About the author
Dr. Hugo Campelo
NYNAS ABDr. Hugo Campelo has more than 15 years of experience in the transformer industry. He is a chemical engineer and has an industrial PhD in the thermal modeling of large shell-type power transformers from the University of Porto, Portugal.
From 2006 to 2009 he started researching on thermal management of transformers as a consultant, and later in 2010, he joined the Efacec Transformers Business Unit. Up to 2023, he cross-cutted different R&D and engineering roles in Efacec from research and development to the global management of the technology of the group. In 2023 he joined Nynas as a technical expert on the application of transformer oils in power transformers, distribution transformers, instrument transformers, and switchgear. Hugo currently supports technical sales and marketing to external customers and end-users across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India.
He authored multiple publications related to transformers modeling, testing, and monitoring of transformers. He is a CIGRE expert actively involved in multiple Working Groups and a member of IEC Spanish TC 10.