Cigré Study Committees B3/ D1 Colloquium Managing Substations in the Power System of the Future: Trends in Technology, Design, Materials and Diagnostics Brisbane Queensland AUSTRALIA 8 – 13 September 2013 Preliminary Colloquium Program PS 1: Latest Developments in Substation Design 1) Seismic design of substation equipment based on the Great East Japan Earthquake ICHIRO OHNO, TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, JAPAN; TOMOAKI ITO, TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, JAPAN; TAKAYUKI KOBAYASHI, TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, JAPAN 2) The Life Cycle Management of SF6 gas in Substation CAI WEI, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA; LI ZHIGANG, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA; DENG CHUN, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA; SUN YUNSHENG, JIBEI ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, CHINA; YANG DAWEI , JIBEI ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, CHINA 3) Environmental friendly modern high power GIS solutions PETER GLAUBITZ, SIEMENS AG, GERMANY; PETRA RUDENKO, SIEMENS AG, GERMANY; CHRISTIAN WALLNER, SIEMENS AG, GERMANY 4) A 500kV AIS Switchyard Rejuvenation in British Columbia using Hybrids TOLY MESSINGER, BC HYDRO, CANADA; EDDY BURT, BC HYDRO, CANADA; PETER GLAUBITZ, SIEMENS AG, CANADA 5) FAT testing of 61850 concepts IAN YOUNG, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, AUSTRALIA; JAMES COLE, ENDEAVOUR ENERGY, AUSTRALIA 6) Optimisation of CT/VT Arrangements and Improved Operational Response RODNEY HUGHES, ROD HUGHES CONSULTING, AUSTRALIA 7) Earthing system design BILL CARMAN, AUSGRID, AUSTRALIA 8) Creating a virtual presence in substations MICHAEL NEWTON, TRANSPOWER, NEW ZEALAND; ANDREW RENTON, TRANSPOWER, NEW ZEALAND 9) Hypoxic Fire Systems for Indoor Substations ANDREW RENTON, TRANSPOWER, NEW ZEALAND; GRAEME WATSON, TRANSPOWER, NEW ZEALAND; ARIC THORN, TRANSPOWER, NEW ZEALAND 10) Value of customized design for HV substations GERALD BUCHS, ALPIQ ENERTRANS AG, SWITZERLAND; CHARLES GUILLOD, ALPIQ ENERTRANS AG, SWITZERLAND; SASCHA WYSS, ALPIQ ENERTRANS AG, SWITZERLAND 11) Transpower’s Adoption of Air Insulated Switchgear MICHAEL NEWTON, TRANSPOWER, NEW ZEALAND; ANDREW RENTON, TRANSPOWER, NEW ZEALAND 12) Earthing System Design Coordination Threshold STEPHEN PALMER, SAFEARTH CONSULTING, AUSTRALIA; BILL TOCHER, SAFEARTH CONSULTING, AUSTRALIA; DARREN WOODHOUSE, SAFEARTH CONSULTING, AUSTRALIA 13) 400/110/20 kV Gura Ialomitei - Environmentally friendly High Voltage substation fighting against global warming CIPRIAN DIACONU, ROMANIAN POWER GRID COMPANY, ROMANIA; MIHAI MARCOLT, ROMANIAN POWER GRID COMPANY, ROMANIA 14) Issues encountered upgrading plant in an environmentally sensitive substation DHARMENDRA YOGA, TRANSGRID, AUSTRALIA; DANIEL BURN, TRANSGRID, AUSTRALIA Page 1 PS 2: Impact of Modern Materials and Emerging Test Techniques on Substation Equipment 1) State of the art Review on Managing Vegetable Oil Filled Transformers DANIEL MARTIN, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA; HUI MA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA; CHANDIMA EKANAYAKE, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA; TAPAN SAHA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA; NICK LELEKAKIS, MONASH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA 2) Advanced Electrical Insulation Techniques for Higher Voltage Vacuum Interrupters H. OKUBO, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN; H. KOJIMA, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN; K. KATO, NIIHAMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN; N. HAYAKAWA, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN; M. HANAI, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN 3) Creeping Flashover Characteristics of Transformer Oil-Based Nanofluids Impregnated Pressboard ZHOU YOU, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY, CHINA; LV YU-ZHEN, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY, CHINA; LI CHENG-RONG, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY, CHINA; MA KAI-BO, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY, CHINA; ZHANG SHENG-NAN, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY, CHINA; WANG WEI, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY, CHINA 4) Investigation of different internal arcing test procedures to avoid SF6 KUSCHEL MARK, SIEMENS AG, GERMANY; BAHR MATTHIAS, SIEMENS AG, GERMANY; ORTH CAROLINE, SIEMENS AG, GERMANY; PRESSER