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Euro TechCon® 2008 Programme
For abstract
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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TIME |
18-Nov |
19-Nov |
20-Nov |
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8:00 AM |
Registration |
Registration |
Registration |
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9:00 AM |
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The Role of Corrosive Sulphur in the Failure of a UK
Transmission Transformer and the Prevention of
Future Failures
Gordon Wilson, National Grid |
Transforming Disasters - an Insurer's
Perspective
Gordon Barnes, Crawford & Company |
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9:45 AM |
Welcome and Keynote Address
Engineering Skill Shortages -
a Degree of Concern
John
Walker, U. of Strathclyde, UK |
Transformer Life Cycle
Management Benedikt Schmitz, Siemens |
Question & Answer Panel
Panel Members TBD |
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10:30 AM |
Break |
Break |
Break |
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10:45 AM |
National Grid Condition Monitoring Strategy
Carl Johnstone, National Grid |
Copper Mobility and Sulfur in Electrical Equipment
Russ Crutcher, Microlab
Northwest |
Uninhibited versus Inhibited
Transformer Oil and their Manufacture
Jimmy Rasco, Ergon Refining |
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11:30 AM |
When to Replace Aged Transformers
Simon Ryder, Doble
Power Test |
Increasing Power Transformer Reliability and
Reducing Maintenance Costs Using On-line Monitoring
Zbigniew
Banach, ComEd/Exelon |
DGA and DP
Results on Faults and Ageing of Ester Transformer Insulation
Zhondong Wang, University of Manchester
A Systematic
Aging Test on Ester Liquids
Maik Koch, Omicron Energy |
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12:15 PM |
Lunch |
Lunch |
ETC08 Ends/Lunch |
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1:15 PM |
On-line and Off-line Diagnostics Tools
A series of
eleven (11)
presentations will be delivered from 1:15 - 5:00 pm.
Click here for the schedule. |
Demand for New Generation of
Insulating Oils
Bruce Pahlavanpour, Nynas
Napthenics Ltd.
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Start of AMforum (1:30
PM)
A. How to spend money, how to accomplish
projects
B. Risk management (health/sick index) and the end
of life |
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2:00 PM |
SF6-Filled Transformers as a City Centre
Solution
Tom Breckinridge, TB TCS Ltd. |
C. Theft, vandalism, security |
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3:00 PM |
Break |
Break |
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3:15 PM |
On-line and Off-line Diagnostics Tools
(cont.)
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Experiences with Fifteen Years of Successful
Transformer Life Extension
Georg Daemisch, Transformer
Consulting |
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4:00 PM |
Improved Field Testing Regimes
for Safer and More Reliable High Voltage Circuit
Breaker Performance
Matz Ohlen,
Megger |
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5:00 PM |
ETC08 Adjourns |
ETC08 Adjourns |
AMforum Adjourns |
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5:30 PM |
Drinks Reception |
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7:00 PM |
Conference Dinner |
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