Conference Agenda

Session
A1-3: Condition monitoring & assessment
Time:
Tuesday, 30/Sept/2025:
1:30pm - 3:30pm

Location: Room 520C

Session Topics:
A1 Power generation and electromechanical energy conversion

Presentations
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

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

1Qualitrol - Iris Power, Canada; 2Veski



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

1Veski, Croatia; 2Qualitrol - 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

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



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Evaluation of Turbo Generator Stator Bushing Condition Monitoring

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

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