, Neeraj Nayak2, Hossein Hooshyar1

1: New York Power Authority, United States of America; 2: Electric Power Group

C5-4: C5 Flexibility integration into electricity markets
Location: Room 518A
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Independent Power Supply: Balancing Self-Consumption and Grid Connection – A New Challenge for Emerging Renewable Energy in Thailand's Energy Landscape

NOPPADOL CHUANCHAIYAKUL

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Thailand



10:45am - 11:00am

Demand Response Impact on the South African Network

Hinesh Madhoo1, Sipho Mdhluli2, Sharon Makopo2, Darryl Chapman1

1: Eskom, South Africa; 2: CSIR, South Africa



11:00am - 11:15am

Demand Response (DR) as a key enabler for System Flexibility in power systems with high VRE resources

Matome Malematja, Siju Joseph

National Transmission Company South Africa SOC Ltd, South Africa



11:15am - 11:30am

Accelerating the Uptake of Electric Vehicles in the Logistics Industry by Contributing to the Power Grid

HAJAR ABDOLAHINIA, Innocent Kamwa, Abbas Rabiee

Laval university, Canada



11:30am - 11:45am

Integrating Electric Vehicles to the Power Grid: A Proposed Framework

Jovanio Santos, Dorel Ramos

University of Sao Paulo

     
10:30am
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1:00pm
B2-8: AI-Driven Inspection and Monitoring for Overhead Transmission Systems
Location: Plenary Room
 
10:30am - 10:45am

AI based Automation in Thermovision scanning of Overhead EHV Lines using Geo fencing technology.

Kapil P. Umak, Vikas M. Bhondve, Dinesh S. Tembe, Vijay Doijadkar, Shivanjali Singh, Riddhiman Chanda

The Tata power Company Limited, India



10:45am - 11:00am

Development of AI powered anomaly detection for Power Transmission Towers and Powerlines using Drone captured data

Shunsuke ISHIDA1, Fumihiko KONDO1, Yuki MARUME1, Takaya MASUDA2, Masahiro OGAWA2

1: Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc, Japan; 2: SENSYN ROBOTICS, Inc.



11:00am - 11:15am

Development and use of Artificial Intelligence in the Maintenance of Overhead Lines

Carlos Alexandre Meireles do Nascimento1, Lucas Souza1, Alexander Silva1, Hani YEHIA2, Giovanni MARTINS2, Ana GOMES3, Jhon ERAZO4, Alexandre ALEIXO5, Paulo PINTO6

1: Cemig GT, Brazil; 2: UFMG, Brazil; 3: SCCON Geospatial, Brazil; 4: SENAI-SC, Brazil; 5: Imagem, Brazil; 6: Trixel, Brazil



11:15am - 11:30am

Computer vision and AI for powergrid automated inspection

Mandana Taleb1, Stefan GUDMUNDSSON1, Valentin PHILIPP2

1: RTE, France; 2: Picsellia France



11:30am - 11:45am

Detection of Construction Sites Near Infrastructures Using Satellite Technologies

Mandana Taleb1, Maria Papadomanolaki2, Alexander Blauw2

1: RTE, France; 2: Orbital Eye, Netherlands



11:45am - 12:00pm

Artificial Intelligence and Drones for the Inspection and Fault Detection of Transmission Line Component

Abdel Rahman Alheyasat

National Electric Power Company/ Jordan, Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of



12:15pm - 12:30pm

Mapping Of The Near-Surface Oxidative Pollution From Space Using Machine-Learning Techniques

Mandana Taleb1, Jean-Christophe PERE2, Boris GRATADOUX2, Nabil Jaoudar1, Sylvain TANGUY2, Eric LASSERRE2, Johannes STAUFER2, Laure CHAUMAT2, Didier ARNAL-BREZUN2

1: RTE, France; 2: Thales Services Numériques France



12:30pm - 12:45pm

Research on Tree Obstacle Satellite Monitoring Method for Overhead Lines Based on Fusion of Tower Features

Sihang Zhang, Zhi Yang, Kuanjun Zhu, Lixian Zhou, Hui Chen, Junhui Li, Bin Zhao, Chang Liu

State Grid Electric Power Engineering Research Institute, China, People's Republic of



12:45pm - 1:00pm

On the use of IA for accelerated defects detection in the case of UAV transmission tower audit.

Karl Olechnowicz01, Guillaume Maitre02

1: CIMA+, Canada; 2: University of Namur, Belgique

1:30pm
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3:00pm
EHV & UHV: Operation and Maintenance of EHV Equipment
Location: Room 522A
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Advancements in Power System through Onsite repair Techniques of Power Transformer and Reactors: Reducing Downtime and Costs

ALOK KUMAR1, MADHAN KUMAR SUBRAMANI2, PANKAJ SHARMA1, YUGESH KUMAR DIXIT1

1: Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., India; 2: BHEL



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Vibro-acoustic Mechanism and Characteristics of Converter Transformer Windings under Valve-Side DC Bias

Xiaolin Zhao, Yuwei Zhong, Peng Li, Shuqi Zhang, Ke Wang, Huiwen He

China Electric Power Research Institute, China, People's Republic of



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Increased cable availability through online assessment

Christoph Steiner1, Iaroslav Shevchenko1, Muhammad Arif3, Denis Tsvetkov2, Mikhail Babenkov2, Peter Birkholz3, Ekatarina Podolska2, Uwe Kaltenborn1, Thomas Steiner1

