2015 – Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Dates & Venue:

  • October 18-21, 2015 – Ann Arbor, MI, USA (Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel)
2015 Conference Attendees in Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Program:

Report on CEIDP 2015:

Proceedings:

Whitehead Lecturer:

  • 2015 Whitehead Memorial Lecturer: Prof. Stanislaw Gubanski, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Title— Outdoor Polymeric Insulators: Role of Corona in Performance of Silicone Rubber Housings

Abstract— In the struggle to accept outdoor polymeric insulators as alternatives to the traditionally used porcelain and glass insulators, researchers and engineers have tested numerous ideas. Insulator housings made of silicone rubber (SIR) currently dominate the component design, thanks to their hydrophobic surface properties with excellent long-term durability. Despite of five decades of lasting development, some issues related to the performance of this material in various working conditions still remain to be resolved, including an understanding of the impact of corona discharges on the material deterioration as well as on insulator durability although these are extensively studied questions. The impact on insulator performance of high voltage direct current stress especially needs elucidation. An overview on present use of SIR composite insulators is first provided in this paper. Thereafter the results of recent investigations on the mechanism of corona damage are summarized with an emphasis on the differences between the effects of alternating (AC) and direct current (DC) stresses, demonstrating by evaluating the electrical, mechanical and structural characteristics of SIR-based materials, that the damage is less severe under a DC stress. The effect is attributed to reduction in corona intensity in the vicinity of the material surface by stored electric charge. The same charge has however a positive or negative impact on the insulator voltage withstand under impulse conditions, depending on their polarity.

Prof. Stanislaw Gubanski short Bio: S. M. Gubanski (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree in high voltage engineering and the Ph.D. degree in material science from the Technical University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland, in 1973 and 1976, respectively.,He was a Research Fellow with the University College of North Wales, Bangor, U.K., from 1976 to 1977, and a Senior Lecturer with the Technical University of Wrocław, from 1977 to 1988. Afterward, he was an Associate Professor with the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and a Professor of High Voltage Engineering with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Dr. Gubanski was the Chair of the Nominations Committee and the Vice-President of IEEE-DEIS. He was also a Senior Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation and the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine..

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Executive Committee:

  • Michel Fréchette, Conference Chair, Institute of Research of Hydro-Quebec, CANADA
  • Enis Tuncer, Vice Chair / Treasurer, Texas Instruments, USA
  • Davide Fabiani, Technical Program Committee Chair, University of Bologna, ITALY
  • Issouf Fofana, Conference Secretary, Université du Québec, Chicoutimi, CANADA
  • Howard Penrose, Publication and Publicity Committee Chair, Success by Design, USA
  • Zhicheng Guan, Nominating Committee Chair, Tsinghua University, CHINA
  • Huseyin Hiziroglu, Local Arrangements Chair, Kettering University, Flint, MI, USA
  • Resi Zarb, DEIS Meetings Committee Chair, Qualitrol-Iris Power, CANADA