Conference Agenda

Session
B2-7: EMI, HVDC, Corona, and Uprating Innovations
Time:
Tuesday, 30/Sept/2025:
4:00pm - 6:45pm

 Location: Plenary Room
Session Topics:
B2 Overhead lines

Presentations
4:00pm - 4:15pm

How Specific Overhead Line Design Parameters Affect Clearances Necessary to Limit Induced Discharges from Vehicles to Safe Levels of 5mA or Less

Alexander Lucas

POWER Engineers, Canada


4:15pm - 4:30pm

Electric Field of HVDC Overhead Transmission Lines in an Urbanized Context

Luca Buono, Francesco Calabrese, Gaia Leone, Francesco Palone, Lorenzo Papi, Davide Rufini, Roberto Spezie, Gabriele Tresso

Terna Rete Italia, Italy


4:30pm - 4:45pm

B2_PS2_Canada_Chen Wang_Mitigating AC Electromagnetic Interference near Rail Corridors - A Case Study of the Southwest Winnipeg Transmission Improvement Project

Chen Wang, Emerson Adajar

Manitoba Hydro, Canada


4:45pm - 5:00pm

Predicting Flashovers on HVDC Transmission Lines Using Machine Learning and Weather Data

Susmita Saha1, Jeff Laninga1, Behzad Kordi2

1Manitoba Hydro, Canada; 2University of Manitoba, Canada


5:00pm - 5:15pm

Development of World's First 500kV Double Bi-pole HVDC Overhead Transmission System with Metallic Return in Korea

Wonjae Lee1, Seongweon Kim1, Dongkyu Kim1, Hyeonggeun Kim1, Shulsoo Seo1, Seyong Kim1, Sunghak Lee1, Dongil Lee2

1KEPCO(Korea Electric Power Corporation), Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2CIGRE Korea


5:15pm - 5:30pm

Voltage Stress Characteristics and Insulator Options for Dedicated Metallic Return in Bipolar MMC HVDC Overhead Transmission Systems

Domagoj Hart1, Jean-Marie George2, Damien Lepley2, Hani Saad3, Markus Vor dem Berge1

1RTE international, France; 2Sediver, France; 3ACDC Transient, France


5:30pm - 5:45pm

Operational Experiences in Mitigating Atmospheric Discharge Damage to OPGW Cables Installed on High Voltage Lines

Yasert David Perez Araque, Juan Guillermo Maya Montoya, David Ernesto Gómez Torres

ISA INTERCOLOMBIA S.A. E.S.P.


5:45pm - 6:00pm

Corona Inception Field Stresses at Water Drops on Silicone Surfaces at AC and DC and Mixed (Hybrid) Voltages - New Insights from Laboratory Tests

Jens Martin Seifert1, Fabian Lehretz2

1TKE GmbH, Germany; 2TenneT TSO GmbH, Germany


6:00pm - 6:15pm

Corona Effect Constraints in OHL upgrading using HTLS Conductors

Pierluigi Vacante, Francesco Palone, Gaia Leone, Gabriele Tresso

Terna Rete Italia, Italy


6:15pm - 6:30pm

Research on coated conductor

Yuta MATSUDA, Tomonori SHIRAISHI, Noriyuki TAKADA

TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.


6:30pm - 6:45pm

Uprating of lines from 275kV to 400kV on the South African network

Sanjay Narain, Raeesa Khan, Kaveer Ramharak, Amish Roopnarain

NTCSA, South Africa