1: HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH, Germany; 2: Polycentrum S Solutions SL,Spain; 3: Technische Universität Dresden, Germany



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Research on Oil-immersed Reactive Power Compensation Device for UHV AC Project in High-altitude Areas

Yan Du, Jiangbo Chen, Minfeng Shao, Hui Li

CEPRI, China, People's Republic of



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Analysis of Disconnection Fault on a 1000KV UHV Line

Hui Liu1, Jun Yong2, Chao Zhou1, Rong Liu1, Ran Jia1

1: State Grid Shandong Electric Power Research Institute, China, People's Republic of; 2: State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company, China, People's Republic of



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Maintenance Experiences for UHV overhead lines in Japan

Tomoaki KAWAMURA, Shohei TAKAHASHI, Keigo TANAKA, Noriyuki TAKADA, Yoichi TSUCHIDA, Tomonori SHIRAISHI

TEPCO Power Grid, Inc., Japan

1:30pm
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3:30pm
A1-6: Asset management
Location: Room 520C
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

STRATEGIC PLANNING & CHALLENGES FOR INSTALLATION OF GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKERS (GCBs) TO IMPROVE PROTECTION OF THE GENERATING UNIT, BY CLEARING POTENTIAL HARMFUL SHORT-CIRCUIT FAULTS IN THE HYDRO POWER STATIONS

SUPRAKASH ADHIKARI, NIRAJ KUMAR SINGH, MITESH KUMAR, ALOK YADAV

NHPC LIMITED, India



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Design And Analysis of New Bladeless Vortex Wind Turbine

Payam Alemi, Mahdi Zavvar, Alireza Khosroshahi

Hatch, Canada



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Dynamic State Estimation of Doubly Fed Induction Generator based on Robust Particle Filtering

Shahabodin Afrasiabi1, Sarah Allahmoradi2

1: Power System Consultant (PSC), Canada; 2: FortisAlberta Inc., Canada



2:15pm - 2:30pm

CMS support in preventive maintenance actions to extend the useful life of direct drive turbine main bearings

Emerson Lima do Nascimento1, Rafael Rosar Matos1, Tiago Kaoru Matsuo1, Emerson Ancini1, Douglas Brandão2

1: AQTech Power Prognostics, Brazil; 2: CEMIG



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Case study: supporting the maintenance management of wind turbine fleets with gearbox defect patterns using condition monitoring systems

Emerson Lima do Nascimento1, Rafael Rosar Matos1, Emerson Ancnini1, Tiago Kaoru Matsuo1, Ermerson Lima2

1: AQTech Power Prognostics, Brazil; 2: CGN Brazil Energy, Brazil



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Practical Applications of Electrical and Current Signature Analysis in DFIG Wind Generator and Powertrain Reliability Evaluation

Howard W Penrose

MotorDoc LLC, United States of America



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Digital twin model for predicting the energy generation from the wind turbine

Donya Azhand, Faramarz Ghelichi, Safdar Mahdavi Majd, peyman alimohammadi

Monenco Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of

A2-5: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Materials and Environment
Location: Room 520F
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

The Role of Nitrogen Additives and Meta-Aramid Fibres in Water Migration for Optimized Transformer Operation

Oscar H. Arroyo-Fernandez, Patrick Picher, Mariela Rodriguez, Brigitte Morin

Hydro-Québec, Canada



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Determination of Low Molecular Weight Acids in Power Transformer Mineral Oil

Esperanza Mariela Rodriguez Celis, Brigitte Morin, Oscar Henry Arroyo Fernandez, Patrick Picher

Hydro-Quebec, Canada



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Explore The Use Of Synthetic Ester In Transformers Beyond Fire and Environmental Safety Benefits

Jinesh Malde1, Jonathan Brenton2, Brett Belbin2, Anthony Alan Coker1

1: Shell; 2: Newfoundland Power



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Carbon Footprint Analysis of Various Insulating Fluids used in Power Transformers

Christophe ELLEAU, Lea QUILLARD, Lamine COULIBALY

EDF Electricité de France, France



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Study on Thermal Expansion Characteristics and Limit Values of Dry-type Bushings for 750 kV Transformers under Extreme Environments

Gaoyi Shang1, Wanhao Shi1, Dingqian Yang2, Xuandong Liu1

1: Xi'an Jiaotong University, China; 2: State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Research Institute, China



2:45pm - 3:00pm

On Load Tapchangers for low temperature and harsh environmental applications

Onkar C Kolambkar, Pranav Shanker, X Leo Sushil

CTR Manufacturing Industries Private Limited, India



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Standard Approach Towards Power Transformers’ Sustainability through a Joint Industrial Project

MOHAMMAD REZA SHAH MOHAMMADI1, Christina IOSIFIDOU2, Yiri Massop1

1: dnv; 2: Siemens Energy

A3-7: Instrument transformers
Location: Room 519A
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Low-Power Instrument Transformers for Control, Protection and Metering Applications

Valeri Oganezov1, Lukas Cesky2, Vaclav Prokop2

1: ABB Inc,, Canada; 2: ABB s.r.o., Czech Republic



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Optical Current Transformers: Bridging Measurement Accuracy and Predictive Maintenance

Carlos Dutra1, Luan Tominaga1, Jurandir Oliveira1, Vitor Woyakewicz2, Sergio Zimath2, Tiago Matsuo2, Luciano Freitas3, Rubens Nascimento3

