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Creation of Cigre Working Group D2.49 was proposed by the Convenor
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Creation of Cigre Working Group D2.49 was proposed by the Convenor; Mr. Siamak Khalaj acting as ICT & Dispatching Director of Monenco Iran also Cigre Iran ICT Study Committee Chairman. The title of the working group is “Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality to support Operation and Maintenance in Electric Power Utilities” which is regarding to the most modern technologies. The proposal was approved by Cigre technical committee chairman in June 2019.
It is worth mentioning that this is the first time Iran has taken action as Convenor in Cigre activities
The main purpose of creating this working group is to provide a methodology in order to deploy the AR/VR in EPU’s Operation and Maintenance. Condition monitoring tools, in conjunction with Computer Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) will help to prevent malfunctions and diagnose their cause. Also, AR/VR can be of great help in transferring the knowledge of asset operation and maintenance to new generations by registering the procedures in electronic devices. AR/VR can be experienced directly by using an image projector that projects virtual features over the real environment.