THEME
ONE: Equipment, Lines, Insulating Materials & Insulation Coordination
Developments
in electrical machine design and experience in service
• Developments in design and materials, improving reliability,
efficiency, operability, maintenance and costs; more environmental
friendly materials
• New designs and methods for life extension, retrofitting,
rewinding and core replacements, associated increased power output,
efficiency enhancement and performance improvement
Machines
for dispersed generation and renewable energy
• Designs and methods to improve control grid stability, voltage
dip survival, stabilization after grid faults, and provide reactive
power control and energy storage
Transformers
• Thermal, electrical and environmental performances, fire
safety
• Transformers reliability, technical, economical and strategical
aspects
• Power transformer monitoring, failures and repair
• Effects of transients on transformer performances
• Experiences accumulated in view of the revision of existing
standards (hybrid insulation system, SF6-filled units, etc), condition
assessment, gas in oil analysis, oil tests, by-products, maintenance
related aspects
Reliability
and risk assessment of transformers in service
• Purchasing new transformers Vs. ‘Refurbishment to
new (technical economical comparisons, use of spares units, reliability,
testing, technical improvements on aged units)
• Diagnostics, risk assessment, post-mortem post scrapping
investigations, on-line monitoring, moisture assessment, maintenance
operation (drying, online degassers and dehumidifiers), quality
controls
• Oil corrosivity and mitigation technique, re-inhibiting,
metal passivators
Reactors (shunt, shunt
with regulation, series, neutral) and related items
• Impact of specifications (acceptance tests, losses, noise,
vibrations, etc) on the design
• Loading, switching operations, experiences in service, system
aspects, new applications and designs
• Reliability, condition assessment, end of life evaluation
Managing
an ageing high voltage asset population
• End of life assessment (age, capability, reliability, technical
risks, expertise)
• Refurbishment and replacement strategies
• Application of monitoring and condition assessment techniques
• Developments in testing and verification of HV substation
equipment
• Increasing test requirements (1000kV transmission, large
out-of-phase angles, changing network topologies) and decreasing
margins between operation and design/test conditions
• Use of simulations for verification
• Interpretation and extrapolation of type tests for special
system conditions
• Testing of hybrid switchgear assemblies
• Acceptance and experience of new substation equipment and
techniques
• Non-conventional instrument transformers, IEC 61850 and
monitoring and intelligence within equipment
• Mixed technology and composite insulated switchgear
Insulated
cables
• Technical challenges overcome underground and submarine
transmission systems
• Cable terminations design, installations and in experiences
service
• Methods supporting efficient operation, maintenance and
upgrading/replacement decisions of cable systems
Overhead lines
• Increasing capacity of overhead lines
• Solutions to improve the availability of overhead lines
THEME TWO: Substations, Communications
Lessons
learned on substation asset use optimization
• Refurbishment, renewal and maintenance strategies
• Influences of dynamic loading on maintenance policy and
asset performance
• Substation lifecycle cost reduction
• Benefits of condition monitoring for decision support
• Impacts of future network concept, e.g. “smart grids”,
on substation design, primary and secondary (digital communication,
automation, control and operation)
• Connecting new renewable generation including offshore substations
• Designs for least environmental impact
HVDC transmission
projects including applications at 800kV
• Operational Performance of existing HVDC and power electronics
• Feasibility studies of new HVDC projects
• Planning, Design and Reliability criteria and characteristics
of new HVDC projects
• FACTS applications and new developments Feasibility studies/
Operational Performance and system impact of existing projects.
• New power electronic equipment development and applications
• New development on power electronic devices
• Applications in Distribution systems
• Applications for Wind Power and renewable energy sources
• Applications in DC Grids for urban applications
Information
systems and telecommunications
• Impact of the unbundling of vertically integrated companies
on the information and communication systems
Protection and automation
• Impact of Process-Bus (IEC61850-9-2) on Protection and Substation
Automation Systems (System reliability/ System architecture/ Experiences
so far)
• Life Cycle Management of Protection and Control Systems
• Testing of Protection and Substation Automation Systems
THEME THREE: System Operation and Control
• New applications in system
operation and control for detection and mitigation of system conditions
• Evolution of operation reliability standards in the context
of open markets and reduced security margins
• Criteria and standards level metrics and performance indicators
• Impact on system operation and control of the integration
of rental generation
System
environmental performance
• Implications of climate change on the electric power system
• Strategic Environmental Assessment methodologies in the
planning of system expansion
How can system technical
performance be specified, evaluated and improved
• New techniques, tools and application experiences related
to electromagnetic compatibility, insulation coordination, lightning
protection, power quality and power system security.
• System technical performance indices
• The influence of environmental stresses (such as lightning
and pollution)
• The interaction of electrical equipment and customer installations
with the power system
THEME FOUR: System Planning, Technical Analysis
System
Development and Economics
• Planning of long term network developments, economic Vs.
non-economic, probability, risk, impact
• Planning regulated Vs. un-regulated projects, short Vs.
long term issues
• Development of a capital expenditure plan, business organization,
performance indicators
• Design strategies to make power systems resilient to failure
including tools to enable effective planning
• Planning and investing for effective supply restoration
plans
• How can failure modes be identified?
• Adequacy and security in Generation and Transmission in
the context of the future generation mix and location
• How can acceptable risk levels be defined? Risk analysis
techniques?
• Generation off-site supply security
Electricity Markets and Regulation
• Incentives for investing in generation and transmission
in an electricity market environment
• Investment criteria (for generation and transmission) in
a market environment, role of capacity markets
• Interactions between system security rules and market rules
Distribution
systems and dispersed generation
• Development and operation of power systems incorporating
Dispersed and Renewable Energy Resources
• Integration issues at the planning and operation stage,
experience: impact of large scale integration, constraints
• Concepts and technologies for active distribution networks
Status of emerging technologies
for power systems
• Development of renewable energy sources and storage systems
• Diagnostic of material properties in power equipment: Development
and practical experiences
• Challenges for materials in future power systems (Low/high
temperatures/ Overloading operating conditions/ High electric field
stress)
Language of the Conference
Papers are accepted in either Arabic or
English, provided that a translation of the abstract to the other
language is submitted. However all presentations should be only
in English
Seminar Proceedings
Original papers in their original form delivered
to GCC Cigre will subsequently be published in a volume comprising
the overall conference proceedings. Therefore, authors of accepted
abstracts are requested to comply with "instruction for papers preparation"
which will be sent to them together with the letter of acceptance
of their abstracts.
Distinguished Applied Research
Award
A prize will be awarded to the author(s)
of the Three most distinguished papers of the conference. Overall
evaluation of the respective papers will take into consideration
the preparation, contents and style of presentation of the contesting
research papers.
Instructions for Papers Preparation
Authors of accepted abstracts will be provided
with complete instructions for the preparation of papers for this
conference together with the relevant forms.
Submission of Papers
To submit a paper, please proceed as follows:
