UHVNet 2024
16th Universities
High Voltage Colloquium
9th - 10th May 2024, University of Exeter
Two days of inspiring talks and presentations
9th - 10th May 2024
The UHVNet 2024 Colloquium at the University of Exeter aims to bring together top Universities and Industry Leaders in the field of High Voltage Engineering and related phenomena. Join us for two days of inspiring talks and presentations with leading experts in the field and young engineers. This is a great opportunity to learn about the latest advancements, network with professionals, and explore potential collaborations.
Important Dates
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Colloquium Dates:
Friday, 5th April 2024
Friday, 12th April 2024
Sunday 05th May 2024
Thursday 9th - Friday 10th May 2024
Speaker Profiles
Davide Fabiani
Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Electronics and Information Engineering at the University of Bologna
Field of expertise: Electrical insulation systems
Davide Fabiani was born in Forlì, Italy, in 1972. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with honors in 1997 and 2002, respectively. Since 2014, he is Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Electronics and Information Engineering of University of Bologna where he teaches the courses of “Innovative Electrical Technologies” and “Insulation Systems Design and Diagnosis”. Formerly, from 2005 to 2014 he was Assistant Professor at University of Bologna. His fields of research are mainly related to:
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Development and characterization of nanostructured materials for applications in electrical and electronic apparatus.
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Investigation of HV apparatus diagnosis mainly through partial discharge measurements
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Evaluation of the effect of non-sinusoidal waveforms on reliability of components and insulation systems (in particular, induction motors fed by power electronic converters)
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Study of electrical conduction mechanisms and aging processed in high voltage insulation systems.
He was involved in several projects financed by public and private companies. He is author or co-author of about 280 papers, most of them published on the major international journals and conference proceedings. He is Associate Editor of IET High Voltage Journal as well as reviewer for several International Journals. He is a founder of the Research Group on Electrospinning (RGE) of University of Bologna. Currently he is President of IEEE Dielectric and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) from January 2024. He has been member-at-large of DEIS AdCom and Chair of the Meetings Committee from 2016 to 2019, DEIS VP Technical for 2020-2021 and VP Admin for 2022-2023. He is member of the TC on Nanodielectrics of IEEE DEIS and of two CIGRE working groups on multifunctional material and insulating material diagnostics.
Simon Orr
Head of Strategy and Innovation for National Grid Electricity Transmission
Field of expertise: Transmission systems
Simon is Head of Strategy and Innovation for National Grid Electricity Transmission. He completed a PhD in Physics at Warwick University before joining National Grid 13 years ago. Since then he has worked as a Power System Engineer designing the transmission system, as well as in Strategy and Innovation. This has included devising new ways for renewables and storage to connect to the transmission system and developing a new long term analysis and design capabilities for modelling the transmission system to 2050.
Matt Barnett
Technical Lead at Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission
Field of expertise: Adoption of alternatives to SF6
Matt Barnett is electrical plant subject matter expert at SSEN Transmission; he has overall technical responsibility for switchgear used for the north of Scotland electricity transmission network. He is the technical lead on the adoption of alternatives to SF6: authoring the required technical specifications and carrying our technical assessment of SF6-free switchgear up to 420 kV, as well as addressing the associated innovation, operational, asset management and policy aspects.
He is involved in various national (ENA) and international groups concerning switchgear, and presents at various events on SF6-alterantives. Currently he is a member of CIGRE JWG B3/A3.60 User guide for non-SF6 gases and gas mixtures in substations.
Matt has varied experience across electricity transmission and distribution, with background at a major manufacturer and contractor. He has an MEng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from UMIST (Manchester, UK) and is a chartered engineer.
Hayley Tripp
Lead Environmental Engineer at National Grid
Field of expertise: Electric and magnetic fields
Dr Hayley Tripp is a Lead Environmental Engineer for National Grid specialising in electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) with over 20 years of experience. She is a technical specialist on all aspects of EMFs including health, calculations, policy and compliance.
Hayley sits on numerous European and International technical committees, with specialisms including microshocks and EMF interference with active implanted medical devices (AIMDs). She has extensive experience providing EMF technical advice, assurance, and assessments for planning applications, examples of which include:
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the Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the Hinkley Connection Project;
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the Richborough overhead line scheme;
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planning application for the Western Link HVDC connection at Flintshire Bridge in Deeside;
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the NEMO Interconnector between the UK and Belgium; and
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the Hutton Series Compensation near Kendal in the Lake District.
Hayley holds a Ph.D. specialising in the effects of EMFs on the circadian system and a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences.
ShengJi Tee
Lead Engineer at Scottish Power (SP) Energy Networks
Field of expertise: Network planning and regulation
Tee specialises in system design, planning and asset management of electricity networks, primarily up to 132kV in GB, with involvement in national and international working groups and standards.
Some highlights from Tee’s work are the modelling and optimising of asset risk and asset management of ~261,000 substation assets, ~606,000 overhead structures and ~106,000km of linear assets; ultimately feeding into the Common Network Asset Indices Methodology (CNAIM) used by all DNOs. Tee is also the author of the GB statistical model for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) risk categorisation, with >£500 million saving currently realised to the GB networks. Tee is also leading the network planning and system design of distribution networks within SPEN, with work feeding into Long Term Development Statement (LTDS), Network Development Plan (NDP) and Distribution Future Energy Scenarios (DFES), ultimately preparing the transition to a Net Zero future.
Tee holds a PhD specialising in data mining for asset management of power transformers.
George Callender
Lecturer in the Electric Power Group at the University of Southampton
Field of expertise: Numerical simulation of physical phenomena in high voltage systems
Sponsors
DEIS is the Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society whose field of interest includes the study and application of dielectrics from the molecular level, through nano-structured materials, to insulation systems in industrial, commercial, and power system equipment, to emerging applications such as those at high power levels and in biological and other small-scale systems. DEIS supports the entire scope of this field from advancing the basic science, to enhancing the ability of practicing engineers to use emerging dielectric materials, to the development of standards for the prudent application of existing and new insulation systems.
National Grid is an energy company operating in the UK and US. They deliver electricity and gas safely, reliably and efficiently to the customers and communities they serve – all while working towards a clean energy future.
Venue
South West Institute of Technology, University of Exeter
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