1: PowerOpticks, Brazil; 2: AQTech, Brazil; 3: ENGIE, Brazil



2:00pm - 2:15pm

New test and commissioning tools and concepts for low power instrument transformer

Peter Menke2, Franz Gatzen3, Patrick Ganser2, Federico Canas3, Max Burow2, Jörg Blumschein3, Antoni Furlani Rosa1, Lucas Varela1, Thomas Neumeier3, Andre Rios1

1: SecuControl Inc, United States of America; 2: Siemens Energy Germany; 3: Siemens AG Germany



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Test voltage investigations on wide-bandwidth accuracy behaviour of medium voltage LPVTs using sweep frequency response analysis

Thomas Bischof1, Lukas Cesky2, Erik Sperling3, Danish Baig4, Bretislav Sevcik2

1: OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria; 2: ABB s.r.o, Czech Republic; 3: OMICRON, Switzerland; 4: ABB, Canada



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Recommendations for the Low – Power Passive Instrument Transformers testing

Lukas Cesky1, Ryan Elo2, Mirza Danish Baig3, Karol Majer2, Martin Celko2, Vaclav Prokop2, Victor Villanueva4

1: ABB, Brno, Czech Republic; 2: OMICRON electronics Corp., USA; 3: ABB Inc., Canada; 4: ABB Inc., USA



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Development and Testing of a 110 kV 10000 pF Dry Type Capacitive Voltage Transformer (CVT)

Robert Leonard Middleton, Eric Euvrard, Haizhen Wang

RHM International



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Frequency-Dependent Validation of an Electromagnetic Control-Oriented Current Transformer Model

Nicolai Schwartze1,2, Dennis Albert1, Sonja Moschik1, Markus Reichhartinger2

1: OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria; 2: Graz University of Technology, Austria



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Development of an optimised Fibre Optics Sensor for Laboratory and Substation non-invasive Calibration of Current Transformers

Gabriella CROTTI1, Palma Sara LETIZIA1, Alf-Peter ELG2, Guglielmo FRIGO3, Jari HÄLLSTRÖM4, Paolo MAZZA5, Burak AYHAN6, Hüseyin ÇAYCI6, Mikael LINDGREN2

1: INRIM Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica; 2: RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB; 3: METAS Federal Institute of Metrology; 4: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd; 5: RSE Ricerca Sistema Energetico; 6: TUBITAK The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye

B2-9: HTLS Conductor and Smart Installation for Grid Resilience
Location: Plenary Room
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Development of new equipment to install Aircraft Warning Markers in overhead lines

Carlos Alexandre Do Nascimento1, Lucas Souza1, Guilherme Neves1, Daniel Silva1, Allan Gomes2, Danilo Malleta3, Albert Santos4, Pedro Menezes4, Alexandre Bracarense4, Daiane GUIMARAES5, Luiz JUNIOR4, Carlos SOUSA2

1: Cemig GT and Cigre Brasil, Brazil; 2: Cemig D, Brazil; 3: Grupo ICTS, Brazil; 4: MB Wellworks, Brazil; 5: Berkan



1:45pm - 2:00pm

A new method to carry out the thermal cycling test on splice connectors of overhead lines

Meysam Hassanipour, Sylvain Canuel, Simon PRUD’HOMME

Hydroquebec, Canada



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Predictive Modelling of Zinc Coating Corrosion in ACSR Conductors Integrating Environmental Exposures

Shaoqi Yang1, Luc Chouinard1, Meysam Hassanipour2

1: McGill University, Canada; 2: L'Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec, Canada



2:15pm - 2:30pm

LineCore Technology to Detect Corrosion in ACSR Overhead Line Conductors

Gilles Rousseau1, Simon Francoeur2, Francis Boudreault-Leclerc2, Nicolas Pouliot1

1: Hydro-Québec, Canada; 2: Nucleom, Canada



2:30pm - 2:45pm

From Single to Multistrand Carbon Core Conductors: A Deep Dive into the Advanced PMC HTLS Conductors

Antti Hassinen1, Luca Mora2, Davide Peroni2, Debora Mimo2, Sami Pirinen1, Heini Kloster1

1: Exel Composites, Finland; 2: De Angeli Prodotti, Italy



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Grid enhancing Technologies: advanced Conductor Design Considerations

Kailey Marissa Cole

POWER Engineers, Inc., Canada



3:00pm - 3:15pm

The evolution of design and industrial standards: the Italian experience on stranded core polymeric matrix composite HTLS conductors

Marco Di Vaio, Piero Berardi, Daniele Cortese, Raffaele Costagliola, Enrico Di Vito, Mauro Gambassi, Gregorio Greco, Alberto Piccinin

TERNA, Italy



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Increasing Grid Capacity with Giga-Strength Steel

Daniel Berkowitz

Bekaert, United States of America

B3-6: EHV & UFV AC and DC Substation Topics
Location: Room 520E
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Theoretical Analysis of Corona-Induced High-Frequency Interference Caused by 315 kV Substations Located in the Vicinity of an Airport

Marc-André Joyal, Olivier Turcotte, Martin Edgar Cormier

Hydro-Québec, Canada



1:45pm - 2:00pm

DG Set Replacement with BESS

Ravi Kumar Sahu, Vikas Balkrishna GAWALI, Ganesh Tawre

TATA Power Co. Ltd, India

B4-6: FACTS - Application, Design, Control and Performance
Location: Room 518BC
This session addresses various topics of FACTS devices.
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Riverton STATCOM: Grid-Forming Controls for a Robust Solution Under Changing System Conditions

Christian Winter1, Jessica Marshik1, Heinrich Von Geymueller2, Mateusz Gietz2, Joanne Hu3, Bruno Bisewski3

1: Minnesota Power, United States of America; 2: Siemens Energy, Germany; 3: RBJ Engineering, Canada



1:45pm - 2:00pm

First Hybrid STATCOM Reactive Compensator on Hydro-Québec 735 kV Transmission System. Design, EMT Studies and Special Control Features.

