Centre for Smart Grid

RESIN Workshop Programme

Dates: 6th and 7th June 2023

Location: Forum Exploration Lab 1 and 2, Streatham Campus, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PZ

Day 1 (6th June 2023) Programme

Tuesday 6th June 2023

Time

Activity

Location

09:00 – 09:30

Registration / Tea & coffee

Forum

09:30 – 09:45

Introduction to the day (Zhongdong Wang / David Brazier)

Forum 1

09:45 – 10:15

Keynote 1: Thermal Aspects of Oil-immersed Power Transformers – Qiang Liu, University of Manchester

10:15 – 10:45

Keynote 2: Ageing Switchgear – Latest findings of IEEE Task Forces and CIGRE Working Groups – Andreas Nenning, Omicron

10:45 – 11:00

Tea & Coffee Break

Forum

11:00 – 11:30

Keynote 3: Smart Energy Living Labs: How ICT and AI can help with the battle against climate change – Zhong Fan, University of Exeter

Forum 1

11:30 – 12:00

Keynote 4: Energy harvesting technologies for Net-Zero future – Chris Gould, University of Gloucestershire

12:00 – 12:30

Keynote 5: Issues Related to HVDC Insulation Systems – George Chen, University of Southampton

12:30 – 12:45

Group Photo

Forum

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch / Poster

Forum

14:00 – 14:30

Keynote 6: Life of a Circuit Breaker – Design, Duty and Maintenance – Joseph Yan, University of Liverpool

Forum 1

14:30 – 15:00

Keynote 7: Assessment of Current Status of Cyber Security Measures for Substations or Power Systems – Haiyu Li, University of Manchester

15:00 – 16:00

Poster / Tea & Coffee Break

Forum

16:00 – 16:30

Keynote 8: Reducing Cyber Attack surface in a digital substation, Ali Abdulla, Omicron

Forum 1

16:30 – 17:00

Keynote 9: Impact of inverter-based resources on protection systems – Christopher Pritchard, Omicron

19:30

Gala Dinner

Hotel du Vin Exeter

Day 2 (7th June 2023) Programme

Wednesday 7th June 2023

Time

Activity

Location

08:30 – 09:00

Tea & coffee

Forum

09:00 – 10:00

Workshop 1

– Demonstration on primary test systems for substation assets (Ashley Griffin, Omicron)

Forum 1

09:00 – 10:00

Workshop 2

– Demonstration on universal relay test systems (Zafar Faydali, Omicron)

Forum 2

10:00 – 10:10

Tea & coffee

Forum

10:10 – 11:10

Workshop 3

– Demonstration on cyber security test systems (Ali Abdulla, Omicron)

Forum 1

11:10 – 11:30

Keynote 10 – Key steps to optimising the maintenance for electrical assets, Douglas Gannon, RINA

Forum 1

11:30 – 11:50

Keynote 11 – Cyber-resiliency of digitalised power grids, Fei Teng, Imperial College London

11:50 – 12:10

Keynote 12 – A Smart Energy Network Digital Twin, Matt Deakin, Newcastle University

12:10 – 13:00

Lunch

Forum

13:00 -13:20

Keynote 13 – Eradicate Negative TanDelta Measurements, Ashley Griffin, Omicron

Forum 1

13:20 – 13:40

Keynote 14: Unlocking the Potential of Hydrogen Storage: Advances in Nanoporous Materials and Solid-State Systems – Mi Tian, University of Exeter

13:40 – 13:50

Research Presentation 1: Bubble Formation in Power Transformers – a Potential Risk for the Future Network Reliability – Christian Pâßniker – University of Exeter

13:50 – 14:00

Research Presentation 2: The Application of PIC-MCC in Post-Arc Dielectric Recovery Process Simulation in Vacuum Circuit Breakers – Xubin Li – University of Liverpool

14:00 – 14:10

Research Presentation 3: A Privacy-Preserving and Accountable Billing Protocol for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Markets – Kamil Erdayandi – University of Manchester

14:10 – 14:20

Coffee break

Forum

14:20 –14:30

Research Presentation 4: Preparing for a Net-Zero future – A National Grid perspective – Neil Wands – University of Exeter

Forum 1

14:30 – 14:40

Research Presentation 5: Radiation transfer calculation in three-dimensional switching arcs – Saro Esmaeili – University of Liverpool

14:40 – 14:50

Research Presentation 6: Streamer and Breakdown Characteristics of Transformer Liquids in Moderately-Uniform Fields under Negative Lightning Impulse – Haichuan Yu – University of Manchester

14:50 – 15:10

Keynote 15: Privacy-preserving auction mechanisms and billing methods for P2P electricity trading markets – Mustafa Mustafa, University of Manchester

15:10 -15:30

Keynote 16 –Digitalisation of power system protection and control – Peter Crossley, University of Exeter

15:30 – 15:45

Closing Remarks and Awards