ECSE Departmental Research Seminars on Wednesday 27th April 2005

Abstract:

Large oil-filled power transformers in the electric supply industry are of critical importance, affecting reliability, profitability and integrity of power delivery systems. The Monash Power Transformer Research Group is undertaking research into monitoring and diagnostics of health of power transformers since 1994. For the period the Group has developed a number of novel methods which give accurate assessment of the moisture and other conditions of insulation of transformers.

Two state-of-the-art research laboratories have been built during the past decade as a result of several large research contracts awarded to the Group by the US-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and several smaller grants and contracts awarded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University and local Power Industry companies.

Recently, the Group has won another highly competitive Victorian Government Science and Technology Innovation (STI) grant supported by Monash University and the other 12 consortium members representing the entire power transformer supply chain locally, nationally and internationally. The new Centre for Power Transformer Monitoring, Diagnostics and Life Management will be established under the STI grant awarded.

In the seminar, Dr Davydov will outline the current work and new developments to be undertaken by the Group in the near future.


About the speaker:

Dr Valery Davydov is a Senior Research Fellow Level D with the Dept of E&CSE. Dr Davydov is a Chief Investigator on Power Transformer Research Projects since 1994. He is a CPEng, SMIEAust, MIEEE and Member of the Australian Panel CIGRE A2 “Transformers”. While at Monash, he has won four research contracts from EPRI, two research grants from the ARC, and recently a Victorian Government STI research grant. He conducts industry short courses, seminars and workshops, supervises postgraduate students, and also conducts a number of small industry funded research and consulting projects. Prior to the appointment at Monash University, he was involved in the R&D of Live-Line Techniques with the former State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), lightning-related problems in Underground Optical Fibre Cables with the Telecom Australia Research Laboratories (TRL Australia), and insulation of the new 1200 kV Transmission and Substation Technology while in Russia. His research interests lie in the areas of high voltage engineering and power plant condition monitoring, diagnostics and life management. He has five patents and more than 30 technical publications at international conferences and in professional journals.