Marc-Antoine Légaré1, Dany Fortin1, Mohamad Alawie1, Georg Pilz2, Lukas Friess2, Daniel Paul2, Colin Clark3

1: Hydro-Québec, Canada; 2: Siemens Energy, Germany; 3: Siemens Energy, Canada



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Engineering Experience of MMC based Static Synchronous Condenser (MMC-SSC) with Grid Forming Capability

Nannan Wang, Rundong Lv, Chong Wang, Shunke Sui, Xiuda Ma

NR Electric Co., Ltd., China, People's Republic of



2:15pm - 2:30pm

A new STATCOM topology equipped with short-time energy storage and Grid Forming control for HV network voltage and frequency regulation

Gianluca Postiglione, Massimiliano Andreotti, Moreno Ripamonti, Claudio Finotti, Giovanni Borghetti, Oriol Gomis, Eduardo Prieto, Vinicius Albenraz Lacerda

Nidec Conversion, Italy



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Genetically Optimised Feedback Linearizing Control for STATCOM

Boniface CHIA1, Stella MORRIS2, P.K. Dash3

1: Sarawak Energy Berhad, Malaysia; 2: University Tunku Abdul Rahman; 3: Siksha “O” Anusandhan University



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Application of STATCOM as a countermeasure for increasing the number of Switchgear openings and closings for the Reactive Power Supplier in the Hida-Shinano FC

Yuji Aihara, Shigenori Kakuno, Masahito Kaneko, Masanori Takechi

TEPCO Power Grid, Inc., Japan



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Improved STATCOM Ride-Through Performance in presence of GIC

Ardavan Mohammadhassani1, Mark McVey1, Zhibo Wang2, Sugiyama Hironori3, Seo Hiroki3

1: Dominion Energy, United States of America; 2: MEPPI, United States of America; 3: MELCO, Japan



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Analytical Modelling and Measurement of Magnetic Flux in SVC Installations: A Case Study from Konjsko Substation

Ante Soldo1, Silvestar Šesnić2, Tonko Garma2, Boris Avramović1

1: The independent Transmission System Operator in Croatia, Croatia (HOPS); 2: University of Split, Croatia (FESB)

B5-1: Fault Location, autoreclosing, controlled switching, wide-area measurements
Location: Room 520B
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Fault location for three-ended and mixed lines using synchronized measurements

Michael Kockott1, OD Naidu2, Neethu George2, Sinisa Zubić3

1: Hitachi Energy, United States of America; 2: Hitachi Energy, India; 3: Hitachi Energy, Sweden



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Implementation of a Scalable Multi-Breaker Synchronization Scheme for Switching Stations in SaskPower

Ashutosh SINGH1, Murtuza RUPAWALA1, Tyson MAIER2, Elemer DEMETER2

1: siemens canada limited, Canada; 2: Saskatchewan Power Corporation, Canada



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Synchronised Data enabled detection and localisation of high impedance earth faults.

HUGH BORLAND1, Tony Yip2, Jan Zurowski3

1: Applied IQ, Ireland; 2: Applied IQ, UK; 3: Applied IQ, Poland



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Use of Most Advanced Controlled Switching Techniques to Mitigate the Widespread Regional Impacts of a Power Transformer’s Energizations

Vincent Balvet1, Leon Koricki2, Janko Blatnik3

1: VIZIMAX Inc., Canada; 2: ELES, d.o.o., Slovenia; 3: VIZIMAX Inc., Slovenia



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Advancing Wide Area Measurement Systems: Insights from Global Applications and Industry Trends

Liling Huang, Mark Adamiak

George Mason University, United States of America

C1-5: PS1/2: Hydrogen, Heat, Multi-energy systems & Planning
Location: Room 519B
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Global sustainable energy system coupling electricity and hydrogen

Nicolas Chamollet1, Duncan Mathews2, Raul Montano3, Ling Wei4

1: EDF, France; 2: University College Cork; 3: Hitachi Energy; 4: Electric Power Development Research Institute



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Hydrogen Production from Thermal Electricity Constraint management

Charlotte Higgins1, Jacob Kane1, Paul Wakely2, Helen Dugdale3, Hanna Lawrence1, Adrian Anderson1

1: Arup, United Kingdom; 2: National Energy System Operator (NESO), United Kingdom; 3: National Gas, United Kingdom



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Economic Evaluation of energy-flexible Heating and Holding Phases of Melting Furnaces

Alexander Mages1,2, Alexander Sauer1,2

1: Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer IPA, Germany



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Quantifying the Industrial Heat Electrification Potential for Grid Planning

Francis LEBREUX DESILETS, Soseh ZADOORIAN, Matheus ZAMBRONI, Steven WONG

NRCAN



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Investigation of the Influence of Energy policy framework conditions on the Development of Municipal Multi-energy systems

Paul Maximilian Röhrig1,2, Leon Zoller1, Oliver Banovic1, Julius Zocher2, Andreas Ulbig1,2