NAZMIR, SIEMENS AG, GERMANY 5) The Accumulation of Surface Charge on GIS Insulator under DC and AC Voltages in SF6 BO QI, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY, CHINA 6) Specifics of PD Measurement on Gas-Insulated HVDC Equipment UWE SCHICHLER, SIEMENS AG, GERMANY; MARK KUSCHEL, SIEMENS, GERMANY; JOERG GORABLENKOW, SIEMENS, GERMANY 7) Time sequential properties of PD current pulses in SF6 gas and dry air under DC SHINYA OHTSUKA, KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN; MASATAKA OKAMOTO, KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN 8) Compact Gas-Solid Insulating Systems for High-Field-Stress in HVDC applications MICHAEL TENZER, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADT, GERMANY; VOLKER HINRICHSEN, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTAD, GERMANY; AXEL WINTER, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN. GERMANY; JOSEF KINDERSBERGER, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN, GERMANY; DENIS IMAMOVIC, SIEMENS AG, GERMANY 9) Polymeric HVDC Insulation – State of the Art of Material Laboratory and on-site Testing FABIAN LEHRETZ, LAPP INSULATORS GMBH, GERMANY; JENS SEIFERT, LAPP INSULATORS GMBH, GERMANY; ULF GUSTKE, SEBAKMT, GERMANY; C GRAMSCH, SEBAKMT, GERMANY 10) DC Testing of HVDC and UHDC Equipment – DC Test systems and their Challenges PIETSCH RALF, HIGHVOLT PRUEFTECHNIK DRESDEN GMBH, GERMANY; STEINER THOMAS, HIGHVOLT PRUEFTECHNIK DRESDEN GMBH, GERMANY 11) Present State and Experiences Concerning Dielectric Testing of UHV Equipment PIETSCH RALF, HIGHVOLT PRUEFTECHNIK DRESDEN GMBH, GERMANY; RIECHERT UWE, ABB, GERMANY; SHIGEMITSU OKABE, TEPCO, GERMANY; GARNACHO FERNANDO, LCOE, GERMANY; HINOW MARTIN, HIGHVOLT PRUEFTECHNIK GMBH DRESDEN, GERMANY PS 3: Life Cycle Management and Maintenance 1) Intelligent Power Flow Control and Maintenance Technology by IGMS MASAHIRO HANAI, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN; HIROKI KOJIMA, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN; NAOKI HAYAKAWA, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN; HITOSHI OKUBO, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN 2) Not Our Fault! – Earth Faults, past, present and future and their mitigation DENNIS KEEN, CONNETICS LIMITED, NEW ZEALAND 3) Earthing System Testing Challenges – Reactance, Induction & Phase STEPHEN PALMER, SAFEARTH CONSULTING, AUSTRALIA; BILL TOCHER, SAFEARTH CONSULTING, AUSTRALIA 4) Earthing - A Contemporary Overview TONY MITTON, MITTON INSTRUMENTS LTD, NEW ZEALAND Page 2 5) New risk mitigation techniques in managing substation equipment reliability DAVID GIBBS, POWERLINK, AUSTRALIA; JOSE LOPEZ-ROLDAN, POWERLINK, AUSTRALIA; DAVE ALLAN, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA 6) New Aspects of UHF PD Diagnostics of Gas-insulated Systems SHIGEMITSU OKABE (SUBMITTING AUTHOR) - WG.D1.25 WORK, 16 AUTHORS LISTED, ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, JAPAN 7) Latest Findings at Transformer Bushing Condition Evaluation by Dielectric Respo CHRISTOF SUMEREDER, GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRIA; ANDREAS GUMPINGER, TIWAG, AUSTRIA 8) Condition Assessment of Model Transformers under Accelerated Ageing Experiments CHANDIMA EKANAYAKE, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA; TAPAN SAHA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA; HUI MA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA; DANIEL MARTIN, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA 9) A Comparative Study on Signal Processing for Partial Discharge Measurement JEFFERY CHAN, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA; HUI MA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA; TAPAN SAHA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA 10) Experience with condition assessment of gas-insulated system (GIS / GIL) CLAUS NEUMANN, DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, GERMANY; BARTOSZ RUSEK, AMPRION, GERMANY; UWE SCHICHLER, SIEMENS, GERMANY; ZAINUDDIN ABOO, DEWA, GERMANY 11) Effect of Aging of Transformer Insulation on Partial Discharge Patterns ILIANA PORTUGUES, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE, UK; BELEN GARCIA, UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, UK 12) Effect of voltage frequency on Electrical Treeing of XLPE insulation ERLING ILDSTAD, NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NORWAY; JORUN HØLTO, NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NORWAY; KRISTIAN FAUSKANGER, NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NORWAY 