1. Publications
Papers at conferences:
1. P.V. Notingher, L.V. Badicu, L. M. Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa, “Dielectric Losses in Cellulose-Based
Insulations”, Proceedings of the 7th
International Conference of Electromechanical and Power Systems”, Iasi, October
8-9, 2009, vol.1, pp. 494-499, ISBN 978-606-520-617-5, Editura Pim.
2. P.V. Notingher, L.V. Badicu, L. M. Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa, “Assessment and Diagnosis of the Power
Transformer Insulation System Condition by Absorption – Resorption Currents Method”, Lucrarile Conferintei
Nationale si Expozitiei de Energetica, Sinaia, 21-23 Octombrie, 2009, pp. 804-810, ISSN 1843-6005, Editura SIER.
3. L.V. Badicu, P.V. Notingher, L. M. Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa “Measuring of the dielectric properties
of mineral oil” Proceedings of the 5th
International Conference Metrology & Measurement Systems, Bucharest,
November 5-6, 2009, pp. 284-289, ISBN 978-606-8082-22-6, Ed. Noua.
4. L. V. Badicu, P. V. Notingher, L Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa „Influence of Temperature and Water Content on
Dielectric Properties of Mineral Oil” Proceedings of the 8th
International Power Systems Conference, Timisoara,
November 4-6, 2009, pp. 361-368.
5. L. V. Badicu, P. V. Notingher, L Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa, “The Assessment of the Condition of Mineral Oil
by Determination of Electrical Conductivity and Water Content”, Recueil des communications de 5eme
Colloque sur Les
Materiaux du Genie Electrique, Montpellier 30 Aout – 1er
Septembre 2010, pp.148-152.
6. L. V. Badicu, P. V. Notingher, L Dumitran, B. Gorgan, G. Tanasescu, „Estimarea starii uleiului mineral pentru
transformatoare in functie de continutul de apa” Volumul Simpozionului de Masini Electrice SME’10, Bucuresti 7-8
Octombrie, 2010, pp. 1-8, ISSN 1843-5912.
7. L. V. Badicu, B. Gorgan, L. Dumitran and P. V. Notingher, "Assessment of oil impregnated paper condition using the
dielectric response function", Proceedings of the National Symposium of Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Bucharest,
Decembre, 3-4, 2010, pp. 1-6, ISBN 978-973-718-899-1.
8. L. M. Dumitran, L. V. Badicu, P. V. Notingher si G. Tanasescu, "Premize pentru elaborare unei metode de evaluare
a stării de degradare a sistemelor de izolaţie ale transformatoarelor de putere pe baza curenţilor de absorbţie/resorbţie"
Proceedings-ul Conferintei “Retele electrice inteligente. Smart Grid. Solutii de finanţare a investiţiilor”, Bran,
November1-3, 2010, pp. 1-6.
9. L.V. Badicu, B. Gorgan, L. M. Dumitran, P. V. Notingher, D. Popa, “Oil impregnated paper condition assessment
Using time spectroscopy method”, Proceedings of the 7th
International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical
Engineering (IEEE Xplore), Bucharest, May 12-14, 2011, pp. 177-182, ISBN 978-1-4577-0507-6.
10. L.V. Badicu, L. M. Dumitran, P. V. Notingher, R. Setnescu, T. Setnescu, “Mineral oil lifetime estimation using
activation energy”, Proceedings of the 17th
Interenational Conference on Dielectrics Liquids (IEEE Xplore), Trondheim,
June 26-30, 2011, Paper 107, ISBN 978-1-4244-7352-6.
11. P. V. Notingher, L. V. Badicu, L. M. Dumitran, R. Setnescu, T. Setnescu, “Transformerboard lifetime estimation
using activation energy”, Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics,
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Funchal, Madeira, September 1-3 Septembrie, 2011, Paper 56173, ISBN 978-
972-8822-24-8.
12. B. Gorgan, L.V. Badicu, P.V. Notingher, G. Tanasescu, “Using health index in power transformer maintenance”,
Proceedings of International Conference on Condition Monitoring, Diagnosis and Maintenance, Bucharest, September
19-23, 2011, Paper 168, pp. 215-221, ISBN 978-606-8371-20-7.
13. C. Stancu, P.V. Notingher, L.V. Badicu, “Dielectric response function for nonhomogeneous insulations”
Procedings of 2011 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, Cancun, October 16-19, 2011.
14. L.V. Badicu, W. Koltunowicz, M. Koch, A. Piccolo, “Return of Experience from Continuous PD Monitoring of
Rotating Machines”, Proceedings of 18th
International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Seoul, South Korea,
August 25-30, 2013 Hanyang University, paper OD1-06, ISBN 978-89-86510-18-8.

2. 15. S. M. Hoek, A. Kraetge, S. Koerber, L.V. Badicu, O. Kessler, U. Broniecki, I. Hong, “Combining Acoustical and
Different Electrical Methods for Localizing Partial Discharge in a Power Transformer” Proceedings of 18th
International
Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, August 25-30, 2013 Hanyang University, paper OD5-
05, ISBN 978-89-86510-18-8.
16. L.V. Badicu, Koltunowicz, A. Piccolo, A. McGuigan, C. Feely, “Monitoring of a Distribution Transformer at
Winchelsea Substation” Proceedings of TechCon Asia Pacific 2014, Sydney, Australia, April 1st
-2nd
, 2014.
