Overview & Events

Research Value

  • Improved risk assessment of substation assets using minimal quantities and types of data
  • Reduced operations and maintenance (O&M) cost for monitoring major substation equipment health
  • Increased reliability of power supply through early warning of asset failures
  • Enhanced safety by reducing unexpected catastrophic equipment failure

Member Benefits

  • Exploration of cost-effective transformer monitoring capabilities and limitations
  • Quantification of financial impacts of various transformer health monitoring techniques
  • Evaluation of options to reduce transformer O&M costs compared to industry standard practices
  • Expansion of research to identify future asset health monitoring opportunities among non-transformer equipment for additional O&M optimization

At A Glance

A unique opportunity exists to leverage the large volumes of existing measurements of voltage and current in a substation for monitoring asset condition. The key research questions are which assets in the substation would be ideal candidates for this solution and how to determine the condition of those assets from voltage and current measurements.

The project objective is to effectively utilize the existing data streams of voltage and current for diagnosis of equipment. The significant advantage is that the voltage and current signals are already being measured for other functions (protection, metering). If these same signals could also be utilized to provide insights into asset condition, it may present an opportunity to reduce the O&M costs of condition monitoring of a wide range of substation apparatus. If successful, the monitoring results could provide insights into the condition of a wide range of substation apparatus including instrument transformers, arresters, breakers, transformers and disconnect switches.

Detailed testing results of transformer monitoring durability under transient conditions

Cost analysis of newly proposed online transformer monitoring techniques vs traditional offline methods

Evaluation of non-transformer substation assets as candidates for future current and voltage monitoring

Engagement Opportunities

Meeting Date Location Information
EPRI Kick Off Webcast: P37.117 Voltage & Current Measurements for Monitoring Asset Conditions January 31
11:00 am - 11:30 am ET		 Webcast Meeting Materials
Voltage & Current Measurements for Monitoring Asset Conditions
Task Force		 February 19-22 (In-person)
February 26-29 (Virtual)		 Charlotte, NC Meeting Materials
EPRI R&D Project Update: P37.117 Voltage & Current Measurements for Monitoring Asset Conditions June 20
11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET		 Webcast Webcast information
Substations 2024 ARP Rollout #1 June 25
10:00 am - 11:30 am ET		 Webcast Add to calendar
Substations 2024 ARP Rollout #2 August 6
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET		 Webcast Add to calendar
Voltage & Current Measurements for Monitoring Asset Conditions
Task Force		 August 19-22 (In-person)
August 26-29 (Virtual)		 Charlotte, NC Register here
EPRI End of Year Webcast: P37.117 Voltage & Current Measurements for Monitoring Asset Conditions November 21
11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET		 Webcast