June 19th, 2015

M. Pierre Taillefer, Executive Vice President and CTO at Vizimax along with members of Seville University and Red Eléctrica de España, have recently received an honorary diploma from the Argentina Cigré committee.

Their paper, R&D and innovation Project: using a controlled switching device for a power transformer application in Red Eléctrica de España (Proyecto de I+D+I: control de la maniobra de un interruptor para mitigar corrientes de energización de los transformadores) was chosen one of top 3 paper at XVI ERIAC - ENCUENTRO REGIONAL IBEROAMERICANO DE CIGRÉ, Committee A3 – High Voltage Equipment. This distinction highlights the technological advances to limit inrush current during transformer energization.