Conference Agenda

Session

A1-2: Partial discharge, AI and ML applications

Time:

Monday, 29/Sept/2025:

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Location: Room 520C

Session Topics:

A1 Power generation and electromechanical energy conversion

Presentations

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

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

5:15pm - 5:30pm

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

Shubhra Shah, Prakash Chand Sharma

NHPC Limited, India

5:30pm - 5:45pm

Requirements for Power System Stabilizer Tuning

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

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

5:45pm - 6:00pm

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

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