Title:
Challenges in Electric Power Transmission Technologies
Date:
Monday, September 17, 2012 @ 10:00am
Location:
E3-262 EITC, University of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus
Speaker:
Christian M. Franck, PhD,
High Voltage Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Abstract:
This talk will give an overview on the electric power transmission technology oriented research activities of the high voltage engineering group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. The research covers gaseous insulation (replacement gases for SF6 and the interaction of partial discharges with ultra-short X-Ray pulses, HVDC insulation) and questions related to future HVDC multi-terminal networks (simulation of transient short-circuit currents, HVDC circuit breakers and the behavior of hybrid AC/DC overhead lines).
After a short overview, two key topics will be treated in the presentation in more depth: 1) HVDC circuit breakers and their potential requirement specifications, and
2) insulation gas mixtures to replace SF6.
Speaker Bio:
Christian M. Franck is an Assistant Professor in High Voltage Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. He studied physics at the Universities of Bonn (Germany), Edinburgh (Scotland), and Kiel (Germany) where he graduated in 1999 with a diploma. Afterwards he worked at the Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald (Germany) in the area of electromagnetic wave propagation in magnetized plasmas, receiving his Ph.D. in experimental physics in 2003. Then he worked at the ABB Research Center in Baden (Switzerland) in the area of current interruption, limitation and high voltage insulation. From 2005 on he headed the group for high voltage systems and gas circuit breakers. In January 2010 he joined ETH Zurich.
The focus of his current research is in the area of future electric power transmission technologies. Topics are high-voltage direct current (HVDC) networks, HVDC circuit breakers, HVDC gas insulation, hybrid AC/DC overhead lines, and the substitution of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) in gas-insulated equipment.
Cost:
This will be a free event.
Contact:
For questions or more information: Tracy Hofer at 204-474-8097.
