SAI ELECTRICALS
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
SITE INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRANSFORMERS (PART 5)
After
successful installation it is very important to take care of the various safety
measures during operation of transformer. Transformer ageing is very much depends
upon various stresses like electrical i.e. loading patterns, surges &
spikes, voltage & frequency variations, short circuit forces, over fluxing
harmonic, mechanical, chemical and environmental factors which will affect the
insulation of transformer and deteriorate the insulation this deterioration
will affect the performance of transformer and reliability of equipment got
reduced. Besides of theses stresses faults like partial discharge, electrical
arcs, or hot spots generally deteriorate the condition of transformer in quick
progression. Hence early detection of these faults is very important for saving
transformer from any catastrophic failure.
Now a day’s various methods are available
with us through which we can monitor and record the real time data for various
parameters which are having a great impact on transformer performance, some of
the parameters are as follows:
1)
Internal Parameters
a) H2 PPM Level
b) Ambient Temperature
c) Oil Temperature
d) Winding Temperature Rise
2)
External Parameters
a) Voltage & Current on all three phases.
b) Active/ Reactive Apparent Energy &
Power
c) Maximum Demand/ Demand Forecasting
d) Time Bound & Stamped Data for
KVAH/KWH/KVAR
With
strict monitoring, accurate diagnostics of above parameters the following would
be achieved effectively:
•
Asset economic loading conditions identification and assessment for maximum practicable
operating efficiency.
•
Premature failures risk minimization.
•
Life estimation and timely asset replacement/ retiring planning.
•
Asset life extension by implementing correct operational and cost effective
maintenance strategies
•
Improvement in the system performance ensuring good reliability as well as
plant availability.
• Minimization of the
long-term operational cost.
• Cost saving by
eliminating the unplanned maintenance.
• Minimizing the
outage period.
• Relocation/
retirement planning.
• In time procurement
of spare parts to get competitive rates.
• To enhance the
overall reliability of the system
• Accurate risk assessment.
For recording and monitoring the real time
date for above parameters we can take the help of online condition monitoring
system for transformer, the typical schematic diagram is as below:
Above
system are available with powerful software and having the various features
some of them are as below:
Connectivity
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Available through MODBUS, RS 485 & GSM/CDMA
(Though Modem)
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Inbuilt
Software
|
Available & Suitable for Planning Preventive
Maintenance Schedules, Asset Life Extension, Load Management and fault
Monitoring
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Data Storage
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Data can be stored in graphical forms as well as
time stamped forms
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Suitable
for all Voltage Class Transformers.
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As
we can see from above that online condition monitoring system are available
with inbuilt software through which we can analyze the data and can plan our
various activities which will help us in enhancing the life of transformer as
well as reliability of equipment. With the help of above system we can observe
255nos. of transformer at a time. It will also benefit the end user to have
power supply without interruption, in particular the industrial sector. It will
reduce the risks to human kind and the environmental damages.
In case any enquiry feel free to contact us at:info@saielectricals.com