PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO ISOLIME ACTIVITIES (SINCE JUNE 2005)

Refereed Journal Papers

(23). Y. Bouslimi, K. Taheri, I. Fofana, H. Hemmatjou and C. Volat, ^“Relationship between Static Electrification of Transformer Oils with Turbidimetric and Spectrophotometric Measurements^”, International Journal of High Voltage Engineering (in press).

(22). J. C. Olivares-Galvan, R. Escarela-Perez, P. S. Georgilakis, I. Fofana, S. Magdaleno-Adame, " A Bibliographic Analysis of Transformer Literature 1990-2000", Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 3, June 2012 (in press).

 (21). S. T., A. G., I. Fofana and H. T., "Modeling and simulation of transformer loading capability and hot spot temperature under harmonic conditions", Electr. Power Syst. Res. (2011), doi:10.1016/j.epsr.2011.12.005.

(20). J. C. Olivares-Galván, P. S. Georgilakis, I. Fofana and R. Escarela-Perez, “Evaluation of Distribution Transformer Banks in Electric Power Systems", European Transactions on Electric Power Engineering, published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI: 10.1002/etep.665, Dec 2011.

(19). J. S. N’cho, I. Fofana, T. Aka-Ngnui and A. Beroual, ^“Effect of Exposure to Electrical Discharge on Transformer Oil Properties^”, International Journal of High Voltage Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 11507- 13, November 2011.

(18). J. S. N’cho, A. Beroual, I. Fofana, T. Aka-Ngnui and J. Sabau, ^“Verification of Oil Reclamation Process by Turbidimetric and Spectrophotometric Measurements^”, Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (in press).

(17). J. S. N'Cho, I. Fofana, A. Beroual; T. Aka-Ngnui and J. Sabau, "The gassing Tendency of various Insulating Fluids under Electrical discharge”, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 18, Issue 5, pp. 1616-1625, October 2011.

(16). I. Fofana, H. Hemmatjou and F. Meghnefi, “Effect of Thermal Transient on the Polarization and Depolarization Current Measurements of Oil-Paper Insulation”, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 18, Issue 2, pp. 513-520, April 2011.

(15). I. Fofana, A. Bouaicha and M. Farzaneh, “Aging Characterization of Transformer Oil-Pressboard Insulation using Modern Diagnostic Techniques”, European Transactions on Electric Power Engineering, published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI: 10.1002/etep.499.

(14) A. Akbari, A. Setayeshmehr, I. Fofana, H. Borsi and E. Gockenbach, "Intelligent Agent-based System using Dissolved Gas Analysis to Detect Incipient Faults in Power Transformers", IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine (in press).

(13) J. Sabau, I. Fofana, A. Bouaicha, Y. Hadjadj and M. Farzaneh, “An Environmentally Friendly Dissolved Oxygen and Moisture Removal System for Freely Breathing Transformers”, IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, Volume 26, No 3, pp. 35-42, May/June 2010.

(12). I. Fofana, H. Hemmatjou, F. Meghnefi, M. Farzaneh, A. Setayeshmehr, H.  Borsi and E. Gockenbach; “On the Frequency Domain Dielectric Response of Oil-Paper Insulation at Low Temperatures”, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 17, Issue 3, pp. 805-813, June 2010.

(11). I. Fofana, A. Bouaicha, M. Farzaneh, J. Sabau and D. Bussières, “Decay Products in the Liquid Insulation of Power Transformers”, IET Electric Power Applications, Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 458-464, April 2010.

(10). I. Fofana, H. Hemmatjou and M. Farzaneh, "Low Temperature and Moisture Effects on Polarization and Depolarization Currents of Oil-Paper Insulation", Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 80, pp 91-97, 2010.

(9) V. G. Arakelian and I. Fofana, “Physicochemical Aspects of Gassing of Insulating Liquids under Electrical Stress”, IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 3, May/June 2009.

