CIGRE 2025 International Symposium
Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Québec, Canada
From September 29 to October 2, 2025
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
Location: Room 520F |
Date: Tuesday, 30/Sept/2025 | |
10:30am - 12:00pm |
A2-1: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Renewable Energy Applications Location: Room 520F Solar Inverter Duty Transformer performance optimization using alternate dielectrics under varying ambient conditions NTPC Limited, India 10:45am - 11:00am New conservator design for floating offshore transformers in extreme weather 1: GE Vernova, India; 2: GE Vernova, Turkey; 3: GE Vernova, India; 4: GE Vernova, Germany; 5: GE Vernova, China; 6: GE Vernova, United Kingdom; 7: GE Vernova, United Kingdom 11:00am - 11:15am Transformers and Reactors for Floating-Offshore- Substations. Technical Requirements, Solutions, Experiences and Outlook 1: Siemens-Energy, Austria; 2: Siemens-Energy, Germany 11:15am - 11:30am Impacts of Reverse Power Flow through Substation Transformers due to high penetration of DERs 1: Hydro One, Canada; 2: York University, Canada 11:30am - 11:45am Enhancing Wind Farm reliability through regular Transformer testing and monitoring solutions 1: Megger, Canada; 2: Megger, USA |
1:30pm - 3:30pm |
A2-2: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Asset Management Location: Room 520F Consolidating Transformer Online Monitoring and Maintenance Data for Condition Assessment and Prescriptive Maintenance of Power Transformers 1: Camlin Energy, United States of America; 2: Camlin Energy, Northern Ireland 1:45pm - 2:00pm Climate Change Impact for Power Transformers Hitachi Energy, Canada 2:00pm - 2:15pm A2_PS2_USA_Rossini_ Installation of transformer monitoring solutions and its impacts on data collection and analysis 1: Siemens Energy, United States of America; 2: Siemens Energy, Brazil 2:15pm - 2:30pm Strategic Approaches to Determine the Lifetime of Power Transformers Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan 2:30pm - 2:45pm Power Transformers as Potential Bottleneck for Grid Expansions Siemens Energy, Germany 2:45pm - 3:00pm Strategies for Fast Replacement of Transformers and Reactor Units 1: Independent Consultant; 2: AtkinsRéalis, Canada 3:00pm - 3:15pm Dynamic Condition Assessment of Substation Equipment Leveraging an Asset Performance Management System BBA, Canada 3:15pm - 3:30pm Strategy for Extending Power Transformer Service Life Hydro-Québec, Canada |
4:00pm - 6:00pm |
A2-3: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization Location: Room 520F Machine Learning Applied to Anomaly Diagnosis in Transformers and Reactors Using Gas Chromatography 1: Eletrobras CGT Eletrosul, Brazil; 2: PUC-RJ, Brazil 4:15pm - 4:30pm Advances in Data-Driven Models for Digital Twins of Power Transformers 1: OMICRON Electronics, Austria; 2: Hitachi Energy, United-States; 3: Hitachi Energy, Germany; 4: Kinectrics, Canada; 5: Hydro Quebec, Canada; 6: KTH University, Sweden 4:30pm - 4:45pm Application of Machine Learning on Prediction of Power Transformer No-Load Losses GE Vernova 4:45pm - 5:00pm Approach, experiences and lessons learned in a fault developing HV transformer:Case Study perspective NTPC Limited, India 5:00pm - 5:15pm Application of Machine Learning Interpretability and Explainability Metrics in FRA of Transformers Siemens Energy, Germany 5:15pm - 5:30pm Digital Transformation (DX) in Power Transformer Manufacturing: Enhancing Efficiency and Precision Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Japan 5:30pm - 5:45pm A Novel Hybrid Multilayer Model for Diagnosing Faults in Power Transformers Through Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) 1: Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in the Aging of Oil-Filled Equipment on High Voltage Lines (ViAHT), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada; 2: Hydro-Québec's Research Institute 5:45pm - 6:00pm Advancing Power Transformer Monitoring: Machine Learning-Based Temperature Monitoring VIE Technologies, United States of America |
