Medium Voltage Power Cable Systems Forum
Toronto, ON - Jan 6-7, 2005
Park Plaza Hotel
Edmonton, AB - Jan 10-11, 2005
The Coast Terrace Inn
Vancouver, BC - Jan. 12-13, 2005
Executive Airport Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Now Offered
Successful completion of this course qualifies delegates to receive a certificate of course completion with indicated CEUs. CEUs are granted by the Engineering Institute of Canada. One CEU is equivalent to 10 professional development hours of instruction.
The following course earns 1.4 CEUs.
Since power cables are used extensively by most electric utilities and industrial,
commercial and institutional power users, many people are interested in learning
more about how cable systems are designed, and how to test and maintain aging
power cable systems. The Electricity Forum is offering a forum that will cover
all of the critical aspects of power cables.
This forum will cover the components that make up a medium voltage cable as
well as the characteristics of each component in the cable. Several types of
cable insulations are reviewed along with the benefits of each type. We will
update delegates on the latest design innovations in power cable technology
and the evolving standards surrounding the manufacture of power cable. Cable
fault location and routine testing will be covered. You will learn about some
of the latest methods in condition assessment testing, and cable rejuvenation
and life extension.
Companies involved in these forums include:
Nexans,
Powertech Labs,
Cable 3000,
3M, Canadian Cable Injection
Services
.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Electric Utility Engineering and Maintenance
Personnel
• Industrial, Commercial, Institutional Electrical Engineering and
Maintenance
Personnel
• Electrical Consulting Engineers
• Electrical Design Engineers
DAY 1:
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Design and Manufacture of Medium Voltage Power Cables
Lauri Hiivala, Nexans
This presentation will discuss the major trends in modern power cable design
and manufacture, with an emphasis on North American standards and manufacturing
techniques to increase the life and effectiveness of medium voltage power cable.
The following issues will be discussed:
- Possible Causes of Premature Cable Failure
- Major Quality Improvements
- Standards and Specifications
- Material Selection
- Insulation Compounds Specified
- EPRI Suggestions for Long Life Cable
- Metallic Shielding
- Moisture Barriers
- Increased Use of Cable Jackets
- Benefits of Dry Curing
- Cable Extrusion Methods
- Most Widely Specified 15-35 kV Cable Constructions
- Summary of Technical Trends
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 NOON
Why Power Cables Fail
Vern Buchholz, Powertech Labs
This presentation will review the basics of how various designs of cables and
accessories will sometimes fail to do their job. Insulation types will include
polyethylene, EPR and the older oil-paper. Various types of accessories, including
terminations and joints with stress cones, and hot- or cold-shrink designs
will be covered. Some discussion of failure mechanisms in connectors will be
included. Many laboratory dissections and analyses of failures have produced
interesting pictures over the years. I will discuss the failures and what symptoms
to look for before the failures occur.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Current Trends in Cable Condition Assessment
Vern Buchholz, Powertech Labs
Condition assessment goes beyond simpler maintenance testing to provide a diagnosis
of the present state of a cable system. An introduction to the current and
emerging test technologies used for condition assessment of medium voltage,
utility and industrial power cables will be given. The talk will cover partial
discharge methods, both on and off line, along with other methods such as voltage
recovery, dissipation factor and others. The presentation will close with a
case study showing condition assessment use in an electric utility's cable
asset management program.
3:15PM - 4:00PM
Practical Techniques in Cable Protection
Alan Wing, P. Eng., Siemens Canada
For cable protection, the types of breakers, fuses, and relays that are selected
and the extent of the protection schemes that are used result from a compromise
between such considerations as:
- the importance of the conductors
- protection sensitivity
- protection speed
- coordination problems
- the cost of the protection scheme.
This seminar will address these issues by reviewing the following topics:
- Types of Feeder Conductor Circuits
- Types of Protection
- Factors Affecting Protection
- Cable Damage Criteria
- Protection and Coordination Criteria
DAY 2:
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
FAULT LOCATING UPDATE & EVALUATING CABLE HEALTH
Walter Wittig, Cable 3000
(Part 1)
Many organizations and service companies are using antiqued practices and equipment
to test valuable cable plant. Subjecting older cables to unnecessary punishment
is unacceptable. This occurs despite very significant advances in the last
10-20 years. We now know more about cable insulation behavior and causes of
failures. Some methods are very harmful to cables while others create less
potential damage. Correctly evaluating the condition of an existing service
aged cable can also be deceptive, with serious negative impact if done
improperly.
