The strategy of condition based maintenance is key to improve the reliability and to increase the life expectancy of the cable system because will avoid faults in service, that additional to the interruption will cause a degradation of the cable insulation and its accessories reducing, the life expectancy of our assets. Other maintenance strategies, such as scheduled or reactive, will not provide the information needed to avoid faults in service.

The presentation will show how a condition-based maintenance strategy is supported on the test results of the cable system and their trending to determine its health status. There are three main tools available to gather data for a condition-based strategy:  VLF Test, Tan Delta, and Partial Discharges.  The combination of these tests can provide a broad information of the condition of the cable and its accessories in order to make the right decision regarding future replacements or repairs.

The attendee to this webinar will get a clear understanding of the operation principle for the three test methods mentioned above, the standards that apply, and results obtained in field and how these results can avoid a fault in service. 

Biography:

Javier Ruiz Leiva

Megger Cable Fault Location, Test and Diagnostics Sales Manager for Mexico and East Canada. He trains end users on the theory and the correct use of cable infrastructure equipment.

Javier Ruiz finished his engineering degree at Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi in Mexico, specializing in instrumentation and control.

In 2005 he started to work for the extinct HDW Electronics power cable fault location and testing company as field support engineer and since 2012 as cable fault location, test and diagnostic Sales Manager for Megger.

Javier Ruiz is member of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society

The strategy of condition based maintenance is key to improve the reliability and to increase the life expectancy of the cable system because will avoid faults in service, that additional to the interruption will cause a degradation of the cable insulation and its accessories reducing, the life expectancy of our assets. Other maintenance strategies, such as scheduled or reactive, will not provide the information needed to avoid faults in service.

The presentation will show how a condition-based maintenance strategy is supported on the test results of the cable system and their trending to determine its health status. There are three main tools available to gather data for a condition-based strategy:  VLF Test, Tan Delta, and Partial Discharges.  The combination of these tests can provide a broad information of the condition of the cable and its accessories in order to make the right decision regarding future replacements or repairs.

The attendee to this webinar will get a clear understanding of the operation principle for the three test methods mentioned above, the standards that apply, and results obtained in field and how these results can avoid a fault in service. 

Biography:

Charles Nybeck Charles was born in Arlington, TX where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in 2016.

He continued his studies at UTA to pursue his Ph.D. degree while working as a graduate research assistant in the Pulsed Power and Energy Laboratory. His research areas included electrochemical energy storage, control systems, and power systems design. Upon graduation he joined Megger as an Applications Engineer within the Technical Support Group. His focus is on transformers, batteries, and partial discharge.