1: RWTH Aachen, IAEW, Aachen, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer FIT, Aachen, Germany



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Railway Multi-Energy Hub for a Resilient Integrated Energy System

JAMES YU, Ross Davison, Brian Sweeney, Kang Li, Ross Kirkwood, Colin McNaught, Pingz Qian

SP Energy Networks, United Kingdom



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Strategic planning of network expansion by considering different constraints and factors

Stefano Grassi

Gilytics AG, Switzerland



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Enhancing Grid Utilization: A Case Study on Dynamic Line Rating and Advanced Power Flow Control for Long Term Planning

Swaroop Guggilam, Alberto Del Rosso

EPRI, United States of America

C2-1: Advanced Control, Optimization, and Resilience in Modern Power Systems
Location: Room 520AD
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Robust Model Predictive Control for Fast Frequency Control in Low-Inertia Grids Using Box-Jenkins Identified Models of Grid-Forming Inverters

Masood Mottaghizadeh, Innocent Kamwa, Abbas Rabiee, Seyed Masoud Mohseni-Bonab, Navid Vafamand

Laval University, Canada



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Quantifying Inertia Contributions of Inverter-Based Resources: Method Comparisons and GFM vs GFL

Poria Astero

Electric Power Engineers (EPE), United States of America



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Advanced use of Battery Energy Storage System in the scope of SINCRO.GRID – the EU role model smart grid project

ERVIN PLANINC, TOMAZ TOMSIC, DARKO KRAMAR, JURIJ KLANCNIK

ELES, d.o.o., Slovenia



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Cyber-Attack-Induced False Load Data Recovery with Dynamically Constrained Go Decomposition for Unit Commitment

Qingqiu Liu, Yuxiong Huang, Gengfeng Li, Hongrui Lu, Chenwei Gao, Zhengkun Xin

Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, People's Republic of



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Mixed-Integer Second-Order Cone Programming for Multi-Period Scheduling of Flexible AC Transmission System Devices

Mohamad Charara1, Martin De Montigny2, Nivine Abou Daher2, Hanane Dagdougui1, Antoine Lesage-Landry1

1: polytechnique Montréal, Canada; 2: Hydro-Québec, Canada



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Data-Driven MPC of Secondary Load Frequency and Voltage of Power Systems

Navid Vafamand, Himanshu Grover, Innocent Kamwa, Abbas Rabiee

Laval University, Canada



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Impact Analysis of a Capacitive Ladder Fully Electronic Voltage Regulator on the IEEE 39-Bus System Under Fault Conditions

Abolfazl Babaei1, Waldemar Ziomek2, Ani Gole1

1: RMS Energy; 2: PTI Transformers LP

C4-5: ADVANCED STABILITY SUPPORT CAPABILITIES FOR IBR DOMINATED SYSTEMS
Location: Room 521ABC
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

New classification of converter-driven stability phenomena and risk assessment methods

Gilles Chaspierre1, Georgios Misyris2

1: ELIA GRID INTERNATIONAL, Belgium; 2: ELIA GRID INTERNATIONAL, Germany



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Assessment of Transient Stability in the IEEE 39-Bus System with Variable Levels of Grid-Forming Inverters Integration

Jose H. Vivas Nava1, Nayeem Ninad2, Luc-Andre Gregoire1

1: OPAL-RT technologies, Canada; 2: Natural Resources Canada, Canada



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Impact of BESS grid-forming in Power Grids highly dominated by IBRs

Camilo Ordonez1, Xiaolin Wang2

1: Huawei LATAM Digital Power; 2: Huawei Canada - Montreal Smart Grid Technology Lab



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Stability Enhancement in Weak Grids with High Renewable Penetration: Synchronous Condenser vs. Converter-based Technologies

Rasool Heydari1, Prabhat Ranjan Bana1, Jean-Philipp Hasler1, Anders Bostrom2, Mikael Halonen1

1: Hitachi Energy, Sweden; 2: Hitachi Energy, US



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Comparative Analysis of Virtual Impedance and Current Saturation Methods for IBR Fault Current Limiting Against IEEE 2800 Requirements

Xinquan Chen2, Ilhan Kocar1, Aboutaleb Haddadi3, Evangelos Farantatos3

1: Polytechnique Montreal, Canada; 2: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; 3: EPRI



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Enhancing Grid-Forming Converter Dynamics with a DFT-Based Phase-Locked Loop

Kumara Mudunkotuwa, Garth Irwin, Andrew Isaacs

Electranix Corporation, Canada



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Transient stability enhancement using converter-interfaced synchronous condenser at LCC-HVdc terminals

Narges Zarean Shahraki1, Aniruddha M. Gole1, Mojtaba Mohaddes2, Chandana Karawita2

1: University of Manitoba, Canada; 2: TransGrid solutions Inc., Canada

C5-5: C5 Wholesale market settlement and pricing
Location: Room 518A
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Bidding zones as an instrument for setting regional price incentives for the capacity allocation of flexible consumers in the transmission grid

Lukas Hein, Marbod Helmut Markus Kollnig, Albert Moser

RWTH Aachen University, Germany



1:45pm - 2:00pm

How potential grid investments can decrease price spreads in the European Single Day-Ahead Flow-Based Market Coupling

Ferenc Nagy1, Melinda Dr. Nagy1, Luca Tóth1, Ákos Arnold1, Dávid Rostoványi1, Zsolt Lengyel1, Tamás Dr. Decsi1, Péter Szajkó2