(8) A. Bouaïcha, I. Fofana, M. Farzaneh, A. Seytashmehr, H. Borsi, E. Gockenbach, A. Béroual and N. T. Aka, "On the Usability of Dielectric Spectroscopy Techniques as Quality Control Tool", IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2009.

(7). A. Bouaïcha, I. Fofana, M. Farzaneh, A. Béroual, A. Seytashmehr, H. Borsi, et E. Gockenbach, "Contrôle Non Destructif des Isolations Électriques par Spectroscopie Diélectrique durant la Fabrication des Bornes de Traversée", Revue de l’Électricité et d’Électronique (REE), No 11, pp. 58-67, Décembre 2008.

(6). A. Seytashmehr, I. Fofana, C. Eichler, A. Akbari, H. Borsi and E. Gockenbach, "Dielectric Spectroscopic Measurements on Transformer Oil-Paper Insulation under Controlled Laboratory Conditions", IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 1100-1111, August 2008.

(5). E. Brisso, I. Fofana, B. Robertson and J. Sabau, "Enhancing the Maintenance of Transformer Oils to Diminish the Risk of Blackouts", Energetica, Vol. 55, pp. 465-469, December 2007.

(4). V. G. Arakelian and I. Fofana, "Water in Oil Filled High Voltage Equipment, Part II: Water Content as Physico-chemical Tools for Insulation Condition Diagnosis", IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine — Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 15- 24, September/October 2007.

(3). V. G. Arakelian and I. Fofana, "Water in Oil Filled High Voltage Equipment, Part I: States, Solubility and Equilibrium in Insulating Materials", IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 15-27, July/August 2007.

(2). I. Fofana, H. Borsi, E. Gockenbach and M. Farzaneh, "Results on Aging of Transformers Insulating Materials under Selective Conditions", European Transactions on Electric Power Engineering, pp. 427-449, 2007.

(1). I. Fofana, V. Wasserberg, H. Borsi, E. Gockenbach and M. Farzaneh, "Specific Investigations to Quantify Heavy Damage Causes occurred on some Loading Resistances Modules, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 593-600, June 2006.

Refereed Journal (in revisions)

(25). J. S. N’Cho, I. Fofana, A. Beroual; T. Aka-Ngnui and J. Sabau, “Reclaimed Oils: Facts and Arguments”, IEEE Trans. On Diel. And Elec. Insul.

(24). Y. Hadjadj, F. Meghnefi and I. Fofana, “On the Feasibility of using Poles computed from Frequency Domain Spectroscopy to Assess Oil Paper Insulation Conditions”, IEEE Trans. On Diel. And Elec. Insul.

Books or book chapters

(2). I. Fofana, Y. Zié and M. Farzaneh, "Dielectric Response methods for diagnostic of Power equipments", In Advance in Dielectric Material Research, Chapter 6, pp. 249-299, Editor: Ai Huang, © 2009 Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-60692-266-8 (https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=8490).

(1). I. Fofana and J. Sabau, "Application of Petroleum-based oil in Power Transformer", In Natural Gas Research Progress, Chapter 6, pp. 229-251, Editors: Nathan David and Theo Michel, © 2008 Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-60456-700-7.

Refereed Conference papers

(40) M. Talhi, I. Fofana et S.Flazi, "Étude quantitative de la tendance à la charge de l’huile pour transformateurs de puissance", Third International Meeting on Dielectric Materials, Monastir, Tunisia December 14-18 2011.

(39). J. S. N’cho, I. Fofana, T. Aka-Ngnui and A. Beroual, "Parameters Affecting the Static electrification of aged transformer Oils”, 2011 IEEE Annual Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), Cancun, Mexico, 16 Oct - 19 Oct 2011.

(38). J. Sabau, I. Fofana, S. Gal and M. Oltean, "Inoxidable Liquid Insulation for Power Transformers: facts and arguments", 5^th International Congress on Electrical Power Transmission and Distribution Live Line Works and Safety (V CITTES), Salta (Argentine Republic), 23 to 26 August de 2011.

