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Conference Papers

Additive Weibull Survival Analysis of Distribution Transformers in the Presence of Censoring and Truncation

Published in 2025 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2025 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), 2025

Developing survival analysis models for medium voltage transformers using the additive Weibull distribution, with corrections for censoring and truncation in real-world asset data.

Recommended citation: N. Brekelmans, Y. Zhang, P. H. Nguyen, A. van der Molen and P. van der Wielen, "Additive Weibull Survival Analysis of Distribution Transformers in the Presence of Censoring and Truncation," 2025 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2025 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Chania, Crete, Greece, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope64998.2025.11169264.
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Assessing the temporal and spatial impact of renewable energy integration on medium voltage transformer failures

Published in 28th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2025), 2025

Investigation on how RES integration affects transformer failure rates in distribution networks, through temporal and spatial analysis.

Recommended citation: N. Brekelmans, Y. Zhang, P. Nguyen, A. van der Molen and P. van der Wielen, "Assessing the temporal and spatial impact of renewable energy integration on medium voltage transformer failures," 28th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2025), Geneva, Switzerland, 2025, doi: 10.1049/icp.2025.2272.
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