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Date: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
Location: SRP Information Services Building (ISB), 1600 N Priest Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281
Speaker: Lewis Dodd, HVPD Ltd.
Topic: "On-Line Partial Discharge (OLPD) Testing and Monitoring"
This presentation will describe the causes and effects of partial discharge and what can be done to detect and monitor for it on Medium-Voltage and High-Voltage Electrical Systems.
Topics Include:
• What is partial discharge?
• Why would you test for it?
• How can you test and monitor for it?
• Real world case studies
Speaker Bio:
Lewis Dodd received a BEng (Hons) Degree from the University of York, York in 2011 in Electronic and Communication Engineering and an MSc from Brunel University, London in 2012 in Sustainable Electrical Power. Both courses were fully accredited by the IET.
Since joining HVPD in 2013, Lewis is a multi-faceted member of the HVPD engineering team and is a member of the IET and IEEE. Lewis has completed the HVPD accredited field test training course and has an active role in on-line PD field and forensic test services as well as providing technical support to worldwide customers.
Over the past 3 years Lewis has carried out a wide variety of on-line and off-line PD test projects for the utility, industrial and marine sectors. Lewis continues to be an active member of the HVPD R&D team and regularly represents HVPD at conferences and exhibitions worldwide.