Report on the International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis (CMD 2008) April 21-24, 2008, Beijing, China
The second biennial International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis (CMD) was organized by the North China Electric Power University (NCEPU) and was held in Beijing, China, from April 21-24, 2008. About 350 registrants from industry, government, research and academia attended the conference, representing 26 countries including: China (61), Japan (35), Korea (23), UK (18), Indonesia (15), India (11), Netherlands (9), Austria (9), Romania, Germany, Canada and the USA. There were over 400 abstracts submitted and 320 full papers published in the proceedings. The conference was very fortunate to have many distinguished experts attend the conference and to present papers in their respective fields. The invited Speakers of the Plenary Session are shown in the accompaning table. After the Plenary Session, the conferees exchanged ideas and discussed their work in the form of oral and poster presentations. The main topics of the papers were as follows: 1. Fundamentals of Partial Discharge Detection 2. Condition Monitoring of Generators 3. Phenomena and Mechanisms of Aging, Degradation and Failure 4. Condition Monitoring and Evaluation of GIS, Switchgear, MOA and Insulators 5. Condition Monitoring of Power Transformers
Invited Speakers of the Plenary Session
From left to right, Professor’s Hitoshi Okubo, Michael Muhr and Chengrong Li in the Welcoming Reception.
From left to right, Professor’s Hitoshi Okubo, Toshikatsu Tanaka and Chengrong Li in the Welcoming Reception.
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Speaker
Mr. Liu Zehong
Affiliation
State Grid Corporation of China
Title
Recent R&D and Future Perspectives on Ultra High Voltage Transmission in China
Delft University Prof. Johan J. Smit of Technology, Netherlands
Integration of Condition Monitoring Intelligence in Electrical Infrastructures
Prof. G. C. Montanari
University of Bologna, Italy
Insulation Condition Assessment of Power Equipments in Electrical Assets Based on On-line Monitoring of Partial Discharges
Prof. Chengrong Li
North China Electric Power University, China
Recent Progress and Future Perspective on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Techniques for Power Equipment in China
Prof. Hitoshi Okubo
Nagoya University, Japan
Recent Progress and Future Perspective on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Techniques for Power Equipment in Japan
Prof. Hyun-Hoo Kim
Doowon Institute of Technology, Korea
Recent Progress and Future Perspective on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics for Power Equipment in Korea
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Exhibition Professor’s Chengrong Li and Johan J. Smit in the Plenary Session
6. Strategic Planning and Management for Condition Monitoring and Assess Management 7. Evaluation and Condition Monitoring of Electric Systems and other Industrial Fields 8. New Measurement Equipments 9. Advanced PD Detection: UHF Techniques and Noise Suppression Techniques 10. Condition Monitoring of Cable and other Capacitive Apparatus 11. Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Information Technique for Condition Monitoring Some interesting statistics on the topics of interest are as follows: 1. Condition Monitoring of Power Transformers (49) 2. Phenomena and Mechanisms of Aging, Degradation, and Failure (39) 3. Evaluation and Condition Monitoring of Electric Systems and other Industrial Fields (35) 4. Condition Monitoring of Cable and other Capacitive Apparatus (31) 5. Condition Monitoring and Evaluation of GIS, Switchgear, MOA and Insulators (28).
Questions from the floor (Harry Orton)
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Invited Speakers in the Parallel Sessions Speaker
Affiliation
Title
Johan J. Smit
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Investigation of Water Treeing – Electrical Treeing Transition in Power Cables
Guanjun Zhang
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Lifetime Monitoring and Estimation Strategy for Large Power Transformer
Chen George
University of Southampton, UK
Apparent Mobility and its Relationship with Ageing in Polymeric Insulation Materials
Hung T. Dang
Luxtron/ Lumasense Technologies Inc., USA
Finally Fiber Optic Sensing of Power Transformer “Hotspots” Is Paying Off
Zhongdong Wang
University of Manchester, UK
FRA Low Frequency Characteristic Study using Duality Transformer Core Modeling
Chengke Zhou
Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Partial Discharge Monitoring in Medium Voltage Cables
Martin D. Judd
University of Strathclyde, UK
Radiometric Partial Discharge Detection
Su Q
Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Insulation Condition Assessment of HV Cables
Poster Session
IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
Panel Discussion To draw attention to the key areas of the conference, eight invited lectures were presented in parallel sessions as shown in the accompanied table. Prominent attendees like Professor’s Johan J. Smit and Toshikatsu Tanaka and Dr’s. Chen George and Martin D. Judd, all gave informative lectures which were the highlights of the conference. CMD 2008 was sponsored by the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, National Natural Science Foundation of China, State Grid Corporation of China, China Electric Power Research Institute, Wuhan High Voltage Research Institute of SGCC and North China Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd.. The conference was also supported by many manufacturers and exhibitors (total of 31). New concepts of conditioning monitoring and diagnosis in industry applications were shown and the exhibition attracted the attention of many participants. Two panel discussions where held to share experiences in UHF PD monitoring and FRA Measurement and Diagnosis of Power Transformers. To prompt contributions to the panel discussions, several questions were put to the participants. The organizers welcomed the contributions from all the experts in their related fields. An International Board Meeting was held with the representatives of CMD 2008 Steering Committee to summarize the status of the conference and to prepare for CMD 2010 and also to decide on the host country for CMD 2012. After a stimulating discussion it was decided that CMD 2012 will be held in Indonesia.
UHV DC Test Station Technical tours included the UHV DC Test Station of the State Grid Corporation of China, the Beijing Key Laboratory of High Voltage & EMC (NCEPU), and the Key Laboratory of the Power System Protection and Dynamic Security Monitoring under the Ministry of Education (NCEPU). As the chairman of CMD 2008, I sincerely hope that the conference was a beneficial and enjoyable experience for all participants and that you had a nice stay in Beijing. Also, I would like to give my most heartfelt thanks to all delegates from all over the world and the member societies for the efforts they have given to assist in this scientifically successful conference. Professor Chengrong Li Chairman of CMD 2008
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In the Beijing Key Laboratory of High Voltage & EMC (NCEPU)
International Board Meeting
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