1: MAVIR Ltd., Hungary; 2: M-IT Services LLC., Hungary



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Energy Storage Opportunity Cost Guidance for System Operators

Scott Joseph Benner

PJM Interconnection, LLC, United States of America



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Enhancing deliverability of reserves through market price signals

Pradip Ganesan Kumar, Matthew Musto, Kanchan Upadhyay

NYISO, United States of America



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Influence of Forecast Errors on the Market-Based Allocation of Cross-Zonal Capacity for the Exchange of Balancing Capacity

Claire Maria Adriana Lambriex, Lukas Pfeiler, Albert Moser

RWTH Aachen University, Germany



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Colombia's evolving electricity market

ALVARO CASTRO, DIANA PEREZ

XM S.A. E.S.P, Colombia

4:00pm
-
5:30pm
B4-7: HVDC/FACTS - Reliability, Performance Monitoring and Cybersecurity
Location: Room 518BC
This session addresses HVDC reliability, performance reporting and monitoring, and Cybersecurity.
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Development of a Push-Based Alert System for an HVDC Link Using a Data Diode

Jean-Mathieu Dubois

POWER Engineers, Canada



4:15pm - 4:30pm

HVDC & STATCOMs, Not Your Typical IBRs

Michael Podbesek, Joe Warner

POWER Engineers, United States of America



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Performance of SVC and FACTS Systems around the World in 2021-2022

Hiranya Suriyaarachchi

TransGrid Solutions, Canada



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Enhancing Cybersecurity in HVDC and FACTS Systems: A Comprehensive Approach to Standards Integration and Intrusion Detection

Walid Ali, Mohamed Atia, Emad Chamas

GE Vernova, Canada



5:00pm - 5:15pm

HVDC System Reliability – Investigation of Bipole Outages

Phaedra Victoria Ines Taiarol1, Josh Burroughs2, John Graham3, Xin Li4

1: Stantec Consulting; 2: Velco; 3: Graham e Graham; 4: Manitoba Hydro



5:15pm - 5:30pm

HVDC Digital Twin - Concepts and Roadmap

Arkadiusz Burek1, John Birnie2, Heater Spain3, Annes Jeddy4, Stelious Christou5

1: Hitachi Energy; 2: Hatch Ltd; 3: EriGrid; 4: ISO; 5: EDF Renewables

4:00pm
-
6:00pm
A2-6: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Monitoring, Testing and Diagnostics
Location: Room 520F
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Mitigation and Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Analysis for Dissolved Gas in a 500 kV/16 kV Generator Step-Up (GSU) Transformer

Bruce Chen, Hyunjung Yong, Wenli Hong, Masoud Ali, Ska-Hiish Manuel, Anil Pradhan, Edward Burt

BC Hydro, Canada



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Insights in Condition Assessment of Power Transformers Using SOT and DGA Data for End-of-Life Estimation

Ahmad Vosoughi Hamzekhanlo1, Stefan Kornhuber1, Sebastian Kleyboldt2, Mahmoud Moh'd2

1: University of Applied Science Zittau/Görlitz , Germany; 2: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Determining Abnormal Behaviour of Loaded Tap Changers using a DGA 4-simplex.

Zachary Draper, James Dukarm, Sanskruti Padmawar

Delta-X Research, Canada



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Software for applying the DGA interpretation method of CIGRE TB 771 using gas limits specific for each type of fault

Michel Duval1, Nelly Sénéchal1, Luc Paulhiac2, Jerzy Buchacz3, Patrick Picher1, Sébastien Favron1, Marta Cea de Ruano1, Stéphane Proulx1

1: Hydro Québec, Canada; 2: EDF, France; 3: Electropomiar Elektryka, Poland



5:00pm - 5:15pm

Evaluation of Water Content in Solid Insulation Using Online Monitor Data

Senja Maria Leivo

Vaisala Oyj, Finland



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Partial Discharge Based Root Cause Analysis for a 33 kV Cast Resin Transformer

Raul Alvarez1, Rodolfo García-Colon2, Mihai Huzmezan3

1: University of La Plata, Argentine Republic; 2: Megger; 3: Megger



5:30pm - 5:45pm

Impact of Accelerated Thermal Aging on Power Transformer Insulation: An FRA-Based Assessment

Avinash Srikanta Murthy1, Genaro Andrew-Morlet2, Zhanyue Wen2, Saravanan Selvaraj1

1: Hitachi Energy India Limited, India; 2: Hitachi Energy Germany AG, Germany



5:45pm - 6:00pm

Analysis of on-line vibroacoustic monitoring of On-Load Tap Changers in Power Transformers

Joachim Schiessling1, Nilanga Abeywickrama1, Michel Gauvin2, Patrick Picher2

1: Hitachi Energy Research, Sweden; 2: Hydro-Québec, Canada

B2-10: Advances in Insulator Design and Diagnostics for High Voltage Transmission
Location: Plenary Room
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Optimizing Maintenance Operations and Insulation Selection through Insulator Monitoring in polluted Environments

Pierre Thelier1, Andrew Phillips2, Javier Lopez Osuna3, Javier Garcia Hernandez1, Christiaan Engelbrecht2, Ruben Alonso Arcones1

1: Verescence La Granja Insulators, Spain; 2: EPRI; 3: REE



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Intelligent Insulator Defect Identification and Reporting: A Synergistic Approach Using Deep Learning and Language Models

