Research project

Power Cable Ageing Status Evaluation and Lifetime Estimation

Research groups:

Electrical Power Engineering
Lead researcher:

Professor George Chen
Research funder:

State Grid Shaanxi Electric Power Research Institute
Status:

Active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor George Chen

Professor

Research interests

Electrical insulation and dielectrics;
Space charge measurement and interpretation for dielectric performance improvements.

Email: gc@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Electrical Power Engineering

Researching technologies such as energy efficient power transmissions, satelite technology and renewable power generation for the 21st centrury.

Electrical Power Engineering

The Electrical Power Engineering (EPE) Research Group is part of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Our expertise ranges from nanoscale insulation materials and plasma, through to electrical power systems and sustainable energy generation: from nanometres to megavolts.

Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory

We are a world-leading research centre for dielectric materials, insulation systems, high voltage phenomena and renewables integration that innovates the way forward towards a sustainable electric grid.