Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: Room 520C
Date: Monday, 29/Sept/2025
2:00pm
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4:00pm
A1-1: Partial discharge, AI and ML applications
Location: Room 520C
 
2:00pm - 2:15pm

Pulse Shape Analysis and Advanced Techniques for Partial Discharge Measurement in Rotating Machines

André Tomaz de Carvalho, Daniel Leandro Argolo, Caio Fleming Cunha, Hélio de Paiva Amorim

CEPEL, Brazil



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Locate Hydrogenerator Stator Failure by Partial Discharge Monitoring, Dielectric Test and Corona Inspection

Fernando Brasil, Julio Nascimento, Paulo Vilhena

Eletrobras Eletronorte, Brazil



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Evaluation of the high-frequency electrical behavior of stator windings of 18 kV by measuring partial discharges and complement analysis using the EMTP/ATP

Hélio Amorim, Mayara Cagido, Rogério Azevedo, Daniel Argôlo

Cepel, Brazil



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Evaluation of the Discharges Criticality in the Stator Winding End Corona Protection Region

Paulo Vilhena1, Fernando Brasil1, Johnny Rocha2

1: Eletrobras Eletronorte, Brazil; 2: Trassínio Consultoria Ltda, Brazil



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Machine Learning Techniques for Identifying Partial Discharge Sources from Phase-Resolved Partial Discharge Patterns

Melanie Levesque, Ryad Zemouri

Hydro-Quebec, Canada



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Applicability of AI Tools to Analyze Phase-Resolved Partial Discharge from Motor and Generator Stator Windings

Greg C. Stone1, Mladen Sasic2

1: Stone Dielectrics, Canada; 2: Iris Power L.P., Canada



3:30pm - 3:45pm

AI-Driven Fault Detection in Hydroelectric Generators: Integrating Variational Autoencoders with Stray Flux Analysis

Helene Bechara1, Ryad Zemouri2, Arezki Merkhouf2, Antoine Tahan1, Kamal Al-Haddad1

1: Ecole de technologie supérieure, Canada; 2: Hydro Québec Research Institute (IREQ)



3:45pm - 4:00pm

Software Design of Turbine Generator Shaft Earthing-Brush Fault Types Diagnosis System Based on Deep Learning

Katudi Oupa Mailula1, Mawande Mbotyini2

1: Eskom RT&D, South Africa; 2: Eskom NTCSA, South Africa

4:30pm
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6:00pm
A1-2: Partial discharge, AI and ML applications
Location: Room 520C
 
4:30pm - 4:45pm

Overview of the Advanced Diagnosis of Generators (DIAAA) Platform for Digital Twin Application

Arezki Merkhouf, Mélanie Lévesque, Olivier Kokoko, Maxime Casavant, Joel PEDNEAULT-DESROCHES

Hydro-Québec, Institut de Recherche, Canada



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Graph neural network auto encoder and deep modular learning for prognostics and health management of hydrogenerators

Ryad Zemouri, Mélanie Lévesque

Hydro-Québec, Canada



5:00pm - 5:15pm

Understanding and Extending Hydro-Generator Capability Through Thermal Diagnostics and Probabilistic Modelling

Ghofril Kahwati1, Arezki Merkhouf1, Antoine Tahan2, Kamal Al-Haddad2

1: Hydro-Québec, Canada; 2: École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Advanced health monitoring of hydrogenerators using VAE including KAN for fault detection and diagnosis using stator vibration signals

Rony Ibrahim1, Arezki Merkhouf2, Antoine Tahan1, Ryad Zemouri2, Kamal Al-Haddad1

1: Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Canada; 2: Hydro-Québec Research Center, Canada



5:30pm - 5:45pm

Grid Resilience and Renewable Integration: India's Transition to a Sustainable Power System

Shubhra Shah, Prakash Chand Sharma

NHPC Limited, India



5:45pm - 6:00pm

Requirements for Power System Stabilizer Tuning

Luis Rouco1, Miguel Cordoba1, Lukas Sgrist1, Alejandra Cedenilla-Bote2, Philippe Carpentier3, Adrien Guironnet3, Gilles Torresan3

1: Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain; 2: Cresym; 3: RTE France

Date: Tuesday, 30/Sept/2025
1:30pm
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3:30pm
A1-3: Condition monitoring & assessment
Location: Room 520C
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Development of a Diagnostic Strategy for Large Hydrogenerator Rotors