Date: Wednesday, 01/Oct/2025 | |
10:30am - 12:15pm |
A2-4: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Arcing Fault Containment Location: Room 520F Improvement and Strengthening Method for Local Structure of UHV Converter Oil Tank for Defense Against High-Energy Arc Faults 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 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 1: EDF; 2: Siemens-Energy, Austria 11:15am - 11:30am Research on Pressure Characteristics of HVDC Transfomer Turret on Arc Fault 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 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 |
1:30pm - 3:30pm |
A2-5: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Materials and Environment Location: Room 520F The Role of Nitrogen Additives and Meta-Aramid Fibres in Water Migration for Optimized Transformer Operation Hydro-Québec, Canada 1:45pm - 2:00pm Determination of Low Molecular Weight Acids in Power Transformer Mineral Oil Hydro-Quebec, Canada 2:00pm - 2:15pm Explore The Use Of Synthetic Ester In Transformers Beyond Fire and Environmental Safety Benefits 1: Shell; 2: Newfoundland Power 2:15pm - 2:30pm Carbon Footprint Analysis of Various Insulating Fluids used in Power Transformers 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 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 CTR Manufacturing Industries Private Limited, India 3:00pm - 3:15pm Standard Approach Towards Power Transformers’ Sustainability through a Joint Industrial Project 1: dnv; 2: Siemens Energy |
4:00pm - 6:00pm |
A2-6: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Monitoring, Testing and Diagnostics Location: Room 520F Mitigation and Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Analysis for Dissolved Gas in a 500 kV/16 kV Generator Step-Up (GSU) Transformer BC Hydro, Canada 4:15pm - 4:30pm Insights in Condition Assessment of Power Transformers Using SOT and DGA Data for End-of-Life Estimation 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. 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 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 Vaisala Oyj, Finland 5:15pm - 5:30pm Partial Discharge Based Root Cause Analysis for a 33 kV Cast Resin Transformer 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 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 1: Hitachi Energy Research, Sweden; 2: Hydro-Québec, Canada |
Date: Thursday, 02/Oct/2025 | |
10:30am - 12:15pm |
A2-7: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Modelling Location: Room 520F Comparative Study of Temperature Rise Test Using Cooling Curve Analysis for Liquid-Filled Transformers 1: HITACHI Energy, Germany; 2: HITACHI Energy, USA 10:45am - 11:00am Methodology to Increase Capacity of Power Transformers based on the Temperature-Rise Test Results Margins Prolec GE, Mexico 11:00am - 11:15am Simplification of Radiator Modelling for Transformer Complete-Cooling-Loop CFD Simulation 1: The University of Manchester, United Kingdom; 2: Weidmann Electrical Technology AG, Switzerland; 3: SGB-SMIT Group, Netherlands 11:15am - 11:30am Enhancing Top-Oil Temperature Predictions Using LSTM Neural Networks and the IEC 60076-7 Thermal Model 1: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada; 2: Hydro-Québec 11:30am - 11:45am Physics-based thermal model of Shunt Reactors 1: Hitachi Energy, United States of America; 2: Hitachi Energy, Sweden; 3: Hitachi Energy, Spain 11:45am - 12:00pm Research on the Impact of Non-Uniform Temperature Distribution Inside Large Power Transformers on Insulation Margin 1: China Electric Power Research Institute, China, People's Republic of; 2: Zhejiang Huayun Information Technology Co., LTD 12:00pm - 12:15pm Analytical Derivations and Physics-based Modelling of a Deformed Winding and its FRA features 1: The University of Manchester, United Kingdom; 2: SSE Renewables, United Kingdom; 3: Scottish Power Renewables, United Kingdom |