(37). P. S. Georgilakis, J. C. Olivares-Galvan, R. Escarela-Perez, I. Fofana and G. K. Stefopoulos, “Environmental Cost of Transformer Losses for Industrial and Commercial Users of Transformers”, NAPS 2011 : 43^rd North American Power Symposium, Boston, USA, Aug 4, 2011 - Aug 6 2011.

(36). I. Fofana, J. S. N’cho, J. C. Olivares-Galvan, R. Escarela-Perez and P. S. Georgilakis, “Comparative Studies of the Stabilities to Oxidation and Electrical Discharge between Ester Fluids and Transformer Oils”, NAPS 2011 : 43^rd North American Power Symposium, Boston, USA, Aug 4, - Aug 6, 2011.

(35). J. S. N’cho, I. Fofana, A. Beroual and T. Aka-Ngnui, "Parameters Affecting the Formation of Corrosive Suphide Deposition on Copper Conductors",
17^th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH 2011), August 22^nd – 26^th 2011, Hanover, Germany.

(34). H. Hemmatjou and I. Fofana, "Frequency Domain Spectroscopic Measurements of Oil impregnated Paper insulation System under Thermal Runaway", 17^th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH 2011), August 22^nd – 26^th 2011, Hanover, Germany. (33). Y. Hadjadj, I. Fofana, F. Meghnefi and H. Ezzaidi, "Assessing Oil Paper Insulation Conditions by Poles computed from Frequency Domain Spectroscopy", International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, to be held in Trondheim, Norway, 26 – 30 June 2011.

(32). J. S. N’Cho, A. Béroual, T. Aka-Ngnui and I. Fofana, " The Gassing Tendency of Reclaimed Oils", International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, to be held in Trondheim, Norway, 26 – 30 June 2011.

(31). L. Loiselle et I. Fofana, "Influence de la qualité de l’huile isolante sur le refroidissement des transformateurs de puissance", X^ème Colloque Interuniversitaire Franco-québécois sur la Thermique des Systèmes, 20-22 juin 2011, Saguenay, Canada.

(30). L. Loiselle, I. Fofana and D. Hume, "Influence of Transformer Oil Decay Products on its Thermal Conductivity", 31^st International Thermal Conductivity Conference (ITCC) and the 19^th International Thermal Expansion Symposium (ITES), June 26-30, 2011, Saguenay, Canada.

(29) J. Sabau, I. Fofana, S. Gal and M. Oltean, "Inoxidable Liquid Insulation for Power Transformers", 8^th Regional Conference for National Committees of CIGRE in Arab Countries, Power 2010 Conference & Exhibition, Doha (Qatar), October 18-20^th 2010.

(28) J. S. N’Cho, L. Loiselle, I. Fofana, T. Ngnui-Aka and A. Beroual, "Parameters Affecting the Electrical and Thermal Properties of Transformer Oils", 2010 IEEE Annual Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), West Lafayette (Indiana, USA), October 17-20^th, 2010.

(27) I. Fofana, A. Bouaïcha, Y. Hadjadj, J. S. N’Cho, T. Ngnui-Aka and A. Beroual, "Early stage detection of Oils Decaying", 2010 IEEE Annual Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), West Lafayette (Indiana, USA), October 17-20^th, 2010.

(26) I. Fofana, Y. Bouslimi, H. Hemmatjou and C. Volat, "Studying transformer oil static electrification in the spinning disc system", International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE 2010), New Orleans, October 11-14^th 2010.

(25) J. S. NCho, I. Fofana, T. Ngnui-Aka and A. Béroual, "Effect of Electrical Discharge on Oil Decaying Process", International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE 2010), New Orleans, October 11-14^th 2010.

