Develop and demonstrate new space charge mitigating additives for extruded HVDC insulation materials.
Develop and demonstrate new industrial cable extrusion manufacturing solutions for defect-free and cost-effective manufacturing of next generation thermoplastic HVDC cables.
Develop and demonstrate online global condition monitoring and novel pre-fault detection methods and instruments for assessing the health status of extruded HVDC cable systems.
Develop and demonstrate comprehensive tools and models for the evaluation of life and reliability of extruded HVDC cable systems (cable, joints and terminations) under realistic operation conditions within HVAC/-DC grids (model demonstration via grid-simulations).