17. W. Koltunowicz, M. Krüger, L.V. Badicu, A. Piccolo, “PD Testing and Monitoring of HV XLPE Cable Systems”
Proceedings of Innovation for Secure and Efficient Transmission Grids, CIGRE Belgium Conference, Brussels,
Belgium, March 12th
-14th
, 2014.
18. W. Koltunowicz, L.V. Badicu, A. Piccolo, “Challenges in Monitoring of HV Equipment”, Proceedings of
International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis CMD 2014, Jeju, South Korea, September 21-25,
2014.
19. A. Piccolo, L.V. Badicu, W. Koltunowicz, “Increased operation reliability through continuous PD monitoring in the
Java-Bali Region”, Proceedings of Conference of the Electric Power Supply Industry CEPSI 2014, Jeju, South Korea,
October 26-30, 2014.
20. W. Koltunowicz, L.V. Badicu, R. Hummel, U. Broniecki, D. Gebhardt, „PD Testing and Monitoring of HV Cable
Systems”, Proceedings of 9th
International Conference of Insulated Power Cables – Jicable’15, Paper F6.2.06, Versailles
21-25 June, 2015.
Papers in technical magazines:
1. L.V. Badicu, P.V. Notingher, L. M. Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa “Use of Dielectric Spectroscopy to Estimate
the Condition of Cellulose-Based Insulation”, Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, vol 2, no. 1, 2009, pp.
7-12, ISSN 1844-6035, Ed. Universiatii din Oradea.
2. L. V. Badicu, P. V. Notingher, L Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa „Influence of Temperature and Water Content on
Dielectric Properties of Mineral Oil”, Buletinul Stiintific al Universitatii „POLITEHNICA” din Timisoara, Seria
Energetica, Special Issue, no. 54, pp. 361-368, ISSN 1582-7194.
3. P.V. Notingher, L.V. Badicu, L. M. Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa “Dielectric Losses in Cellulose-Based
Insulations Analele Universitatii din Craiova, no. 33, 2009, pp. 169-175, ISSN 1842-4805, Ed. Universitaria.
4. L.M. Dumitran, L.V. Badicu, M.C. Plopeanu, L. Dascalescu “Influence of dual wire-cylinder electrodes geometry on
the efficiency of electrostatic separators”, Revue Roumaine des Sciences Techniques – Serie Electrotechnique et
Energetique, vol. 55, no. 2, 2010, pp. 171-180.
5. B. Gorgan, P. V. Notingher, L.V. Badicu, G. Tanasescu, „Calculation of Power Transformers Health Indexes”,
Analele Universitatii din Craiova, no. 34, 2010, pp. 13-18, ISSN 1842-4805, Ed. Universitaria.
6. L.V. Badicu, P. V. Notingher, L Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa si Gh. Batir, „Thermal Ageing of Oil Impregnated
Paper for Power Transformers Insulation Systems”, Analele Universitatii din Craiova, no. 34, 2010, pp. 13-18, ISSN
1842-4805, Ed. Universitaria.
7. L.V. Badicu, B. Gorgan, L.M. Dumitran, P. V. Notingher, „Assessment of Transformer Mineral Oil Condition
Based on dc and ac Conductivity”, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 19, Issue 5, pp.
1544-1551, October 2012, ISSN: 1070-9878.
8. L.V. Badicu, B. Gorgan, S. Busoi, L. Dumitran, and P. V. Notingher, " Use of time domain spectroscopy for
assessment of oil impregnated paper condition", Scientific Bulletin of UPB, Series C, Vol. 73, Issue 4, pp. 267-282,
2011, ISSN 1454-234x.
9. L. V. Badicu, P. V. Notingher, L Dumitran, G. Tanasescu, D. Popa, Gh. Batir, “Condition assessment of mineral oil
by determination of electrical conductivity and water content”, European Jurnal of Electrical Engineering, Vol. 15/2-3,
pp.141-155, 2012.

3. 10. R. Setnescu, L. V. Badicu, L. M. Dumitran, P. V. Notingher, T. Setnescu “Thermal lifetime of cellulose insulation
material evaluated by an activation energy based method” Cellulose Magazine – SPRINGER, Vol. 20, no. 5, October
2013, ISSN0969-0239.
11. L. M. Dumitran, R. Setnescu, P. V. Notingher, L.V. Badicu, and T. Setnescu, “Method for lifetime estimation of
power transformer mineral oil”, FUEL Magazine – ELSEVIER, Vol. 117, pp.756-762, 2013.
12. L.V. Badicu, W. Koltunowicz, A. Piccolo, „Online-Monitoring eines Verteiltransformators”, Netzpraxis Heft –
Magazin für Energieversorgung, no. 6, pp. 24-29, 2014, ISSN 1611-0412 – D 7656 E.
13. L.V. Badicu, W. Koltunowicz, A. Piccolo, A. Mcguigan, C. Feely, „Monitoring of a Distribution Transformer at
Winchelsea Substation” Transmission and Distribution Magazine, Issue 3, 2014, Australia.
14. M. Krueger, U. Reiniger and L.V. Badicu, „Monitoring, diagnosis and fault finding on a transformer”,
Transformers Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 3, July 2015.