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The 2020s are going to be an exciting decade of change in terms of how people interact with the electricity grid. In Australia and New Zealand, the electricity systems are decarbonizing, driven by economics and government policies. New technologies such as rooftop PV, solar, and wind are entering the system. Electrical transport and batteries are expected to become mainstream soon as costs continue

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In Australia, similarly to other countries, the grid was designed and constructed to transport energy from large fossil-fuelled generators to load centers. There has been a very rapid uptake of large renewable generation and their lifecycle costs are continuing to fall. These solar farms are generally located in sparsely populated areas where large packets of land are available. However, the grid infrastructure

Current transformers (CTs) are extensively used in electrical switchyards and substations for metering and protection purposes [1] and are expected to operate properly for at least 30 years [2]. Normally, aging of CTs under service conditions is relatively slow, but they also may fail prematurely due to various reasons, such as design faults, inadequate quality during manufacture, lightning strikes

It is generally recognized that dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is a powerful tool in the diagnosis of insulating liquid filled power equipment. There exist numerous evaluating schemes for the mineral oil filled equipment, nevertheless, the experiences show that a fine tuning and revision of the schemes is required for equipment filled with synthetic esters.

The installation of distribution transformers in environmentally sensitive areas is a growing concern of electric utilities, and everywhere it sees a strong local resistance. Special and costly measures must be taken to address this concern, for example, by reducing the risk of transformer oils being inadvertently released into the environment. To solve this problem, promising natural esters based

The new internet standard 5G offers new possibilities to combine and connect different platforms like artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) which will influence almost all aspects of people's lives. The connectivity of all these things will revolutionize the way information will be transferred and distributed. In 2025 the amount of connected devices will approach 75 billion

Modern society is supported by various technologies such as AI (artificial intelligence), IoT (internet of things), 5G (fifth generation technology standard for cellular networks), etc. Indispensable key components within these technologies are, of course sensors that detect and monitor various physical, chemical, and biological parameters. To monitor mechanical movements, such as vibration and bending

Sensor and actuator applications have exploded in the last several decades and, along with their associated electronics and information processing systems, they are becoming ubiquitous in modern engineering devices and systems. The marketplace demand is huge and growing rapidly, with the global demand for all sensors predicted to exceed $280 billion by 2023 (BCC Research) and the overall actuator market

Additive manufacturing (AM) is an alternative method for producing parts and can be an economical method even when compared to traditional manufacturing methods, especially for low volume and/or high complexity parts. Over the past decade, process and material advances have greatly improved the quality and robustness of AM parts (also referred to as 3D printing) as well as a greater number of material

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Every two years the IEEE DEIS selects an individual in recognition of sustained leadership, support, and contributions to the advancement of the field of electrical insulation and dielectrics. This award, which was first given in 1992, is named in honor of the late Eric O. Forster for his distinguished service on behalf of DEIS. The award is restricted to DEIS members. It is made biennially, generally

Mr. Bill McDermid, a longtime volunteer for the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society and an IEEE Fellow, passed away after a short illness on August 13, 2020. He was 81 years old. Bill graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba in 1961. After one year as an engineer-in-training with Ontario Hydro, Bill spent the rest of his career with Manitoba Hydro, a Canadian

Charles A. (Chuck) Wilson, 79, passed away on July 13, 2020 in Georgetown, Texas. Chuck was a long-time member and volunteer of DEIS and a regular attendee of the Electrical Insulation Conference since 1983. He participated extensively in specification development efforts acting as Working Group Chair for P1776, P522 and P792 and as contributor to many others. He also served as Chair of the PES Materials

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This issue is focused on underground cable diagnostics. Therefore, I thought it would be appropriate to review the latest changes occurring in the cable diagnostics business. Underground cables are an important part of electric power transmission and distribution systems. The global market of the HV power cables is estimated to grow to $14 billion during 2020–2024.

This issue of the Magazine presents articles related to cable diagnostics and technology. Two of them, written by authors from Canada and Australia, summarize experiences and research activities on the use of dielectric response spectroscopy for diagnoses of insulation condition in medium voltage cables. The third article presents work performed in the USA on development of superconducting gas insulated

Cables are valuable assets, critical for ensuring the continued reliability of electric power delivery. XLPE cable systems have become increasingly ubiquitous, since their introduction in the 1960s. Improvements in the XLPE manufacturing technology resulted in the advent of tree-retardant XLPE (TRXLPE) type cables in the 1980s. Most of the distribution utilities have already either initiated or completed

Polymeric-insulated cables, especially cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cables, are widely used in power system transmission and distribution networks. A cable failure can result in lengthy outages and substantial economic loss to the electrical utilities. One of the primary reasons for cable fault is insulation degradation over the service time. Various onsite electrical, thermal or mechanical stresses

High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) power cables are being developed for a variety of applications including the electrical power grid, electrification of transportation, and high energy physics. The appeal of superconducting technology is its high current density — generally greater than 100 A/mm 2 — compared with conventional copper and aluminum conductors, which generally do not support greater

