FUTURE CLEAN ENERGY
UNSW high voltage laboratory
Enabling reliable electricity grids with advanced condition monitoring and diagnostic technologies
Research group
Advances in sensing devices , digital hardware technologies , AI techniques , and communications make it possible to engineer systems for accurate , online , real-time monitoring of the electricity grid , and intelligent , automated control of its operation .
> Online partial discharge monitoring in high-voltage cables and power transformers .
> Distributed online monitoring of SWER networks and detection of high-impedance arcing faults .
The UNSW High Voltage Research Group has expertise in :
• HV AC and DC transmission systems , equipment , components , and devices .
• Smart-grid monitoring systems with embedded intelligence , e . g . novel sensing devices , signal processing , and machine learning-based data analytics . These provide online monitoring of power flow , power quality , losses / efficiency , and network abnormalities .
• Diagnostic techniques for insulation assessment , e . g . ultra-high frequency detection of partial discharges , dielectric spectroscopy , and frequency response analysis .
Laboratory facilities include :
• Various high-voltage power sources for testing impulse , 50 Hz AC , DC , VLF , and variable frequency .
• State-of-the-art measurement instruments for dielectric insulation study , including sensors , partial discharge , dielectric dissipation factor , space charge , time-andfrequency domain spectroscopy , thermal imaging , fast data acquisition systems , etc . and are eager to tackle challenges in the field .
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