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The Florida Hotel & Conference Center

The forum of 2007 meeting

Lecture by Dr. Paul Dollof, ekpc

UGM 2007 The 5th UGM - UV inspection user's group meeting took place in Orlando Fl USA on April 30th to May 2nd, 2007, with attendees from 11 countries: China, S. Korea, Scotland, Ireland, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Canada, Panama, Israel and USA that spent three days at the luxurious Florida Mall Hotel, with full board catering and best treat. The event was acknowledged successful and resourceful. Dr. Paul Dollof from EKPC, as key speaker, briefly explained the corona phenomena and elaborated on the differences between corona and arcing . Prof. John Kuffel, the guest speaker from University of Manitoba, enlightened with his overview of the historical development of NCI. DayCor® users presented their case studies and Ofil's speakers presented the latest innovations in UV inspection. The proceedings CD of this successful event is now available, and will be mailed upon request, free of charge. To receive the proceedings CD, please fill the contact form and check the "send proceeding CD". Should you wish to be invited to the next UGM, please check your request "Include me in Ofil's UGM mailing list".

The objectives of the meetings were

Promote understanding of the aspects of using the UV inspection technology Understand implications of corona discharges on lines, insulators and substation components Learn from experts from high voltage research centers in the academy and industry Watch presentations by experienced users of UV inspection Participate in workshops about the proper and correct use of the DayCor camera Exchange information in a open forum discussions

Who attended?

Potential users familiar with IR and Ultrasound inspection techniques wishing to adopt UV inspection UV inspection users interested to increase their knowledge or improve the understanding of how corona affects insulators and other components of electric grid Users wishing to exchange information and know-how with colleagues Utility executives Maintenance engineers in transmission, distribution, substation and testing laboratories Researchers in search for projects and hot subjects

The agenda Date     Apr 30th     09:15 - 09:30 Welcome and Orientation Hannah Barzilay Moshe Goldbaum 09:30 - 10:15 Fundamentals of Corona Inspection Dr. Paul Dollof 10:15 - 11:00 Imaging of SBUV Signals Eran Frisch 11:20 – 11:50 Application of UV detection in China’s Power System Timothy Wong 11:50 - 12:10 UV Inspection of 110kV Croatian transmission Ivo Novakovitch 12:10 - 12:50 138kV Insulators - Case study(5) Paul Lyons 13:50 - 14:10 UV Inspection in Estonia Nikolai Dorovatovski 14:10 - 14:40 TV Interference - Case Study Peter Vitner 14:40 - 15:10 Testing & Condition Assessment of HV Equipment  Srecko Bojic 15:30 - 16:00 Ongoing projects by BPA Donald Ruff       May 1st     09:00 - 09:45 Historical Development & Current Status of NCI Designs & Applications Dr. John Kuffel 09:45 - 10:30 Arcing and Corona Dr. Paul Dollof 10:50 - 11:15 DayCor®’s camera and high voltage qualification  tests Robert Lanoie 11:15 – 12:00 BPA - Case Studies Donald Ruff 12:00 - 12:30 Infrared/Corona Camera - Tools to Detect Contamination and Examples of NU’s Application of the Corona Camera Jim Driscoll Paull Ballot 13:30 - 14:15 Laboratory Corona Testing of 765kV Insulator Assemblies Dr. John Kuffel 14:15 - 15:00 RWE - Case studies David Shields 15:20 - 16:00 Experiences on Reliability Assessment of Corona During Predictive Maintenance Testing Singh Devinder 16:00 - 16:20 Using Airborne for Inspection Services Wilson Gilliam 16:20 – 17:00 Recognition of Corona Discharge on 229.9kV Porcelain Insulators Using a UV camera Kwon, O-Sun       May 2nd 09:00 - 09:45 Airborne Inspection Experience - 09:00 - 09:45 Corona inspection – case studies Paul Lyons 09:45 - 10:15 Santee Cooper’s Corona Camera Usage Plan Darien Salley 10:35 - 11:10 New Hardware, Software and Recording System for Helicopter Patrols Using the Daycor ® Dave Shields Jeff Jordan 11:10 - 12:00 UV inspection  Asaf Laifer 12:00-12:20 Reporting Software Ilan Dafni 14:00 - 14:15 Experts Panel Dr. Kuffel Dr. Dollof Don Ruff Eran Frisch 14:15 – 17:00 Advanced Training Asaf Laifer