(24) J. S. N’Cho, A. Beroual, T. Ngnui-Aka, I. Fofana and J. Sabau, "Assessing Oil Reclamation Effectiveness by means of Turbidity and Spectro-photometry Analysis", International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis 2010 (CMD2010) Tokyo, Japan September 6-11, 2010.

(23) J. Sabau, I. Fofana, Y. Hadjadj and M. Brahimi, "Dissolved Oxygen and Moisture Removal System for Freely Breathing Transformers", International Conference on Electrical Network (ICEN’2010), Sidi Bel-Abbès, Algérie September 28-29 2010.

(22) I. Fofana, H. Hemmatjou, F. Meghnefi, E. Gockenbach and H. Borsi, "Polarization and Depolarization Current Measurements of Oil impregnated Paper insulation System under Thermal Runaway", 10^th IEEE International Conference on Solid Dielectrics, 4^th-9^th July 2010, Potsdam, Germany.

(21). F. Meghnefi, I. Fofana, H. Hemmatjou and M. Farzaneh, "Deriving an Equivalent Circuit of Composite Oil Paper Insulation for Understanding the Frequency Domain Spectroscopic Measurements", IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), Virginia Beach, USA, October 2009.

(20). I. Fofana, A. Bouaïcha and M. Farzaneh, "A three dimensional electrical network for oil-paper insulation modeling", 16^th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa August 24 to 28^th 2009.

(19). I. Fofana, A. Bouaïcha, M. Farzaneh and J. Sabau, "Suspended Particles in aged Insulating Liquid", 16^th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa, August 24 to 28^th 2009.

(18). I. Fofana and J. Sabau, A. Bouaïcha and M. Farzaneh, "An Improved Preventive Maintenance Technique for Freely Breathing Power Transformer", 16^th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa, August 24 to 28^th 2009.

(17). A. Seytashmehr, H. Borsi E. Gockenbach and I. Fofana, "On-line Monitoring of Auto Transformer via Measuring of Transfer Function, Proc. of the 2009 IEEE IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference, pp. 278 – 282, Montréal June 2009.

(16). I. Fofana, A. Bouaïcha, M. Farzaneh, C. Volat and J. Sabau, “On the Stability of Mineral Insulating Oils under Electrical Stress”, Proc. of the 2009 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference, pp. 482 - 486 , Montréal, June 2009.

(15). I. Fofana, H. Hemmatjou, F. Meghnefi, M. Farzaneh, A. Setayeshmehr, H. Borsi and E. Gockenbach, “Low Temperature and Moisture Effects on Oil-Paper Insulation Dielectric Response in Frequency Domain”, Proc. of the 2009 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference, pp. 368 – 372, Montréal, June 2009.

(14). A. Bouaïcha, I. Fofana and M. Farzaneh, “Effect of Oxygen on Oil Decay Products Formation”, Proc. of the 2009 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference, pp. 133 – 137, Montréal, June 2009.

(13). A. Seytashmehr, I. Fofana, A. Akbari, H. Borsi and E. Gockenbach, "Evaluating the Influence of Temperature and Water Content on Transformer Insulation by Interfacial Polarization Spectra Measurement", ETG-Fachtagung Grenzflächen in elektrischen Isoliersystemen, Würzburg (Germany), September 16-17^th, 2008.

(12). I. Fofana, A. Bouaïcha, M. Farzaneh and J. Sabau, "Ageing Behaviour of Mineral Oil and Ester Liquids: a Comparative Study", Proc of the 2008 IEEE Annual Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), pp. 87 – 90, Quebec City, October 26-29^th, 2008.

(11). A. Bouaïcha, I. Fofana and M. Farzaneh, "Influence of the Relative Amount of Paper on Aged Mineral Oil Decay Products", Proc. of the 2008 IEEE Annual Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), pp. 91 – 94, Quebec City, October 26-29^th, 2008.

(10). A. Bouaïcha, I. Fofana and M. Farzaneh," Application of Modern Diagnostic Techniques to Assess the Condition of Oil and Pressboard", 16^th IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, Poitiers, France, 30 June – 4 July, 2008.

