Abstract

Electrical equipment failure in industrial facilities, generation plants, and distribution networks can have serious economic impacts and severe safety consequences. Conducting a failure analysis on faulted equipment allows asset owners to identify root causes of the failure, prevent recurrence, and mitigate risks of occurrence.

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Webinar Details

In this webinar, we will discuss:

  • Why perform failure investigations? Prime objectives and benefits
  • Distinction between failure analysis and root cause analysis
  • After the failure and before the investigation: The importance of preserving the evidence
  • Fundamental steps in failure investigation
  • Available tools and methodologies
  • Equipment specific failure analysis: Case studies

Who Should Attend?

  • Distribution engineers
  • Station engineers
  • Maintenance engineers
  • Design engineers
  • Reliability engineers
  • Asset managers

Presenters

Arend Koert

Arend Koert

Senior Engineer, T&D Technologies
Arend Koert

Arend Koert

Senior Engineer, T&D Technologies

Arend Koert, MSc. Eng, is a senior engineer with the Transmission and Distribution Technologies division of Kinectrics who has worked on numerous projects in areas such as distributed generation, arc physics and numerical methods, arc-flash hazard analysis methods, standards review, conservation voltage reduction, and accelerated life testing (relays and smart meters) over the last 15 years. He has extensive experience conducting failure investigations on smart meters, meter sockets, meter collectors, primary metering units, automatic splices, relays, inverters, fuses and fuse holders, circuit breakers, reclosers, switches/switchgear, station batteries, and transformers of various types (distribution, stepdown, voltage and current).

In addition, Arend has performed work for utility clients in several litigation cases, which included providing evidence as an expert witness in court proceedings. Arend holds a BSc Eng and MSc Eng in electrical engineering.
David Rouison

David Rouison

Technical Director, Materials & Major Components
David Rouison

David Rouison

Technical Director, Materials & Major Components

David Rouison, P.Eng., Ph.D., has a PhD in Chemical Engineering with an emphasis on polymer science. He joined Kinectrics in 2008 and specializes in the condition assessment, failure analysis and testing of polymer- based materials, including elastomers, composites and solid dielectrics. He applies his decades of materials expertise to support examination and testing of a variety of electrical equipment for generation plants and transmission and distribution networks.

David is a licensed engineer in the province of Ontario and a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers, of the American Chemical Society – Rubber Division and IEEE. He is also an active contributing member to numerous standards committees in IEC and IEEE.