In many industrialized high voltage applications, polymeric insulators are subjected to high electric field strength. Examples are cables, gas-insulated switchgears (GIS), capacitors and others [1]. The difficulty in the design process of these components is to ensure and predict their long-term reliability, where one among the important aspects is prevention of local degradation phenomena. Applications

Japan was hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake and by the resultant big “tsunami” (big tidal waves) on March 11, 2011. For researchers and engineers in the field of electric power or nuclear engineering in countries other than Japan, the memory of the disaster that occurred in the Fukushima Daiichi (= First) Nuclear Power Plant might have still been more vivid and memorized more strongly than the

To determine the characteristics and likely performance of an electrical insulation system and materials used in electrical systems, strong evaluation methods are required. The DEIS Standards is the vehicle that electrical insulation engineers as well as many researchers in the academic and industrial environment use to evaluate insulation systems.

Operational amplifiers, generally referred to as op-amps, are very versatile electronic components. They are typically used as amplifiers, however, depending on their configuration, they can be used to create many different types of circuits that can be used to perform various functions.

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Transmission of electric energy at highest voltage levels (EHV and UHV) continuously increases. The dimensioning of insulator strings and tower windows for overhead lines operating at such voltage levels in contaminated areas is mainly determined by the insulator's pollution performance, and its proper completion strongly influences line reliability, cost and maintenance procedures.

This issue of the Magazine is entirely dedicated to outdoor insulation of electric power networks. We present articles written by authors from China, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and South Africa illustrating the states of national awareness to pollution-related problems. We also have an article from Brazil that reports on research aiming to understand and model the lightning withstand of switches and cut-out

Power girds in different countries face different types of threats and in China the threats severely affecting grid reliability were in the past large power outage accidents caused by pollution flashovers. First records of pollution flashover accidents in China can be traced back to 1950s in industrial areas in Northeast and East China. Thereafter, such accidents occurred occasionally, but after 1970s

Ceramic insulators, specifically porcelain and glass insulators, have widely been used all over the world since the 19th century [1,2]. However, when such insulators are energized and exposed to different pollution environments under different climatic and weather conditions, leakage current (LC) develops along their surfaces [3–7] and eventually cause flashovers. Various remedial measures have been

Ethiopia is nowadays in urgent need of developing a modern power grid to meet the growing demand for reliable, cost-effective and environmentally friendly transmission and distribution of electric energy. The population growth, as well as development of various industries and agricultural and mining activities, increases pollution sources and yield new types of pollutants. Ensuring the safety and reliability

Lightning discharge activity causes overvoltages in the electric power system, which may result in damage to the equipment and apparatus of the system. The lightning incidence is divided into two types: direct strikes and side strikes [1–4]. Direct strikes are lightning discharges that directly hit the line, structure or equipment, resulting in overvoltages of higher amplitudes. However, they are less

For many years Eskom has followed international guidelines in selecting transmission and distribution insulator products for use in polluted environments.

With the advent of sophisticated electronic power control systems, the power efficiencies of electric and electronic devices and machines have been improved significantly. This improvement in efficiency is quite obvious in rotating electric machines such as motors. In other words, electric or hybrid electric vehicles would not gain so great a popularity, if motors in such vehicles were driven or controlled

The following seven books are reviewed: Magnetic Field Measurement with Applications to Modern Power Grids (Huang, Q., et al; 2020); College Physics Essentials— Volume One and Volume Two (Das, J.C.; 2020); Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing and Dynamic Rating of Power Cables (Cherukupalli, S. and Anders, G.J.; 2020); Lens Design—A Practical Guide (Sun, H.; 2017); The Finite Element Method in Engineering

DEIS sponsors a series of international conferences to provide a forum for members and non-members to participate and share research results, new developments, and practical experience in the Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation fields. Some conferences are held annually, while others are bi-annual or even every 3 years. The following is a listing of these events with a description, frequency, and

The President of the IEEE DEIS, Paul Gaberson, is pleased to announce that Dr. Gary Stevens has won the 2020 Thomas Dakin Distinguished Technical Achievement Award and Dr. Masahiro Sato has won the 2020 Steven Boggs Young Investigator Award. These are the top two technical awards sponsored by the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society.

AdCom manages the affairs of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS). It is made up of 18 Members-at-Large, plus 6 ex-officio members. The DEIS Nominations and Appointment Committee is inviting nominations for President, Administrative Vice President, Technical Vice President and 6 AdCom Members-at-Large of DEIS.

Donald E. Wiesenberg, 89, died on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019 in Kingman, Ariz. A native of Fort Wayne he attended local grade schools and Central High School before entering Yale University in New Haven, Conn., in 1948. He graduated from Yale with a B.A. degree in 1952, and one day after graduation married Barbara Warwick of Sherman, Conn. One year later, he earned a Master of Arts in teaching degree from

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