Olivier kokoko, arezki merkhouf, Mélanie Levesque, Simon Bernier

Hydro-Quebec, Canada



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Advancing Reliability: Case Studies on Offline Diagnostic Testing for High-Voltage Turbo Generators

Sunny Gaidhu, Krzysztof Pyc, Ashfak Shaikh

Kinectrics, Canada



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Diagnostic Methods Of Synchronous Machines With Salient Poles Using Airgap Flux, Pole Leading Edge Induction Voltage, Stray Flux Measurement And Ampere-Turns measurements

Simon Bernier1, Arezki Merkhouf1, Olivier Kokoko1, Kamal Al-Haddad2

1: Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec(IREQ), Varennes, Canada; 2: École de technologie Supérieure, Montréal, Canada



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Hydro-generator condition-based monitoring system modernization for maintenance optimization

Aaron Doyle1, Ozren Oreskovic2, Ozren Husnjak2

1: Qualitrol - Iris Power, Canada; 2: Veski



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Importance of Polarity test of stator winding as pre-commissioning test for Hydro Generators

Suprakash Adhikari, Niraj Kumar Singh, Ashwatthama Tiwary, Pranav Kumar

NHPC Limited, India



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Hydro-unit increased vibration case study

Ozren Husnjak1, Ozren Oreskovic1, Aaron Doyle2

1: Veski, Croatia; 2: Qualitrol - IRIS Power, Canada



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Overview of Localized Partial Discharge Activity Analysis with Results from Dissection of Individual Stator Bars and Coil

Alexandre Simard1, Mélanie Lévesque2, Éric David1, Hélène Provencher2

1: École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada; 2: Hydro-Québec, Canada



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Evaluation of Turbo Generator Stator Bushing Condition Monitoring

Katudi Oupa Mailula1, Sandile MOLOI2, Promise MBANGA3, Simon HIGGINS4

1: Eskom RT&D, South Africa; 2: Eskom RT&D, South Africa; 3: Eskom RT&D, South Africa; 4: Eskom Generation, South Africa

4:00pm
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6:00pm
A1-4: Condition monitoring & assessment
Location: Room 520C
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Rotor Temperature Continuous Monitoring using Fiber Bragg Gratings

Hélène Provencher1, Arezki Merkhouf1, Serge Sarraillon1, Isabelle Castonguay2, Charles Prévost3, Anne-Marie Carita3

1: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec; 2: Hydro-Québec, Canada; 3: RPR Hydro



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Environmental Impacts of Manufacturing and Renovation of High Voltage Rotating Machines and Power Plants

Anna Gegenava, Aleksandr Khazanov, Aleksei Nikolaev

National Electric Coil, United States of America



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Proposal for Methodological Note of Life Cycle Assessment: Eco-design of Turbogenerator

Robert MEYER, Vincent FERNAGUT, Raul MORALES

EDF, France



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Optimization process applied to Synchronous Generator designs to improve machine key parameters to suit Synchronous Condenser applications

Frantisek Zeman, Robert Thornton-Jones

Baker Hughes - Brush Power Generation



5:00pm - 5:15pm

The Lack of Air-gap Orthogonality and Parallelism Impact Upon the Unbalanced Magnetic Pull

Mauro Uemori1, Jorge Johnny Rocha Echeverria2, Edson da Costa Bortoni3

1: Trassínio Consultoria Ltda, Brazil; 2: Trassínio Consultoria Ltda, Brazil; 3: UNIFEI - Universidade Federal de Itajubá



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Research on Stagnation Zone Based on RTD Method and Improvement of Coupled Fluid-solid Heat Transfer Considering Mesh Morphing

dongxiao chen1, yuting gao1, guifen li2

1: wuhan university, China; 2: Harbin Electric Machinery Company Limited , China



5:30pm - 5:45pm

Development of the new Type of Carbon Brush for Adjustable Speed Generator-Motor

Hiroshi Hatano, Fumio Sawa, Hidehito Matsuzaki, Hiroaki Ishizuka, Ooki Osada, Minori Onodera

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Japan



5:45pm - 6:00pm

Endurance tests of power electrical connections in bolted assembly

Nicolas DEBERNE, Younes HAMDAN

EDF, France

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

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