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Selected Papers from The International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis 2018 (CMD2018)

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2019) | Viewed by 4427

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Discipline of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
Interests: condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; asset management; power electronics; power system stability quality and control; renewable energy; smart grids
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Dear Colleagues,

The main challenges facing the adoption of 100% renewable energy generation include widespread mix of utilities, individual investors and residential generation, employing cost effective energy storage technologies, adopting intelligent online monitoring and self-healing techniques, as well as secured communication protocols and smart control technologies. As such, worldwide, utilities are currently establishing smart grids with intelligent online monitoring and self-healing techniques. The scope of this Special Issue will include, but is not limited to, condition monitoring techniques for electrical assets within transmission and distribution networks, asset management and remaining life estimation, fault diagnosis, protection and self-healing techniques, etc.

Prof. Ahmed Abu Siada
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • condition monitoring for electrical apparatus
  • asset management
  • life cycle management
  • fault diagnosis
  • smart control technology
  • advanced communication protocols.

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Surface Discharge Analysis of High Voltage Glass Insulators Using Ultraviolet Pulse Voltage
by Saiful Mohammad Iezham Suhaimi, Nouruddeen Bashir, Nor Asiah Muhamad, Nurun Najah Abdul Rahim, Noor Azlinda Ahmad and Mohd Nazri Abdul Rahman
Energies 2019, 12(2), 204; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en12020204 - 09 Jan 2019
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Surface discharges are precursors to flashover. To pre-empt the occurrence of flashover incidents, utility companies need to regularly monitor the condition of line insulators. Recent studies have shown that monitoring of UV signals emitted by surface discharges of insulators is a promising technique. [...] Read more.
Surface discharges are precursors to flashover. To pre-empt the occurrence of flashover incidents, utility companies need to regularly monitor the condition of line insulators. Recent studies have shown that monitoring of UV signals emitted by surface discharges of insulators is a promising technique. In this work, the UV signals’ time and frequency components of a set of contaminated and field-aged insulator under varying contamination levels and degrees of ageing were studied. Experimental result shows that a strong correlation exists between the discharge intensity levels under varying contamination levels and degree of ageing. As the contamination level increases, the discharge level of the insulator samples also intensifies, resulting in the increase of total harmonic distortion and fundamental frequencies. Total harmonic distortion and fundamental frequencies of the UV signals were employed to develop a technique based on artificial neural networks (ANNs) to classify the flashover prediction based on the discharge intensity levels of the insulator samples. The results of the ANN simulation showed 87% accuracy in the performance index. This study illustrates that the UV pulse detection method is a potential tool to monitor insulator surface conditions during service. Full article
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