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Programme

Day one

09:00 Registration and morning refreshments
09:15 Chair's Welcome
Carl Johnstone, Director, i4 Asset Management, UK
09:20 Session 1: Electricity networks – What does the future hold?
  • An overview of our latest Future Energy Scenarios and strategic network plans and the implications for future networks.
Paul Obanor, System Capability Manager, National Energy System Operator (NESO), UK
10:05 Session 2: Renewables integration
  • An understanding of the primary systems and equipment in place to transfer energy created via renewable systems into the grid
Robert Madarasz, Megger
10:50 Refreshment break
11:10 Session 3: High voltage switchgear
  • Understand the design and testing of HVAC circuit-breakers and the relationship with power system stresses and performance
Mark Waldron, Switchgear Technical Leader, National Grid, UK
12:10 Session 4: Design of high-voltage power transformers
  • A brief insight into design, manufacture & testing of transformers
  • Understanding of main specified parameters
  • Knowledge of what's inside the transformer tank
  • Appreciation of various tests carried out to verify main specified parameters
Raj Pal, Senior Transformer Design Engineer, GE Grid Solutions Ltd, UK
13:10 Lunch
14:00 Session 5: High voltage system stresses and insulation coordination
  • Understand the ways in which high voltage can cause insulation systems to fail
  • Understand the role of insulation coordination on the power system
  • Understand the importance of high voltage testing in delivering reliable products
Ian Cotton, Head of Research, School of Engineering, University of Manchester, UK
15:00 Refreshment break
15:10 Group A walks to the labs 
15:30 Group A lab session 1:
Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories

Group B has free time
16:40 Group B walks to the labs
17:00 Group B lab session 1:
Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories

Group A end of day one
18:30 Group B end of day one
Day two

09:00 Group A lab session 2:
Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories
09:20 Group B session 6: High Voltage testing techniques
  • Short introduction in High Voltage testing
  • Practical information on partial discharge measurements
  • Background information on failure rates
Hans Erik Keizer, Principal Consultant, Asset Management, Energy systems DNV Netherlands B.V., The Netherlands
10:20 Group B refreshment break
10:40 Group A walks to course venue
Group B walks to labs 
11:00 Group A refreshment break 

Group B lab session 2:
Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories
11:30

Group A session 6: High Voltage testing techniques

  • Short introduction in High Voltage testing
  • Practical information on partial discharge measurements
  • Background information on failure rates
Hans Erik Keizer, Principal Consultant, Asset Management, Energy systems DNV Netherlands B.V., The Netherlands
12:40 Lunch break
13:40 Session 7: High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) power transmission
  • Understand the situations in which HVDC is used in preference to AC transmission, the types of conversion equipment and the major high-voltage engineering challenges posed by the technology
Colin Davidson, GE Vernova
14:40 Session 8: High-voltage cable systems

Andrew Barclay, Principal Engineer, Kinectrics International Europe, UK
15:40 Refreshment break
16:00 Session 9: Testing for endurance and reliability: high voltage renewable power systems
  • Improved understanding of testing of cable, GIS and transformer
Mario Jochim, HIGHVOLT
17:00 Panel discussion and Q&A 

Andrew Barclay, Colin Davidson, Hans Erik Keizer and Mario Jochim
17:30 End of day two
19:00 Course dinner sponsored by Megger
Place are limited, and attendees will be contacted two weeks in advance of the course with details on how to register.
Day three

09:00 Morning refreshments
09:10 Session 10: Asset management - an industrial perspective interactive session

Carl Johnstone, Director, i4 Asset Management, UK
10:10

Session 11: Offshore maintenance

Benjamin Smith, Head of Transmission & OFTO, Ørsted
11:10 Refreshment break
11:30 Session 12: Novel high-voltage materials
  • Understand the landscape of novel insulating materials in the market, particularly liquids
  • Gain an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the different options
  • Gain an understanding of the design changes necessary to incorporate novel materials into equipment, with a focus on transformers and dielectric liquids
Mark Lashbrook, Technical & Product Lead - MIDEL & MIVOLT, Shell, UK
12:30 Lunch
13:10 Group A walks to the labs
13:30 Group A Lab session 3: 

Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories

Group B Session 13: Lifetime asset management

Carl Johnstone, Director, i4 Asset Management
14:30 Group B refreshment break
14:50 Group B walks to the labs
15:00 Group A walks to the course venue
15:10

Group B Lab session 3: 

Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories
15:20 Group A refreshment break
15:40 Group A session 13: Lifetime asset management

Carl Johnstone, Director, i4 Asset Management, UK
16:40 End of course for groups A and B