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Reference Number	NIA_NGET0083
Title	Cable Oil Regeneration
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 100%;
Research Types	Applied Research and Development 100%
Science and Technology Fields	PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 25%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 25%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Project Contact No email address given National Grid Electricity Transmission
Award Type	Network Innovation Allowance
Funding Source	Ofgem
Start Date	01 April 2013
End Date	01 July 2017
Duration	51 months
Total Grant Value	£1,071,000
Industrial Sectors	Power
Region	London
Programme	Network Innovation Allowance
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Project Contact , National Grid Electricity Transmission (100.000%)
Web Site	http://www.smarternetworks.org/project/NIA_NGET0083
Objectives	This project will provide an on-site service which will give the asset owner of all oil filled cables the option of purifying and re using any oil extract from cables during maintenance and repairs. Thus removing the need to dispose of large quantities of waste oil. The chances of this proposed are high - The flushing of an existing circuit has illustrated that it is perfectly plausible to re-generate oil, although we do not believe this has been trialled successfully yet.
Abstract	Since the first introduction of oil filled cables, manufactures have always insisted that all cable oil removed from oil filled cable, both new and old was discarded to waste. Due to pressures from environmental legislation, the waste oil is normally sent for recycling into other products or disposed at a high cost. This project proposes the following method: Review current best practices in oil regeneration from other asset areas (internal review)Approach supplier for development of an oil regeneration system Development of specific critical components Delivery of cable oil regeneration plant Trials and testingNote : Project Documents may be available via the ENA Smarter Networks Portal using the Website link above
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	07/06/18