2013 – Shenzhen, China

  • October 20-23, 2013 – Shenzhen, China (Ming WaConf. Center)
2013 Conference Attendees in Shenzhen, China

Program:

Report on CEIDP 2013:

Proceedings:

Whitehead Lecturer:

  • 2013 Whitehead Memorial Lecturer: Prof. Masoud Farzaneh, UQAC, Canada.

Title— Insulator icing flashover

Abstract— Atmospheric ice accretion, combined with pollution, has been identified as a significant risk factor in the reliability of line and station insulators in cold climate regions. Flashovers occurring on ice- and snow-covered insulators result from combinations of a number of factors. Electric fields modify the structure of ice, the shape and direction of icicle development, the distribution of liquid water and the geometry of air gaps that break up the continuous ice surface. Electric field strength and voltage polarity as well as corona space charge and ionic wind have demonstrable influences on the flashover process. Insulator icing flashover is also affected by changes in air temperature and several other environmental and meteorological conditions including ice type and structure. The presence of surface pollution and the rejection of ions from solid to liquid layers during the freezing and melting process also play a central role in the icing flashover of insulators, which can occur at normal operating voltage under the most adverse conditions. This lecture presents an overview of these phenomena and describes the interactions that lead to the initiation and development of discharges on the ice surfaces covering the insulators, as well as their evolution to flashover. The lecture also includes the modeling of these phenomena, leading to successful prediction of withstand voltage as well as to insight into the most practical solutions for improved insulator design and mitigating icing flashovers.

Prof. Masoud Farzaneh short Bio: Masoud Farzaneh is Director-founder of the International Research Center CENGIVRE, Chairholder of the NSERC/Hydro-Quebec/UQAC Industrial Research Chair CIGELE and Chairholder of the Canada Research Chair INGIVRE related to power transmission engineering in cold climate regions. His field of research encompasses high voltage and power engineering including the impact of cold climate on overhead transmission lines. He authored or co-authored more than 500 technical papers, and 17 books or book chapters. Prof. Farzaneh has so far trained more than 100 postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Actively involved with CIGRÉ and IEEE, he is Convenor of CIGRE WG B2.44 on coatings for protection of overhead lines during winter conditions, and member of the Executive Committee of CIGRE Canada. He is currently President of IEEE DEIS, and member of the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. He is Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). His contributions and achievements in research and teaching have been recognized by the attribution of a number of prestigious prizes and awards at national and international levels.

  • 2013 CEIDP Whitehead Lecturer Article on IEEE Xplore: Click Here

Executive Committee:

  • Mahmoud Abou-Dakka, Conference Chair, National Research Council of Canada, CANADA
  • Michel Fréchette, Vice Chair / Treasurer, Institute of Research of Hydro-Quebec, CANADA
  • Enis Tuncer, Technical Program Committee Chair, Texas Instruments, USA
  • Frank Hegeler, Conference Secretary, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Issouf Fofana, Publication and Publicity Committee Chair, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, CANADA
  • V. Rodolfo Garcia-Colon, Nominating Committee Chair, Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, MEXICO
  • Zhicheng Guan, Local Arrangements Chair, Tsinghua University, CHINA
  • Resi Zarb, DEIS Meetings Committee Chair, Qualitrol-Iris Power, CANADA