Siyanda Biyela

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, South Africa



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Numerical Model Analysis of Laboratory Corona Tests of High Voltage Insulators and Hardware

STEPHEN BELL

K-LINE INSULATORS LTD, Canada



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Application of a Novel Test Method to Assess Hydrophobicity Transfer of Naturally Aged Composite Insulators

Peter Sidenvall1, Johan Lundengård1, Igor Gutman1, Luis Diaz2, André Deckwerth3, Kjell Halsan4, Mikko Jalonen5, Fabian Lehretz6, Michael Leonardsberger7, Lars Rasmussen8, Pablo Rodriguez9, Thomas Schiml10, Kübranur Varli11, Dan Windmar12

1: Independent Insulation Group, Sweden; 2: RTE, France; 3: 50hertz, Germany; 4: Statnett, Norway; 5: Fingrid, Finland; 6: TenneT, Germany; 7: APG, Austria; 8: Energinet, Denmark; 9: Red Eléctrica, Spain; 10: E.ON, Germany; 11: Amprion, Germany; 12: Svk, Sweden



5:00pm - 5:15pm

New implementation of 500kV lines on the South African network

Sanjay Narain, Kaveer Ramharak, Amish Roopnarain, Raeesa Khan

NTCSA, South Africa



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Methodology of Risk Assessment of Important Overhead Lines

Jialun yang1, Bin LIU1, Songyuan Cao2, Jian Wang1, Kuanjun Zhu1

1: State Grid Eelectric Power Engineering Research Institute, China, People's Republic of China; 2: Anhui Electric Power Company Limited, Hefei, Anhui, China



5:30pm - 5:45pm

Assessment of damage, lead time and costs for rebuilding distribution systems as part of a risk analysis in the event of a major ice storm

Nathalie Benoit

Hydro-Québec, Canada



5:45pm - 6:00pm

Sustainable solutions for ground-line decay prevention in wooden utility poles

Richard George

Polesaver, United Kingdom

B5-2: Experience with fully digital PACS
Location: Room 520B
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Experiences in the commissioning of IEC 61850 digital busbar protection systems.

Atef Boukadi1, Julder Uzcategui Silva1, José MENDEZ1, Jorge Escurra2, Miguel Diaz2, Hugo Tapia3

1: GE VERNOVA, Canada; 2: Engie Energia Peru; 3: Luz del Sur, S.A.A.



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Two real cases of IEC-61850 user-profile implementation that improves sustainability while cutting project-times and costs: Enel Colombia (utility) and ISA (TSO).

Daniel Sánchez Castán1, Paola Diaz2, Cesar Hernandez1

1: Ingenieros Emetres, Americas and Colombia; 2: Enel Colombia



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Implementation of Non-Conventional Protection Automation and Control Schemes and IEC61850 communication System in the Expansion of a 500kV/138kV Substation for Transmission-Generation Application

Caren Ramos

EPCOR, Canada



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Secondary Injection Testing in Merging Units Considering Low Power Instrument Transformer Technology

Paulo Sergio Pereira Junior2, Antoni Furlani Rosa1, Rodolfo Bernardino2, Gustavo Salge2, Cristiano Martins2, André Luiz Rios1, Lucas Varela1

1: SecuControl Inc, United States of America; 2: Conprove Engenharia, Brazil



5:00pm - 5:15pm

Challenges and their remedies for integration of edition-2 IEDs with lower edition SAS for health monitoring of grid assets.

Alok Nayan, Viplav C Reddy, Arvind Choudhary, Nishant Tyagi, Sunit Kumar Singh

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, India



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Future of Digital Substations: An Analysis from Conventional Systems to Centralized Protection and Virtualized PAC for Scalability and Efficiency

Paola Andrea Díaz-Vargas1, Oscar Andres Tobar-Rosero2, Germán Darío Rueda-Carvajal2, Luis Fernando Quintero-Henao3, Héctor Andrés Florez-Celis2, Daniel Sanchez-Castán4

1: Independent consultant; 2: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia; 3: Enterprise Innovation; 4: IM3 - Ingenieros Emetres



5:30pm - 5:45pm

FLISR and IEC 61850 GOOSE communications over an LTE/5G network using QoS and IP/MPLS: Meeting latency requirements for protection in the electrical distribution grid

Mauricio Subieta

Nokia, United States of America



5:45pm - 6:00pm

Integrating PTP for IEC 61850 Process Bus Applications with Multi-Vendor Ethernet Switches

Curtis Ruff1, Adam Rudd1, Galina Antonova2, Eric Chuang2

1: EPCOR; 2: Hitachi Energy

C1-6: PS2/3. Asset management, PMUs, VPPs & Climate change
Location: Room 519B
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

ReLife: an open-source Python library for survival analysis and asset renewal decisions for infrastructure managers.

Alexis Frémond1, Thomas Guillon1, Aya Hankir2, Benoît Desvignes2

1: RTE Réseau de Transport d'Electricité, France; 2: Artelys



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Probabilistic Life Cycle Costing Approach for Physical Assets: Application to Grounding Devices.

