Conference Agenda

Session

A2-4: A2 Power Transformer and Reactor: Arcing Fault Containment

Time:

Wednesday, 01/Oct/2025:

10:30am - 12:15pm

Location: Room 520F

Session Topics:

A2 Power transformers and reactors

Presentations

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 Li^1,2, Ke Wang^1,2, Hongwei Zhang³, Yikun Zhao^1,2

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

¹EDF; ²Siemens-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

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