Alternative Liquid Dielectrics for High Voltage Transformer Insulation Systems

Professor I. Fofana, SMIEEE, Chair‐IEEE DEIS Technical Committee on Liquid Dielectrics

Professor and Director, Research Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT),

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), 555, Boulevard de l'Université, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada.

Issouf Fofana (M´05‐SM’09) obtained his electromechanical engineering degree in 1991 from the University of Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), and his master's and doctoral degrees from École Centrale de Lyon, France, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. He was a postdoctoral researcher in Lyon in 1997 and was at the Schering Institute of High Voltage Engineering Techniques at the University of Hanover, Germany, from 1998 to 2000. He was a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung from November 1997 to August 1999. He joined Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Quebec, Canada, as an associate researcher in 2000, and he is now a professor there. Dr. Fofana has held the Canada Research Chair, tier 2, of insulating liquids and mixed dielectrics for electrotechnology (ISOLIME) from 2005 to 2015. He is actually holding the research chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT), director of the MODELE laboratory, and director of the International Research Centre on Atmospheric Icing and Power Network Engineering (CenGivre) at UQAC. Professor Fofana is an accredited professional engineer in the province of Quebec and fellow of the IET. He is currently a member of the DEIS AdCom and member of the international scientific committees of few IEEE DEIS‐sponsored or technically sponsored conferences (ICDL, CEIDP, ICHVE and CATCON). He is a member of the ASTM D27 committee. He has authored/co‐authored over 300 scientific publications, two book chapters, one textbook, edited two books, and holds three patents.

Professor R. Sarathi, SMIEEE

Professor and Director, High Voltage Division

Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai ‐ 600036, India

Dr. R. Sarathi is a professor of High voltage engineering with IIT Madras, India. He has rich and varied experience of over 25 years in research, teaching, and consulting. He has been instrumental in conceptualizing and developing the state‐of‐the‐art High Voltage Laboratory at IIT Madras. His research area includes condition monitoring of power apparatus, development of nanocomposite structures for power apparatus and pulsed power technology. He reached HAG scale few years before. He guided 23 PhD scholars and around 15 MS (by research). He published his work in around 175 peer‐reviewed international journal publications. He visited Akita University, Japan, as a JSPS Fellow; visited Technical University, Munich, as DAAD Fellow, and served as visiting researcher in leading universities such as Nagaoka University, Japan, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, Kyushu University, Japan, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and Waseda University, Japan. He received UKIERI project, an international collaboration initiative on Innovation in high voltage insulation for electrical energy networks. He is a member of Indian Standards on High voltage testing techniques, CBIP distribution system, International Reference Group for SweGRIDS, Sweden. He is a senior IEEE member, IEEE Madras Section PES Chair, Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India, FNAE, FIET, and FRSC.

Carmela Oria AlonsoElectrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Ramazan AltayBEST transformer, Balikesir, Turkey

A. J. AmalanathanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

Niharika BaruahIndian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India

Xin ChenState Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China

Hans EdinSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH ‐ Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Dawei FengState Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China

Cristina Fernández DiegoElectrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Inmaculada Fernández DiegoElectrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Alfredo Ortiz FernándezElectrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

I. FofanaResearch Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT), University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada

Chenyu GaoState Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China

H. GriffithsHVDM Research Group, APEC Research Centre, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, PO, UAE

Jian HaoState Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China

N. HaridHVDM Research Group, APEC Research Centre, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, PO, UAE

Joyce JacobDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India

T. JayasreeResearch Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT) University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada

Ahmet Kerem KöseoğluBEST transformer, Balikesir, Turkey

Sindhu Thiruthi KrishnanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India

Ruijin LiaoState Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China

L. LoiselleResearch Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT), University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada

Mrutyunjay MaharanaXi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China

G. D. P. MahidharDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

D. MartinETEL Transformers, Auckland, New Zealand

L. McPhersonEssential Energy, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

Cristina Méndez GutiérrezElectrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

U. Mohan RaoResearch Chair on the Aging of Power Network Infrastructure (ViAHT), University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada

Sisir Kumar NayakIndian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India

Cristian Olmo SalasElectrical and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

P. PicherInstitut de recherche d'Hydro‐Québec, Varennes, Canada

Preetha PrabhuDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India

E. Rodriguez CelisInstitut de Recherche d'Hydro‐Québec, Varennes, QC, Canada

Pawel RozgaInstitute of Electrical Power Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland

Rohith SangineniIndian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India

R. SarathiDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India