2016 Preliminary ProgramCOMET ‘16 - SeminarsTuesday, October 25, 2016

T&D Seminar

8:30 am - 11:30 amSeminar 1: Practical Partial DischargesTheory, measurement, monitoring, localization and risk assessment, interpreting PD resultsPresenter – Prof. Dr. Peter Werle, Leibniz University, Hannover (Germany)

12:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Seminar 2: Transformersa) Comprehensive monitoring solution examples

(Presenter – Emilio Morales, Qualitrol)

b) Site acceptance test as fingerprint for health assessment during operationPresenter – Mike Horning, SDMyers

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm COMET User Group Meeting – Carey Schneider, AEP

Rotating Machine Seminar

8:30 am - 9:00 amIntroduction:Overview of Condition Based Maintenance and Condition Monitoring on Motors and Generators – Connor Chan; Qualitrol Iris

9:00 am - 11:30 pm

Module 2: Rotor Winding Design and Monitoringa) Rotor Winding Design and Failure Mechanismsb) Rotor Online Monitoring including current signature analysis, broken

rotor bar detection, air gap eccentricity and flux monitoring.Connor Chan; Qualitrol Iris

12:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Module 3: Stator Winding Design and Monitoringa) Stator Winding Design and Failure Mechanismsb) Online Monitoring of Stator Winding with Partial Discharge and End

winding Vibration.Connor Chan; Qualitrol Iris

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COMET ‘16 - Transmission & Distribution Conference Paper PresentationsWednesday, October 26, 2016

7:00 am - 8:00 am Breakfast & Networking - Tejas Dining Area on Level 2

Plenary Session – Keynote Address

8:00 am - 8:10 am Opening Remarks and WelcomeDr. Robert Hebner, Conference Chair, UT Austin (USA)

8:10 am – 8:45 am Keynote 1 - Dr. Dragan Djurdjanovic, UT Austin (USA)

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Paper Session 1: Learning from Failures

Transformer failures ONCOR by Russell Smith, Oncor Failure case study on a 140/72kV transformer by Trout Jon, SDMyer Case study LTC: LTC#2 issue by Tom Sanders

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Paper Session 2: Transformer - Condition Based Monitoring

Correlation between Hydrogen Generation and Electrical Faults in a Mineral Transformer Oil by Qiang Liu, Manchester University

Comparison of Methods for On-line Dissolved Gas Analysis of Electrical Insulating Fluids by John Hinshaw, Qualitrol

Transformer Fault Diagnosis Using Fuzzy Logic Interpretations by Arash R Khoshrou

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Panel Session 1: Shooting in the Dark - Dynamic Loading of Power Transformers

3:30 pm 5:00 pm

Paper Session 3: Transformer - Condition Based Monitoring

Heating test utilizing temperature direct measurement method – case study of the 3rd transformer of SE João Câmara II by Santhiago Guedes Montenegro, Chesf

Integration of offline data into online monitoring solution by Joerg Preuse, Gridinspect GmbH

Transformer condition health algorithm by Praveen Khanna, ABB

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Keynote 2 - Conference Dinner – Alan Ross, VP Reliability, SDMyers

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Conference on Online Monitoring of Electric Assets Page 3 of 4October 25-27, 2016, AT&T Conference Center, University of Texas at Austin

7:00 am - 8:00 am Breakfast & Networking - Tejas Dining Area on Level 2

Plenary Session – Keynote Address

8:10 am – 8:45 am Keynote 3 – Thomas Rak, Manager Substation and T-Line Standards, PG&E

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Paper Session 4: Analytics for Asset Monitoring and Upcoming Technologies

CenterPoint Energy Substation Transformers Asset Analytics Using SAP HANA platform by Qazim Aziz, CenterPoint Energy

A case study in balancing flexibility and simplicity in data management and presentation in a world of growing data, shrinking expertise, and expanding responsibility by Jason C Dennison, Onnow Digital

Megatrends and Challenges for the Electric Utility Industry Wayne Bishop Jr. , Omicron

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Panel Session 2: Condition Based Asset Renewal and Maintenance – Is it Time?

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Paper Session 5: Asset Health Index - A Utility Experience and its Reliability

Return of experience in GIS PD monitoring by José Guilherme Rodrigues Filho, Itaipu

Partial Discharge Monitoring: Lessons Learned and Consequential Safety by Kayla Zellers, AEP

Roadmap to a Smarter Substation – Part 1 by Josh Srp, LCRA

3:30 pm 5:00 pm Panel Session 3: Condition Monitoring Systems vs Regulatory Compliance and IT

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