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Cable Faults and How to Find Them
Testing Tactics Webinar Cable Faults and How to Find Them
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When:
10:00 a.m CT Friday, August 18
Attendees of this webinar are eligible to receive
1 PDH or 0.1 CEU
Testing Tactics Webinar:
Cable Faults and How to Find Them
When:
10:00 a.m CT Friday, August 18
Attendees of this webinar are eligible to receive
1 NETA CTD and either 1 PDH or 0.1 CEU
Underground power cables are in extensive use in almost all facets of the North American electrical grid. They are responsible for carrying electrical current over short and long distances, making them a critical element to the power system. Although power cables have a life expectancy of 20 to 30 years, the life of cable can be heavily affected due to typical stressors. Some of these stressors include manufacturing defects, poor workmanship, and extreme operating and environmental conditions. Any of these factors can cause a cable to fail while in service, leading to lengthy outages. Both pinpointing and repairing a faulted underground cable can be costly and time-consuming due to lack of access. Efficiently locating these faults helps to cut down customer downtime, maximize resources, and reduce the restoration cost.
Having the equipment to find these cable faults is not enough, understanding what your test set can do, understanding the test results, and the different techniques for finding faults is just as important. In this webinar we will cover how to approach cable fault finding and the different methods available for this process. We will cover time domain reflectometry (TDR), Arc Reflection Method, Current Impulse Method (ICE), and the Decay Method for cable fault pre-location. As well as, the use of cable fault locating (CFL) equipment, in conjunction with a shock wave receiver to quickly and efficiently locate a cable fault.
The purpose of this webinar is to discuss an effective fault-finding process, the different methods of cable fault finding, and the use of a shock wave receiver to help speed up the cable fault finding process. Understanding these topics will lead to greater understanding of the CFL process and in turn, decrease down time needed to find and repair the fault, thus leading to lower overall cost.
PRESENTED BY
Brett Cursey
Applications Engineer
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Brett F. Cursey is a former Marine who pursued a career in electrical engineering after completing his service. He graduated from Memphis University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and worked for a NETA testing company for five years as an electrical tester. Currently, he works as an application engineer for cable and substation at Megger, utilizing his skills and knowledge to enhance the company's products and services.
Possibilities of condition assessment of different assets within a wind power installation by means of partial discharge diagnostics
Renewable Energy Webinar:
Possibilities of condition assessment of different assets within a wind power installation by means of partial discharge diagnostics
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When:
8:30 a.m. CT Tuesday, September 5
Attendees of this webinar are eligible to receive
1 PDH or 0.1 CEU
Megger invites you to participate in a series of free academic webinars and tutorials where you can gain valuable insight into different Renewables applications for Solar and Wind.
Our trained and experienced engineers and application specialists will show you how to perform different types of tests and measurements and interpret the results by sharing their lessons learned in the field aligned with application standards. During our webinars, you can ask questions live and receive answers to your questions direclty from our experts, and learn how to avoid common pitfalls.
By attending this webinar, you will understand:
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Explanations of theory, mechanisms, and causes
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Expert insights into the latest technologies
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Interactive sessions on real-world applications
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You will also:
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Receive a certificate of attendance eligible for 1 PHD or 0.1 CEU
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Receive the presentation slides and the video recording
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Ask questions to our Speaker during our live Q&A session
Request us new webinar topics
PRESENTED BY
Robert Madarasz
Grid Performance Solutions Business Development Manager
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I have 29 years of experience in direct sales, distribution and business development of Test, Measurment and Monitoring technologies for the Power industry. My current main focus is on Systems solutions for predictive maintenance and monitoring of critical assets in the power energy infrustructure. In my current position I am looking for building new partnerships in Europe and Africa with producers of power assets, with utilities, industrial customers with critical infrustructure, as well as service companies, interested in asset diagnostics and monitoring technologies.
My current key application areas are:
- Partial discharge testing and online monitoring of power energy assets throughout their whole lifecycle
- Smart Grid Sensors for Monitoring of MV distribution overhead line networks
An Evolution of Primary Injection Testing with the SPI4000
Circuit Breaker Webinar
An Evolution of Primary Injection Testing with the SPI4000
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When:
2:00 p.m. CT Wednesday, September 13
Attendees of this webinar are eligible to receive
1 PDH or 0.1 CEU
It is an accepted procedure that primary injection testing is crucial to the performance and reliability of electrical protection devices, such as breakers and relays. It is also important to test “through” the device to verify the full functionality of the protective scheme and not just “up to” the device. In the past, the feasibility of injecting a high current signal directly into the primary side of the breaker in the field was nonviable, primarily due to two reasons. One, the availability of a local power source to push a high-test current in the field, and two, the difficulty of transporting elephantine test equipment to the field. With the evolution of power electronics, the testing industry overcame the former, while the solution to the latter was limited to the frame size of the breaker. If the breaker had a larger frame size, high ground fault settings, or instantaneous trip current greater than 2000 amps, it became a hassle for technicians to transport their test set to the field. As for the asset owner, they had to choose between transporting multiple breakers to the shop or testing their protective scheme at a lowered trip setting.
This webinar will summarize primary injection testing processes with an emphasis on the Megger SPI4000 equipment. The presentation will delve into the state-of-the-art technology that enables the SPI4000 to achieve portability and transportability without sacrificing the need to test larger frame circuit breakers and substation protective schemes up to 40,000amps while using easily available power outlets in the field.
PRESENTED BY
Nnadozie Eronini
Substation Application Engineer
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Nnadozie Eronini is a Substation Applications Engineer at Megger North America, where he provides technical support to service companies and utilities responsible for reliable operation of electrical networks. Dozie brings 5 years of field experience in power systems maintenance, commissioning, testing and design.
Dozie graduated from Texas Tech university with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation, he joined ExxonMobil as an Electrical Engineer concentrating in power system design, operation, and maintenance. He worked in the downstream business providing support as a contact engineer for couple of years and transferred to the chemical side of the business supporting Polyethylene production. After his manufacturing stint, he transitioned to an advanced electrical engineer supporting major projects and turnarounds. At Megger, Dozie supports breaker testing and applications across all voltage class.
1 Hz Testing: A New Dawn in PF Testing
Testing Tactics Webinar:
1 Hz Testing: A New Dawn in PF Testing
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When:
10:00 a.m CT Friday, September 22
Attendees of this webinar are eligible to receive
1 PDH or 0.1 CEU
Power factor testing at 1 Hz has emerged as a new frontier in transformer maintenance testing, providing significant advantages over traditional methods. This webinar explores the benefits of 1 Hz testing, including its ability to detect and identify potential problems earlier and more accurately, leading to improved maintenance and reliability of transformers. This webinar also discusses the challenges associated with power factor testing and solutions to it. Additionally, the webinar presents case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of 1 Hz testing in identifying and diagnosing transformer issues. The comparison of the traditional testing at line frequency versus 1 Hz testing will also be emphasized to show how the complement. It will be seen how 1 Hz testing gives more predictive maintenance data to investigate insulation condition of the transformer as a whole and in the spot. In addition to this, bushings of the transformer can also be tested using this technology which will help schedule a planned outage to replace or repair as opposed to in service failure. This technique helps in minimizing the operation costs for the crews. in the field.
PRESENTED BY
Yash Godwani
Applications Engineer
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Yash Godhwani is the substation and cable applications engineer at Megger Americas. He received his Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University. He mainly provides technical and engineering support for various cable and substation testing equipment. The equipment primarily helps in testing transformers, underground cables, battery systems and reclosers. He also holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Gujarat Technological University.