Preferential topics
for 6^th Conference BH K CIGRÉ 2003

Meetings

1. Research, development and application of new techno-economical solutions in exploitation and maintenance of electromotor drives in industry, mining and electrical traction.
2. Diagnostics, operation surveying and maintenance of electrical machines in thermal and hydro power plants.
3. Project planning, construction, exploitation and regulations for small hydropower plants
   

1. New technologies, materials, solutions and quality control.
2. Power and instrument transformers in exploitation.
3. Diagnostics of transformers' status.
4. Regulations and standards.
   

1. New technologies for switching equipment
2. Application of mathematical modelling in development of switching equipment.
3. Maintenance, repair, retrofit and revitalization of switching equipment.

1. Power electronic equipment as a source of disturbances in electric power system and as a filter of mains supply from disturbance of other consumers.
2. Development of semi-conductor components and their influence on power electronic equipment.
3. DC and AC uninterruptible power supply systems.
4. Power electronic equipment for FACTS.
5. Application of power electronic equipment in the field of regulated motor drives, industrial electro-thermics, electro-chemistry and electro-physics.
   

1. Fluid insulation. Conductivity, breakdown and prebreakdown phenomena, effects of impurity and effects of volume charge. New fluids: Boundary surface phenomena, Measuring methods and measuring techniques.
2. Gases and vacuum. Breakdown, corona, particles and problems at interface; Flashover of insulators; Gas mixtures -decomposition; Measuring methods and measuring techniques.
3. Solid insulation. Aging due to single and combined stresses; Electrical and water treeing; New dielectric materials; Measuring methods and measuring techniques.
4. Monitoring and diagnostics of insulators in HV equipment.
   

1. New cables' technologies of all voltage levels
2. Operating experience with special emphases on failures.
3. Fault locating in cables.
4. Maintenance of cable networks
5. Losses in power cables.
6. Regulations, standardization and type unification of power cables.
   

1. Overhead lines operating reliability issues.
2. Application of compound insulators and their behavior in exploitation.
3. Renewal and reconstruction of existing overhead lines.
4. Repair work on overhead lines under voltage.
   

1. Regulations from the domain of project planning, construction, maintenance and exploitation of electrical power substations.
2. Increase of automation level in substations as an element of contemporary electrical power system.
3. Modern HV substation design with application of new technologies.
4. Development of integral maintenance system aimed at the extension of life expectancy of apparatus in distribution network.
5. Technical and economical feasibility of retrofit activities in MV substations.
   

1. Distribution networks control and monitoring issues.
2. Monitoring the quality of delivered electric power.
3. Issues resulting from application of EN50160, specifically from change of rated voltage to 230V.
4. Safety measures and protection systems from touch voltage.
   

1. Accordance of application of new high voltage insulation technologies with valid standards.
2. Operational experiences in application and defining of MO surge arresters in BH power system.
3. Current approach to the compact design of overhead lines.
4. Overvoltages.
   

1. Present problems in protection and control.
2. Adoption approach to protection and control systems.
3. Development tendencies of EES secondary equipment.
4. Education of personnel in the field of EES protection and control.
   

1. New control systems of the whole EES of BH - concept of control hierarchy under condition of reconstruction and privatization of electrical power sector in BH, as well as establishing of a unique transmission company.
2. Directions of research and construction of new telecommunication systems, with special emphases on fiber-optic connections.
3. Sizing of new transmission telecommunication systems in electrical power companies, based on own needs and the needs of other potential users.
4. Electrical power installations with integrated systems for automatization and protection, local and remote control - method of implementation depending on the kind of installation, voltage level, installation importance in the EES, age of installation and the state of existing equipment.
   

1. Quantification, measurement and consideration of electrical and magnetic field influence of power frequency on telecommunications and people in urban areas.
2. Transients due to lightning impulses, switching impulses and faults on electrical equipment (or installations) and communication systems.
3. Voltage quality: prediction, measuring and evaluation with special emphases on disturbance level of individual consumers causing disturbances.
4. Topics recommended by International CIGRE.
   

1. Development planning of Electrical Power System under the condition of intensive changes, such as: deregulation, free market, privatization, revitalization of existing capacities, economical and ecological benefits of combined productions, ecological limitations.
2. Renewal and development of the electrical power system in the context of the overall electrical power system: coal, natural gas, oil, electrical power, renewable sources, power efficiency and necessary preconditions.
3. Finding methods for planning the development of EES in the free market of electrical power.
4. Electrical power system of B&H as a part of European integration and cooperation within the UCET system, possibilities of export, import and transit of electric power from the electric power system of B&H, economic benefits and possible limitations.
   

1. Current issues regarding electrical power system functioning, calculation methods and safety optimization under condition of reconstruction and reconnection of transmission network in south - east Europe. Influence of competitive market and deregulation of planning and exploitation of EES, financial risk strategies related to transactions of electrical power.
2. Dynamic performances of EES aimed at maintaining the necessary level of static stability and dynamics of EES BH under the condition of reconstruction and rehabilitation of production installations of transmission network.
3. Analysis of voltage - reactive conditions and application of measures for their improvement. Voltage regulation and determination of necessary spare reactive power in order to improve voltage reactive conditions. Optimal planning of new sources of reactive power and their exploitation; influence of deregulation and competitive market on solutions to voltage - reactive problems.
   

1. New techniques and technologies for electrical power system operation and control.
2. Methodological and simulation support to operation and management of electrical power system at the centralized, transitional and open market period.
3. Operation and management of electrical power systems under the new circumstances of market relations.
4. Education and permanent training of personnel from modern control centers.
5. Availability and reliability under optimal operating conditions and managing of electrical power systems.
   

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