HIGH VOLTAGE SURVEY

High Voltage Laboratory

HIGH VOLTAGE SURVEY

Website: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/high-voltage-lab/Email: [email protected]

Results from Academia and Industry

Joni Klüss, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor 📞 662-325-3199 ✉ [email protected]

Mississippi State University • Electrical and Computer Engineering216 Simrall Hall • 406 Hardy Road • Box 9571 • Mississippi State • MS 39762 • USA

http://www.ece.msstate.edu/high-voltage-lab/

mailto:[email protected]

Survey sent to 220

member of

academia an

industry

33 answers (15 %)

by December 2015(24 academia, 9 industry)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

USA

United Kingdom

Switzerland

Sweden

South Africa

Norway

Netherlands

Nepal

India

Greece

Germany

Finland

Denmark

Canada

Brazil

Argentina

Responses

ACADEMIA RESULTS

Academia Results (12/2015)

Note: not all capabilities identified for a nation are within a single research center

ArgentinaImpulse 1001 – 1500 kVAC 100 – 250 kVDC 100 – 250 kV10 kA impulse (1 kA cont.)

BrazilImpulse 2001 – 3000 kVAC 751 – 1000 kVDC > 2000 kV

CanadaImpulse 501 – 1000 kV

AC 251 – 500 kVDC 251 – 500 kV

USAImpulse 2001 – 3000kV

AC 751 – 1000 kVDC 501 – 750 kV

1 MA impulse1 MW microgrid

UKImpulse 1501 – 2000 kV

AC 751 – 1000 kVDC 501 – 750 kV

10 kA

South AfricaImpulse 251 – 500 kVAC 251 – 500 kV

NepalImpulse < 100 kVAC 100 – 250 kVDC < 100 kV

IndiaImpulse 1501 – 2000 kVAC 1001 – 1500 kVDC 100 – 250 kV200 kA impulse

GreeceImpulse 1501 – 2000 kVAC 251 – 500 kVDC 251 – 500 kV80 kA impulse

FinlandImpulse 2001 – 3000 kVAC 751 – 1000 kVDC 1001 – 1500 kV3 kA cont.

DenmarkImpulse 751 – 1000 kV

AC 100 – 250 kVDC 100 – 250 kV

SwitzerlandImpulse 1501 – 2000 kVAC 751 – 1000 kVDC 751 – 1000 kV3 kA impulse

NetherlandsImpulse 2001 – 3000 kV

AC 751 – 1000 kVDC 100 – 250 kV

GermanyImpulse 2001 – 3000 kV

AC 751 – 1000 kVDC 1001 – 1500 kV

3 kA cont.

Academic

research

capabilities

Focus Areas in Electrical

Engineering

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

ConditionMonitoring

Energy Storage

Environment

High Voltage

Material Science

Other (Photonics,telecommunications, data processing)

Power Electronics

Power Quality

Power Systems

Reliability

Renewable Energy

Smart Grid

TODAY

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High Voltage

Condition Monitoring

Material Science

Power Quality

Renewable Energy

Smart Grid

Energy and PowerEngineering

Environment

HealthCommunication

Power Systems

Reliability

Cyber Security

Power Electronics

Electric Vehicles

Sensors

Asset Management

FUTURE


High Voltage Education

91%

5%

4%

N = 23 (96%)

Yes, separate courses

Only high voltage engineering

Only power systems

Do you offer HV

courses?

67%

33%

N = 21 (86%)

Yes No

Interested in

distance/online

high voltage

courses?


87%

13%

N = 23 (96%)

Yes, the university should prepareindividuals for future challenges inhigh voltage

Conditional (depends on educationalprogram and facilities)

17%

83%

N = 23 (96%)

Yes No

Can high voltage

engineering be

taught without a

HV laboratory?

Should high voltage

engineering be

taught at a

university?

What is the most important skill (or

knowledge) students should acquire at a

university to prepare them for work in the

electrical industry?

