2009 WORLD CONGRESS & EXHIBITION ON INSULATORS, ARRESTERS & BUSHINGS
Creta Maris Conference Center, Crete, Greece
May 10-13, 2009

TECHNICAL SITE VISITS

These visits are an optional part of the official Conference Program and
involve no additional cost for anyone registered for the 2009 WORLD CONGRESS.

Technical Visit #1: Visit to a Coated Substation Only 30 minutes by bus from the Congress Venue is the Linoperamata Substation, located meters from the Mediterranean. This station used to be one of the most problematic in the whole network of the Public Power Corp. Visit the station and discuss with PPC engineers as well as coating suppliers the application experience with RTV silicone and how this has helped to virtually eliminate pollution triggered flashovers.
Technical Visit #2: Visit to an Insulator Test Station Right alongside the Linoperamata Substation is an entirely new insulator test station located directly alongside the Mediterranean and exposed to very high saline contamination. See how engineers at the Public Power Corp. of Greece have configured this facility to allow them to best monitor the comparative performance of different insulator designs and materials as well as alternative formulations of RTV silicone coatings.
Technical Visit #3: Visit to a Modern Wind Farm The recently-built Plastika Wind Farm, located on the mountains overlooking the beautiful historic island of Spinalonga and the Bay of Elounda, is the first such facility on Crete to utilize only silicone insulators for the overhead line connecting it to the local power system. See the types of insulators and transformers which have been specified to deal effectively with consistently high levels of wind-borne saline particles.