Frontiers in Electrical Insulation Application Technology for Power Equipment

This special topic focuses on the frontier development of electrical insulation application technology for power equipment, closely aligned with the construction of new-type power systems and the domesticization demand for UHV equipment. Centering on the development of new insulation materials for power equipment, multi-physics numerical computation, structural optimization design, discharge development mechanisms, environmentally friendly insulation key technologies, and insulation adaptation technologies under extreme operating conditions, it brings together experts and scholars from domestic and international universities, research institutes, and industry enterprises to build an academic exchange and technology transfer platform. The aim is to discuss theoretical innovations, technological breakthroughs, and engineering application challenges in the insulation field, share the latest research findings, promote deep integration of industry, academia, and research, and facilitate the high-quality development of power equipment insulation technology toward green, high-performance, and intelligent directions. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Electrical Insulation Application Technology for Power Equipment

2. Development of New Materials for Power Equipment

3. Multi-physics Computation for Power Equipment

4. Structural Optimization Design Technology for Power Equipment

5. Research on Charge Accumulation Characteristics and Discharge Mechanisms of Power Equipment

6. Key Technologies for New Environmentally Friendly Insulation of Power Equipment

7. Insulation Technology for Power Equipment Under Extreme Conditions

Chairs:

Qingyu Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Dr. Qingyu Wang is an Associate Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University. He has long been engaged in the research on material development for ultra-high voltage (UHV) and extra-high voltage (EHV) transformers and bushings, optimization design of insulation structures, multi-physics numerical computation methods, and key digitalization technologies. He has led two projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (General Program and Youth Program) and one project funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. He has also served as the task leader for the National Science and Technology Major Project on Smart Grid and led multiple key research projects such as the State Grid Corporation of China "Denggao" Science and Technology Project. He has published more than 40 SCI/EI indexed papers. He was the recipient of the First Prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Technological Invention Award (2020), the Special Prize of the Shaanxi Higher Education Institution Science and Technology Research Outstanding Achievement Award (2024), the Second Prize of the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award (2023), the Second Prize of the Guangxi Science and Technology Progress Award (2023), the Third Prize of the China Southern Power Grid Science and Technology Progress Award (2023), and the 2025 Young Talent Support Program of the Xi'an Association for Science and Technology.

Dongli Xin, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Dr. Xin Dongli is an Associate Researcher at Southwest Jiaotong University. He has long been engaged in the research on insulation failure mechanisms of on-board high-voltage equipment, fault mechanisms of high-voltage electrical equipment, and insulation condition detection and monitoring technologies for high-voltage cable accessories. He is dedicated to the R&D and technology transfer of online insulation monitoring systems for high-voltage electrical equipment. He has led multiple major industry-funded projects on high-speed train cable terminal defect identification and electrical equipment insulation condition diagnosis, with total funding for ongoing and completed projects exceeding 20 million RMB. He has published more than 40 SCI/EI indexed papers. In 2025, he published five high-level papers as the corresponding author in top-tier journals including Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF: 16.3). He was the recipient of the First Prize of the China Electrotechnical Society Science and Technology Award and the Second Prize of the China Railway Society Science and Technology Progress Award.

Zhilei Xu, Henan University of Technology, China

Dr. Xu Zhilei, male, is a Ph.D. in Engineering and a Master's Supervisor from Jining, Shandong Province. He is currently the Party Branch Secretary and Director of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Henan University of Technology. He is a Committee Member of the Plasma Committee of the China Electrotechnical Society, a Council Member and Committee Member of the Henan Electrotechnical Society, and a Committee Member of the Youth Working Committee of the Henan Electrotechnical Society. He has long been engaged in the research on key technologies and equipment for power system transmission and distribution, intelligent operation and maintenance and grid-connected control of new energy power stations, arc discharge, and low-temperature plasma modification. He has led one Provincial Key R&D and Promotion Project (Technology Breakthrough) and participated as a key researcher in six national-level projects, including the National Major Research Plan Integration Project, NSFC Key Project, and Excellent Young Scientists Fund Project. He has led or served as a key researcher in five industry-funded projects from State Grid Corporation of China, State Power Investment Corporation, and CRRC Group. He has published more than ten academic papers, including eight SCI journal papers in journals such as High Voltage, Chinese Physics B, and Physics of Plasmas. He co-authored one English monograph published by Springer and has been granted ten invention patents. He was the recipient of the First Prize of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award and the First Prize of the China Railway Society Science and Technology Award. He participated in the formulation of the IEEE international standard P2752 for pantograph-catenary detection and has been granted six invention patents.