CALL FOR PAPERS

Applications are now open to submit abstracts (peer-reviewed papers or presentation only) for DTEC2022. Scroll down for more information.

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Meet with peers and industry experts
Learn from others’ experiences
Contribute to the growing industry knowledge base
Gain experience and benefit from having from presentation peer reviewed
Keep up to date with recent advances in standards and best practice
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Earn CPD points for your professional development

Key Dates

Description	Date
Final date for receipt of abstracts	18/2/22
Notification of acceptance of abstract	4/3/22
Final date for receipt of papers	25/3/22
Notification of acceptance of paper	29/4/22
Final date for Presenting Author registration	6/5/22
Final date for submission of presentation and revised paper	16/5/22
Conference date	8-9/6/22

More Information

Download our Call for Papers document for further information. To submit an application, complete the form at the bottom of this page.

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TOPIC AREAS

Compliance

Standards development – present & future
Best practice – relevance of standards & regulations
Installations with multiple earths
Special installations or circumstances
Application of risk
Coordinating between standards
Consequences of electric shock to humans and animals

Protection

Earth fault protection schemes
Earth fault detection
Coordination with touch and step requirements
Current sensor technologies
Recorded fault events

Construction

Sizing conductors
Parasitic & stray currents
Interference
Corrosion
Equipotential grids
Control of static

Lightning

Shielding design
Down conductor installation and termination
Grid design
Bonding arrangements
Interference with secondary systems
Probabilistic design
Transient earth potential rise
Damage mitigation

Risk

Risk mitigation
Cost vs risk
Probabilistic design
Coincidence – to measure or to estimate
Public or personally imposed risk

Analysis

Modelling techniques
Mapping of legislative requirements
Earth return response
Mutual effects
Reliance on earth system interconnections
Earth potential rise

Interference

Telecommunications
Conveyors
Rail
Pipelines
Electrolysis
Mining supplies

Testing

Soil resistivity
Earth loop impedance
Grid resistance
Hazard assessment
Correlation with design
Procedures – consistency, efficiency and accuracy
Equipment
Earth continuity
Case studies
Identification of anomalies
Fortuitous connections
Incident investigations

Installations

High voltage installations
Low voltage installations
Augmentation of buried grids
Special installations
Geotechnical issues
Power stations and large industrial complexes
Underground and open-cut mines
Marine & offshore
Mobile plant
Rail networks
Project coordination
Hazardous areas
Safe work procedures

Abstract Guidelines

Please ensure you have read the following guidelines before submitting, to ensure your abstract meets the requirements.

Abstracts will be reviewed by the technical panel of the organising committee and should meet the following criteria:

The abstract should be no more than 400 words.
It should be submitted in PDF or Word format in Times New Roman 12pt font size.
Abstracts must be text only; graphics, pictures or graphs should not be submitted.
It should be received by no later than 30th May 2021.
It should have permission of all authors for presentation.

The abstract should also include:

The title of the paper typed in capital letters and bolded.
List of authors and their details.
Keywords.
Text of the abstract.
Contact details of person who will present the paper, including postal address, telephone and email address.
Indication of whether the submission is a peer-reviewed paper or conference paper (see Call for Papers document above for more details).

Upon acceptance, you will receive a detailed speaker’s kit outlining the next steps to take for submission of the final paper and your presentation at the conference.

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To submit your abstract, please email the abstract to submissions@dtec2022.com

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