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

Self Guidance

Safety

Laboratory Experience

Theoretical Knowledge

Interprative and Analytical Skills

Design Skills

Motivation

Communication

Writing

How many provide safety training (certified/uncertified)?

0

1

2

3

4

5

6electromagnetics

circuits

measurements

machines

electronics

energy systems

EE fundamentals

high voltage

power systems andtransmission

mathematics



High Voltage Facilities

81%

19%

N = 21 (86%)

Yes No

Do you offer evaluation

(testing) services to

external customers?

50%50%

N=18 (75%)

Yes No

Would you be interested in joint equipment

procurement (e.g. portable modular sources) and the

establishment of a distributed research

infrastructure focusing on HV engineering?


High Voltage Facilities

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Other (update control and automation)

Adapt (flexibility to customize capabilities)

Expand (new services or capabilities)

Downgrade (decrease capabilities)

Replace and restore (maintain capabilities)

Upgrade (increase capabilities)

Renovation of laboratory without financial restrictions


01234567Cables

Partial Discharge andDielectric Breakdown

Materials (compositeand nanomaterials)

Measurementtechniques and

technologies

Modelling

HVDCCondition

Monitoring andDiagnostics

Circuit Breakers

Asset Management

Gas Insulation

UHV Equipment

Current focus areas in high

voltage research

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7Materials

MeasurementTechniques

EMC and EMI

Smart Grids

Renewable Energy

Pulsed Power

Plasma ScienceElectrical Vehicles

Microgrids

ComponentDevelopment

Environment

Protection schemes(lightning, UHV,…

Asset management

Interdisciplinary Potential with HVE

Interdisciplinary potential

with high voltage

engineering


High Voltage Research

INDUSTRY RESULTS

Focus Areas in Electrical

Engineering

Electronics

HVDC

Smart Grid

UHV PowerTransmission

Efficiency

RenewableGenerationIntegration

Energy Storage

High Voltage

Materials

AssetManagement

ConditionMonitoring

TODAY

Materials

HVDC

Smart Grid

Ageing

Environment

InfrastructureRenewal

FUTURE

Industry Results (12/2015)

High Voltage Education

89%

11%

Universities should prepare individuals for future challenges in high voltageengineering

Universities should provide some basic knowledge, to be complementedby industry.


Skills and knowledge fresh graduates should

have acquired from university


Personal Skills18%


46%

Practical Laboratory Experience

36%

Open-minded

Multi-focused

Analyticalproblem-

solving skillsTeam work

Project work

Yes100%

Is laboratory experience an advantage when applying for

work?

37%

38%

25%

What is more important?

Hands onexperience

Theoreticalexpertise

Both

High Voltage

CircuitTheory

Materials

MachinesPower

Electronics

NumericalAnalysis

Safety

What should high voltage education

focus on?

Electrical performanceof materials (including

breakdown)

Innovation (futurechallenges)

Measurement andtesting techniques

Comprehensivecoverage of all HV

aspectsOvervoltage protection

Insulator design

Existing challenges andproblems


Yes37%

No63%

Testing and Evaluation Services

Yes37%

No63%

Main Equipment tested:• Cables• Insulators

Test types:• Withstand (AC, DC, impulse)

• Dielectric testing• Partial Discharge

Price3.2

Availability3.8

Location3.0

Certification4.1

Reputation4.3

Criteria for selecting

testing laboratory

Scale: 1 (not important)

5 (very important)

Other criteria: knowledge of personnel

Is an annual contract for testing a good idea?

Report format?

Reduced price for testing without evaluation report?

Yes25%

No75%

37 % Simple display of data and results

63 % Comprehensive analysis including theoretical background

Do you need

independent third-party

testing services?


If you feel that this is not an accurate

representation of the current state of

high voltage engineering and its role in

academia and industry, please

forward the results and invite more

participants to the survey.

Each answer is valuable!

Survey available online (MSU website):

http://www.ece.msstate.edu/high-voltage-lab/high-

voltage-survey/

Thank you!

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