13) Substation Surveillance using RFI and Complementary EMI Detection Techniques HANS KRISTIANSEN, DOBLE TRANSINOR AS, UK; ALAN NESBITT, GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY, UK; BRIAN STEWART, GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY, UK; SCOTT MCMEEKIN, GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY, UK ; KJETIL LIBECH-LIEN, DOBLE TRANSINOR AS, UK 14) Impacts of Transformer Winding Series Capacitance on FRA Spectrum Oscillations MEHDI BAGHERI, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA; TREVOR BLACKBURN, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA; TOAN PHUNG, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA; ZHENYU LIU, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA 15) Basis Function Modelling of Transformer Frequency Response Analysis using PSO JAMES WELSH, UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA 16) Practical experience with the Partial Discharge Monitor (PDM) for on-line condition monitoring B.T. PHUNG, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA; Z. LIU, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA; T.R. BLACKBURN, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA; G. BURGESS, ENDEAVOUR ENERGY, AUSTRALIA; P. MCMULLAN, AUSGRID, AUSTRALIA; H. ZHANG, AUSGRID, AUSTRALIA 17) Residual Charge Detection from Water-tree Degraded XLPE Cables with Pulse Voltages TAKASHI KURIHARA, CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY, JAPAN; TATUSKI OKAMOTO, CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY, JAPAN; TAIZO TSUJI, CHABU ELECTRIC POWER CO., JAPAN; KATSUMI UCHIDA, CHABU ELECTRIC POWER CO., JAPAN; KIM MYONG HWAN, TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN; NAOHIRO HOZUMI, TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN 18) Importance oriented maintenance strategies based on the Value at Risk method MARCO FLECKENSTEIN, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADT, GERMANY; CLAUS NEUMANN, AMPRION, GERMANY; GERD BALZER, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADT, GERMANY 19) Optimal Commissioning of Controlled Switching Systems MERCIER ANDRÉ, IREQ, CANADA; DE CARUFEL SERGE, HYDRO-QUÉBEC, CANADA; TAILLEFER PIERRE, VIZIMAX, CANADA 20) Maintenance planning aiming at long term use of indoor GIS in Southeast Asia AKIRA OKADA, HITACHI, JAPAN; K. KAWAKITA CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., JAPAN Page 3 21) 12 years of Live Substation Work at POWERLINK QUEENSLAND” Powerlink Queensland / RTE (Réseau Transport d’Electricité France) JEAN-PAUL JOUGLARD, POWERLINK, AUSTRALIA; MICHEL LAUGIER, RTE, AUSTRALIA; LOUIS DE VATINE, RTE, AUSTRALIA 22) Integral substation life management and asset information strategy JOHAN SMIT, DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, NETHERLANDS; NOHRA BARRERA, AXPO AG, NETHERLANDS 23) Transformers Life Assessment and Extension TONY PALECHEK, DP ENGINEERING, USA 24) Manifested Problems of and Rectification Works Associated with Under Specified Outdoor 145kV GIS Switchgear JONATHAN KHOR, ENERGEX, AUSTRALIA 25) Issues in Implementing Gas Insulated Line Technology Over Large Spans in High Voltage Substations DANIEL SARTOR, TRANSGRID, AUSTRALIA; TRENT HOFFMAN, UGL ENGINEERING, AUSTRALIA 26) Using modern technology and innovative design to upgrade a distribution substation to a transmission substation in an urban location JAN BEDNARIK, ESB ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, IRELAND; JAN BEDNARIK, ESB ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, IRELAND; HUGH CUNNINGHAM, ESB ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, IRELAND; STEPHEN COURT, ESB ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, IRELAND 27) Optimal Evaluation to Upgrade Existing Substation against Severe Climate Condition TAKANORI NISHIOKA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER, JAPAN; KOJI KAWAKITA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER, JAPAN 28) Increasing Substation Capability through a Review of Substation Ratings DARREN SPOOR, TRANSGRID, AUSTRALIA; JAHAN PEIRIS, TRANSGRID, AUSTRALIA; PHILLIP NICHOLS, AUSGRID, AUSTRALIA 29) Hobson St Substation JAMES HERBERT, AURECON, NEW ZEALAND 30) Challenges associated with upgrading existing substations ALAN CROMBIE, UGL ENGINEERING, AUSTRALIA 31) Tomorrow's Substation - Realising the Substation for the Power System of the Future JOE TUSEK, AURECON, AUSTRALIA; TERRY KRIEG, SKM, AUSTRALIA; BARRY FINLAY, SKM, AUSTRALIA Page 4