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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 Grid ESO, 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
Chidinma Agwu, Senior HV/MV Components Engineer, Orsted, UK
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 Walk to the labs 
15:30 Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories
17:30 End of day one
Day two

09:00 Morning refreshments
09:10 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, Senior Consultant, Asset Management, Energy systems DNV Netherlands B.V., The Netherlands
10:10 Refreshment break
10:40 Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories
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
Martin Buschendorf, HIGHVOLT
17:00 Panel discussion and Q&A with trainers
17:30 End of day 2
Optional networking
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
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 Director, M&I Materials, UK
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Walk to lab
13:20 Practical demonstrations of testing in the HV laboratories
15:20 Refreshment break
15:40 Session 13: Lifetime asset management
Carl Johnstone, Director, i4 Asset Management, UK
16:40 End of course