Tapan Saha
Professor of Electrical Engineering
- School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering
- The University of Queensland
- Queensland, Australia
- Brisbane, QL 4072
- Telephone: 61-7-3365 3962
- Fax: 61-7-3365 4999
- Email address: saha@itee.uq.edu.au
- URL: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~saha
Key words:
Deregulation,
Power system dynamics,
Transformers,
Power system planning,
Power quality
Unlisted key words: Condition monitoring of electrical plants with particular emphasis to transformers and underground cables.
Research description:
Condition assessment and life prediction of aged transformers and underground cables based on modern dielectric tests.
Power Quality measurement and simulation
Power systems analysis: voltage stability, long term dynamics, reliability analysis
Pricing and deregulation issues of electricity market
Power system planning
Laboratory facilities:
Modern diagnostic instrumentation for transformer and underground cable condition assessment (Recovery voltage measurement, Polarisation depolarisation current measurement, Frequency domain dielectric spectroscopy)
Power Quality Monitoring device (BMI 8010 PQNODE), PSCAD/EMTDC software
PSS/E, Powerworld, MatLab tool boxes, CRUISE (reliability analysis tool) and Power Factory softwares for power systems simulation.
300 kV AC set, 600 kV impulse generator, 100 kA lightning impulse current generator, 10 kA multiple pulse lightning current generator, Schering Bridge and many other related measurement systems.
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