(9). I. Fofana, J. Sabau D. Bussières and B. Robertson, "The Mechanism of Gassing in Power Transformers", 16^th IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, Poitiers, France, 30 June – 4 July, 2008.

(8). I. Fofana and V. Arakelian, "On the States of Water and its Quantification in Oil Impregnated Power Equipments", 16^th IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, Poitiers, France, 30 June – 4 July, 2008.

(7). A. Seytashmehr, I. Fofana, A. Akbari, H. Borsi and E. Gockenbach, "Effects of temperature, water content and ageing on the dielectric response of transformer", 16^th IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, Poitiers, France, 30 June – 4 July, 2008.

(6). A. Bouaïcha, I. Fofana, M. Farzaneh et A. Béroual, " Utilisation de la spectroscopie diélectrique comme outil de contrôle de qualité dans le processus de fabrication d'une borne de traversée", 3e Conférence Européenne sur les Matériels de Postes HT & MT, les 15 et 16 novembre 2007, Lyon, France.

(5). I. Fofana, H. Borsi and E. Gockenbach, "Oil Filled Transformer Retrofilled with ester Liquid – Facts and Arguments", 15^th International Symposium on High-Voltage Engineering, ISH 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia, on August 27-31, 2007.

(4). A. Seytashmehr, I. Fofana, A. Akbari, H. Borsi and E. Gockenbach, "Effects on temperature on the dielectric response of transformer", 15^th International Symposium on High-Voltage Engineering, ISH 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia, on August 27-31, 2007.

(3). A. Setayeshmehr, A. Akbari, H. Borsi, E. Gockenbach and I. Fofana, "Winding Diagnostic by On-line Transfer Function Determination via Power Transformer Bushing Tap", 15^th International Symposium on High-Voltage Engineering, ISH 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia, on August 27-31, 2007.

(2). I. Fofana, V. Wasserberg, H. Borsi and E. Gockenbach, "The effect of temperature gradient on the dielectric properties of insulating fluids", Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation (ISEI), Toronto, Canada, pp. 523-526, June 11-14^th, 2006.

(1). I. Fofana, V. Wasserberg, H. Borsi, E. Gockenbach and M. Farzaneh, "Preliminary Investigations on the Insulating Liquid used in some Loading Resistances to Quantify Premature Damage Causes", 15^th IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids (ICDL), Coimbra, Portugal, June 26^th – July 1^st, 2005.

Refereed Conference papers (in press)

(44). S. M. Adame, J. C. Olivares Galván, I. Fofana, L. Loiselle, P. Georgilakis and R. E. Perez, “Study of Parameters Influencing the Performance of Power Connectors Used for Performing the Load and Temperature Tests on Power Transformers”, IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation, Porto Rico, June 2012.

(43). L. Loiselle, I. Fofana, J. C. Olivares-Galvan and E. Campero, “Stability of Environmental Friendly Fluids under Electrical and Thermal Stresses”, IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation, Porto Rico, June 2012.

(42). S. T., H. T., I. Fofana, H. Hemmatjou and A. G., "Effect of Power System Harmonics on Transformer Loading Capability and Hot Spot Temperature", 25th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montreal, Qc, Canada, April 29 – May 2, 2012.

(41). Juan C. Olivares-Galvan, P. Georgilakis, S. Pavlos, I. Fofana, S. Magdaleno-Adame, "Bibliography of transformer literature, 2001-2010", 8th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion, MEDPOWER 2012, 1-3 October 2012 - Cagliari, ITALY.

Refereed Conference papers (submitted/accepted)

(48). Y. R. Mohamed, F. Meghnefi and I. Fofana, "Frequency Response Analyses via Rational Function Fitting", 2012 IEEE Annual Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), Montreal, Canada, 14 Oct - 17 Oct 2012.