Consultancy and Support Services for Stator Core Testing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The insulation between the steel laminations of large electrical machines such as generators and major motors in power stations is a critical factor in their reliability. The dominant method of testing this inter-lamination insulation was the traditional high flux (aka loop or ring) test, but is now most commonly the low power ELectromagnetic Core Imperfection Detector (EL CID) test, invented in the UK in 1978. From 1999-2008, David Bertenshaw was UK Operations Director and R&D Manager in Adwel and latterly Iris Power, responsible for all EL CID product design, manufacturing and support. He consequently has in-depth experience of the test method and interpretation of results, having advised and trained users in many continents and authored important papers on the subject. A recently completed PhD research programme has furthered this knowledge.Sample papers (27 relevant papers published):1. "Evaluation of EL CID indications not associated with Stator Core Interlaminar Insulation Faults", D. R. Bertenshaw, J. F. Lau, and D. J. Conley, in IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference, USA, June 2011.2. "Field correlation between electromagnetic and high flux stator core tests," D. R. Bertenshaw and A. C. Smith, PEMD2012, UK, 2012.3. "Three-dimensional finite element analysis of large electrical machine stator core faults", C. W. Ho, D. R. Bertenshaw, A. C. Smith, T. Chan, M. Sasic, IET Electric Power Applications, Vol.:8(2), pp. 60-7, 20144. D. R. Bertenshaw and A. C. Smith, 'Studies into the effectiveness of the electromagnetic stator core test', CIGRE Science & Engineering Journal, vol. 4, February 2016, pp. 37-52.5. D. R. Bertenshaw, C. W. Ho, A. C. Smith, M. Sasic, and T. Chan, 'Electromagnetic modelling and detection of buried stator core faults', IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 11, issue: 2, Feb 2017, pp. 187-196.Historic Theatre Lighting Research~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Working with Backstage Heritage Collection to research and archive British theatre lighting.
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