Darragi Messaoudi, Marie-Hélène Joannette-Cartier

Hydro Québec, Canada



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Leveraging Virtual Power Plants to Enhance Data Centers Reliability and Sustainability

Samaneh Morovati1, Shadi Chuangpishit1, John Wiltshire2, Drazena Brocilo2, Ben Rosenfeld2, Selver Corhodzic2, Amin Zamani1

1: Quanta Technology; 2: Meta Platforms



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Computing of Power Networks in Quantum Era - PMU Data Encoding in Quantum Circuit

Hillol Biswas, M Manojkumar, S K Srivastava

WAPCOS LIMITED, India



5:00pm - 5:15pm

The Brazilian Interconnected Power System Experience with Energy Transition under Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and Outdated Regulation Paulo Gomes PSQ Brazil pglinha@gmail.com Nelson Martins

Paulo Gomes1, Nelson Martins2

1: PSQ, Brazil; 2: Brazilian National Academy



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Enhancing Climate Resilience in Power System Planning: An Integrated Framework

Maren Ihlemann1, Jesse Bukenberger2, Andrea Staid2, Juan Carlos Martin3

1: EPRI International, Canada; 2: EPRI, US; 3: EPRI Europe



5:30pm - 5:45pm

An analytical methodology to evaluate the outage return periods for substations subject to floods

Emanuele Ciapessoni1, Diego Cirio1, Andrea Pitto1, Leonardo Mancusi1, Alessandro Lazzarini2, Giuseppe Berrettoni2, Francesca Scavo2, Federico Falorni2, Laura Bianco2

1: Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A., Italy; 2: Terna S.p.A

C2-2: Resilient Grid Operations: From Control Strategies to Intelligent Decision Support
Location: Room 520AD
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Enhancing The Stability Of Jordan’s Electricity Grid: Challenges and Practical Solutions "SEPCO Case Studies"

Abdallah Mohammad Alhayajneh, Yousef "Mohammad Fuad" Alababneh

Samra electric power company SEPCO, Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of



4:15pm - 4:30pm

The Role of Self-Limiting Facilities in Enhancing Grid Reliability

Divya Jain, Satish Natti

GridAxon, Inc.



4:30pm - 4:45pm

AI-Driven DVR Control for Enhancing Power System Resilience in Hybrid Energy Systems

Mohammad Tbaishat, YOUSEF Mashagbeh

SEPCO., Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of



4:45pm - 5:00pm

A Simplified Damping Control Strategy for Black-Box Virtual Synchronous Generator Models

Tuhin Suvra Das, Udaya Annakkage

University of Manitoba, Canada



5:00pm - 5:15pm

Simulation-Based Training for System Operators: Adapting to Dynamic Grid Conditions with DTS

Vijitha Kandamkumarath, Sudeep M, Harish K Rathour, Ganesh T R

Grid Controller of India Limited, India



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Artificial Intelligent (AI) Algorithms to Optimize Multi-objective Economic and Emission Dispatch Problems

Abdel Rahman Alheyasat, Mamoo'n Almomani

National Electric Power Company/ Jordan, Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of



5:30pm - 5:45pm

Optimal Network Partitioning for Large Power Systems Using Impedance and Generator Coherency

Harindya Shehani Attanayaka

University of Manitoba, Canada

C5-6: C5 Schemes to support the energy transition
Location: Room 518A
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Green Transformation for decarbonization in Japan

Hiroki SAKAI1, Kazuya YOKOYAMA1, Yuki KATAOKA1, Daisuke TAMURA2, Kenichi SUGAHARA2

1: Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc., Japan; 2: Chubu Electric Power Grid Co.,Inc., Japan



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Study of all options and regulations to finalize the strategy to meet decarbonization target of meeting consumption through renewable energy

Amit Kumar, Beni Madhav, M Thirumala Reddy, Ravindra Nath Gupta

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, India



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Impact of Policy Framework Revamp on Facilitating Renewable Energy Integration with India's Transmission Network

Amandeep Kala

Powergrid Corporation of India Limited, India



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Renewable Hydrogen Certification: Ensuring Sustainability in the Global Energy Market

Barbara Duarte Barbosa

Brazilian Wind Energy Association (ABEEólica), Brazil



5:00pm - 5:15pm

Energy attribute certificate as a robust mechanism for the renewable energy development.

Ricardo Gedra1, Vital Neto2

1: Instituto de Pós-Graduação & Graduação, Brazil; 2: Independent consultant



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Enhancing Additionality to accelerate renewable Energy Investments through EACs and Carbon Offsets in emerging Markets, in the case of the Russian Electricity Market

Anna Pavlycheva1, Valdislav Berezovsky2, Natalia Kuznetsova1, Nikita Ivanov3

1: NP Market Council; 2: Carbon Zero LLC; 3: SKM.PRO



5:30pm - 5:45pm

CFDs: A Discussion for Future Application in Brazil

Eduardo de Aguiar Sodré

POLI-UPE, Brazil

EHV: Geomagnetic Induced Currents (GIC) and A2 tutorial: Effects of DC Bias on Power Transformers
Location: Room 522A
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Geomagnetically induced currents in Alberta during space weather events of 2024: A comparison to extreme storm statistics

Darcy Raymond Cordell1, Ian Mann1, Hannah Parry1, Ryan MacMullin2

1: University of Alberta, Canada; 2: AltaLink L.P.



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Identification of At-Risk Substations in the German Transmission Grid from Space Weather

Aline Guimarães Carvalho1, Leonie Pick1, Alexander Grayver2, Stefan Tenbohlen3

1: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany; 2: University of Cologne, Germany; 3: University of Stuttgart, Germany



4:30pm - 4:45pm

A2 tutorial: Effects of DC Bias on Power Transformers

Stefan Tenbohlen1, Patrick Picher2, Afshin Rezaei Zare3

1: University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Hydro Quebec, Canada; 3: York University, Canada