Partial Discharge - Iris Power Engineering

Solvina presents an exclusive 3 day Professional Seminar on
Partial Discharge
By Greg Stone
Dielectrics Engineer with over 30 years of experience in the application
and testing of large motor and generator windings
April 12-14, 2011 in Gothenburg, Sweden
This seminar helps you monitor the condition of the stator winding
insulation used in your motors and generators, and to plan
maintenance based on that condition.
Cost: 16 500 SEK excl. VAT (students discount 50 % in order of vacancy)
Last date of application: February 28, 2011. Limited number of participants
Course adminstrator: Caroline Nielsen, education@solvina.se, +46 (0) 31-709 63 19

COURSE OBJECTIVES
•To understand the basics
of stator winding
insulation.
•To understand basic PD
theory.
•To understand how PD
detection devices work.
•To interpret the test data
collected and relate the
data to specific failure
mechanisms, to enable
you to plan maintenance.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The course is designed for engineering and
maintenance personnel, who purchase, install,
test, maintain and/or repair motors and/or
generators. Consultants, manufacturers and
repair shop personnel would also benefit from
this course.
SPEAKERS’S PROFILE
Greg Stone, Dielectrics
Engineer
Greg Stone has over 30 years
of experience in the
application and testing of
large motor and generator
windings. Prior to joining Iris
in 1990, he worked at
Ontario Hydro for 15 years,
where he specialized in
testing machine windings of
the company’s generators
and motors in nuclear, fossil
and hydro generating plants.
He has authored or coauthored
approximately 100
technical papers and several
books within his field of
expertise. Greg has been an
instructor for the American
utility association’s course on
motor monitoring for many
years, and more recently, he
has added his expertise to
hydrogenerator maintenance
courses. He is furthermore
active in many IEEE and IEC
working groups developing
standards and guides.
Feskekörka, Gothenburg

TUESDAY APRIL 12, 2011
Motor & Generator Stator
Windings
• Stator Winding Design
• Coil Manufacturing Process
• Failure Mechanisms
WEDNESDAY APRIL 13, 2011
PD Theory
• PD as a Symptom
• Partial Discharge or Corona
• Void Formation
• Electrical Discharges
PD Detection
• On-line and Off-line Testing
• PD Sensors
• Noise Cancellation
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Morning and afternoon breaks will
include tea and coffee. The included
lunch will be served at the conference
center. The course starts with
registration at 08.30-09.00 on Tuesday
morning. On Tuesday evening a
welcoming dinner will be served.
LOCATION
The course will be held at the
conference center Hotel Riverton, see
picture below. For your convenience,
Solvina has preliminary booked
accommodation at Riverton Hotel. It
has to be confirmed before March 11,
by using the reference number 991706
(+46 31 750 10 00).
THURSDAY APRIL 14, 2011
Interpreting Test Results
• Data Presentation
• Trend Analysis
• Polarity Predominance
• Load Effect
• Temperature Effect
• Humidity Effect
• Non-classic PD pulses
• Multiple Failure Mechanism
• PD Characteristics of Failure
Mechanisms

REGISTRATION
Registration to the course should be addressed to
the course administrator Caroline Nielsen:
education@solvina.se or
Caroline Nielsen
Solvina AB
Gruvgatan 37
S-421 30 Västra Frölunda
Sweden
Include your name, telephone number and the
invoice address and VAT-number of your company
in the registration mail. The registration is binding,
see the cancellation rules.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONFIRMATION
Within a week from your reservation you will
recieve a confirmation. If the course is filled,
you will be placed in a queue.
INFORMATION
A couple of weeks before the course you will get
additional information on the course, for
example the detailed schedule.
COURSE FEE
Course documentation, lunch, coffee, fruit and a
welcoming dinner (Tuesday evening) is included
in the course fee. The course fee will be invoiced
prior to the course. Cost: 16 500 SEK excl. VAT.
Terms of payment: 30 days net.
CANCELLATION
If you are not able to participate in the course,
you may transfer it to another person within
your company. There will be a 50 % charge of
the course fee if cancellation is made 2-4 weeks
prior to the course and 100 % charge 0-2 weeks .
HOTEL RESERVATION
The accomodation is not included in the course
fee. For your convinience, Solvina AB has
preliminary booked accomodation at Hotel
Riverton. It has to be confirmed before march
11, with the reference number 991706.
FORCE MAJEURE
Solvina AB is not liable for damage due to
Swedish or domestic law, Swedish or foreign
authority, war, strike, blocking or other similar
circumstance, and shall not be held responsible
for damage in case the course, in parts or in full,
not being completed due to disease.
Gruvgatan 37, 421 30 Västra Frölunda, Sweden, +46 (0)31-709 63 00, www.solvina.se