Tuesday 20 June – day one

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08:30
Registration and welcome coffee

08:50
Opening remarks from the Chair

David Pointing
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Power Institute

Assessing the risks and rewards of the electrification of everything (EoE)
09:00
Electrification of everything and associated challenges
  • How far can the electrification of everything go?
  • How will the transition to EOE impact your day-to-day operations and decision-making
    • CO2 emissions
    • Carbon footprints
  • Strategies for reducing emissions and preserving the environment
  • Staying ahead of the curve with cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions

Iain MacGill
Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
University of NSW (UNSW)

09:30
Monitoring the condition of power electronics – Is random failure a myth that can be busted with condition monitoring?
  • What failures have been experienced so far
  • Does it make sense to monitor power electronics, and if so, what monitoring options are available

Georgios Konstantinou
Senior Lecturer in Energy Systems
UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute (DGFI)

10:00
Empowering women in engineering and trades: strategies and support for success
  • Exploring the current landscape of women in engineering and trades, including the challenges they face and the opportunities that exist to increase representation
  • Attracting and retaining women in electrical engineering (targeted recruitment, mentorship and sponsorship programs, and flexible work arrangements)
  • Defining the organisational support to enabling women to thrive
  • Building a more diverse and equitable future for engineering and trades

Bianca Shepherd
Engineering Support Workshop Manager
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

10:30
Morning tea in the expo hall

Exploring the ‘Repair, Replace or Run to Death’ conundrum
11:00
Understanding the implications of repair or replace decisions
  • Life extension of assets in plant and equipment destined for closure – how do we make the right calls from a holistic stakeholder perspective
  • Understanding the implications of Repair or Replace decisions and when does it make sense to replace or repair?
  • Are DC machines still relevant in the variable speed AC world and should they be replaced prior to asset end of life
  • How do we make sure that the integrity of repair does not compromise reliability

Malcolm Ballinger
Principal Electrical Engineer - Energy Hubs
AGL

11:30
Extending the life of HV machinery by replacing and refurbishing equipment

Tony O’Brien
Managing Director
Australian Winders

11:45
PANEL DISCUSSION: Life extension of assets in plant and equipment destined for closure – how do we make the right calls?
  • How should costs and reliability be balanced when maintaining equipment that is in its end-of-life phase?
  • Understanding the implications from a circular economy perspective
  • Assessing the condition, operating risks and remaining service life of aging HV equipment.
  • How to optimise life extension maintenance strategies without jeopardising safety, reliability and costs.
  • The qualifications required to make these calls.

Moderator:

Troy Kooloos
Transformation Consultant in Energy

 

Panellists:

Ali Abbas
Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Sydney

Tri Tran
Principal Electrical Engineer
AGL

Ron Scollay
Principal Engineer
machinemonitor®

Ahmed Halima
Hydrogen & Fuels Lead ANZ – Principal Engineer
Mott MacDonald

12:25
Lighting as a conduit for technological disruption

Andrew Orkin
Business Development Manager
Coolon LED

12:40
Lunch in the expo hall

Electrical engineering in practice - synchronous condensers, repair management and variable speed drives
13:40
Deploying large synchronous condensers and assets such as batteries to support higher concentrations of low inertia renewables in HV transmission networks - the SA experience
  • Required concentrations for a reliable HV network
  • Ensuring reliability and methods of monitoring new assets with the associated balance of plant
  • Exploring how these machines operate within the capability characteristic

Rainer Korte
Chief Operating Officer
ElectraNet

14:10
Importance of the specifications and QA around procurement and repair management
  • Getting it right first time to reduce cost and down time
  • Common mistakes and “shortcuts” that should be avoided
  • Lessons for future developments

Ron Scollay
Principal Engineer
machinemonitor®

14:40
Variable speed drives – the challenges of widescale deployment
  • Disturbances and implications of mismatching impedances between cables motor and drives in low voltage applications
  • Effect on motor insulation and windings – harmonics, voltage spikes, operating temperature increase
  • Special design requirements for motors to operate on VSD’s
  • Standards and guidelines – are manufacturers compliant?

Craig Harrison
Managing Director
I S Systems

15:10
Afternoon tea in the expo hall

15:40
Getting to grips with the next generation of ultra high voltage electrical machinery for industrial plants
  • Machine research activities at major universities
  • High speed supersynchronous machines
  • Rotor drives – slip energy recovery and supersynchronous rotor frequency injection
  • Permanent magnet motors and generators
  • Solid state transformers

Rukmi Dutta
Postgraduate Research Coordinator, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
University of NSW (UNSW)

Managing the increased deployment of high voltage cables and transformers
16:10
Investigating and diagnosing causes of failure and how to monitor cables
  • Ensuring cables and switchboards are not neglected as a hidden or overlooked asset
  • What condition monitoring techniques are available to asset owners to monitor cables and how are these optimally deployed?
  • Understanding cable life and assessing joint and termination integrity
  • Lessons from real life cases of cable failures

Luca Garagnani
Principal Technical Authority - Cables & Switchgears
machinemonitor®

16:40
PANEL DISCUSSION: What is best practice in monitoring transformers, cables and transmission/distribution networks?
  • Are modern transformers any safer and more reliable than those deployed 50 years ago?
  • How effective are vibration analysis, current and voltage monitoring, and partial discharge testing in condition monitoring? What is best practice?
  • Why do we still have instances of transformer catastrophic failures and fires?
  • How can asset managers ensure cables are fit for purpose and installed correctly in the first place?

Moderator:

Rukmi Dutta
Postgraduate Research Coordinator, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
University of NSW (UNSW)

Panellists:

Carlos Gamez
Founder and Director
Nova Energy Consulting

Jason Krstanoski
General Manager – Network Operations
Transgrid

Luca Garagnani
Principal Technical Authority - Cables & Switchgears
machinemonitor®

17:20
Closing remarks from the Chair
17:25
End of day one and start of networking drinks
18:30
AEW Gala Dinner

Time: 7:00pm -9:30pm - (arrive for 6:30pm canapes and drinks)
Venue: The Pavilion, Arts Centre
Cost: $225, inclusive of canapes, 3 course dinner and drinks