Autore: Abderrahmane Beroual

Abderrahmane Beroual is a distinguished full Professor at University of Lyon in the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France. His research has made a substantial contribution to long air gaps discharge and lightning, outdoor insulation, modelling of discharges and composite materials, pre-breakdown and breakdown phenomena in dielectric fluids and solid/fluid interfaces. He was elected IEEE fellow in 2011 for his contribution to processes of pre-breakdown and breakdown in dielectric liquids. Issouf Fofana is chair professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) and Director of the Modeling and Diagnostic of Power Network Equipment (MODELE) laboratory. He is actively involved with teaching and research in the area of high-voltage engineering with emphases on the insulation diagnostic/modelling relevant to power equipment.