This presentation will address why it is so important to understand and employ
modern principles in order to guard against premature failure - and how to
determine the state of health of cables.
Topics to be covered include:
- Current practices for PILC, PE, early XLPE cables, advantages & shortcomings
- State-of-the-art testing update with advantages and disadvantages
- What the new VLF (Very Low Frequency) method is and how it benefits testing
- Several Case Studies, both industrial- and utility-based
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 12:00 NOON
Cable Testing Techniques and Technologies
Walter Wittig, Cable 3000
(Part 2)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Cable Splicing and Accessories
Luis Variallas, 3M
This session will cover the design parameters, primary functions and installations
of cable splices and accessories. The technology of dielectric control is expanded
to give attendees a better understanding of issues involved in the development
of materials and design geometry for splices and terminations. Installations
techniques will be discussed.
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Refreshments
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Power Cable Rejuvenation And Life Extension Methods
Richard Riley, Canadian Cable Injection Services
Medium and high voltage solid dielectric cables installed prior to 1980 have
experienced significant degradation in dielectric performance and reliability.
While modern cables are likely to maintain their performance for much longer,
the pre-1980 vintages are now at or near the end of their useful lives. Over
the last 15 years an alternative technology has been developed and proven in
field installations. It provides a cost effective alternative to cable replacement.
A silicone fluid injection process has been developed and deployed over 15,000
kilometers of medium and high voltage solid-dielectric cables. It has provided
failure-free performance in over 99.4% of the applications. This presentation
explains cable rejuvenation technology using XL silicone based fluid. The test
treat or replace method and the economics of cable injection will also be discussed.
GENERAL INFORMATION
When and Where
The Medium Voltage Power Cable Systems forum will be held as follows:
Toronto, ON - Jan 6-7, 2005
Park Plaza Hotel
33 Carlson Court
[near the airport]
Tel: 416-675-1234
$105.00 Single/Double
Edmonton, AB - Jan 10-11, 2005
The Coast Terrace Inn
4440 Gateway Blvd.
Tel: 780-437-6010
$104.00 Standard
Richmond, BC - Jan. 12-13, 2005
Executive Airport Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre
7311 Westminster Hwy., Richmond
Tel: 604-278-5555
$115.00 Std., $129.00 Ste.
A special bedroom rate (non-commissionable) has been arranged with these hotels. To receive this rate, inform the hotel that you are a delegate with the Canadian Electricity Forum when making your reservation.
Registration Fees
The registration fee to attend the forum is $599.00 + 41.93 GST.
Register
and prepay 8 days before EACH FORUM and receive an early bird registration
fee of $549.00 + $38.43 GST per delegate.
Register 3 delegates
at full price, and get a 4th registration FREE!
The fee includes forum participation, refreshments and luncheons on both days. Delegates will also receive:
- All Forum presentation materials in paper format AND CD Rom format
- FREE 108-Page Electric Motor Handbook (Value $35)
- A FREE subscription to Electricity Today Magazine (Value $40),
- An Electricity Forum Coupon (Value $100) to be used against any future 2004 Electricity Forum event (restrictions apply)
- 1.4 CEU credits issued by the Engineering Institute of Canada. (GST #R105219976)
- Forum Presentations in Paper Format
- CD Rom containing Presentations
Registration Procedure
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Phone:
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Air Flight Information
We have appointed Air Canada as the official airline of our 2005 forums. Simply contact Air Canada’s North America toll free number at 1-800-361-7585 or local number 514-393-9494 or your travel agent and take advantage of Special Discounted Airfares. Our convention number is CV053569.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Registration fees are refundable only upon receipt of written notification 10 days prior to the conference date, less a 10 per cent service charge. Substitution of participants is permissible.
The Canadian Electricity Forum reserves the right to cancel any conference it deems necessary and will, in such event, make a full refund of the registration fees.
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With headquarters in Ajax, Ontario, The Canadian Electricity Forum is dedicated to providing cost-effective, highly specialized education and learning through industry-wide forums, electrical training courses, Electricity Today magazine, and a comprehensive website at www.electricityforum.com. Since 1986, more than 15,000 delegates from leading companies across Canada have attended our forums and courses, including:
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