Performance of Natural Ester as a Transformer Oil in Moisture-Rich Environments
نویسندگان
چکیده
Interest has risen among utilities in using natural ester (NE) insulating oils in transformers as a substitute for conventional mineral oil. However, present understanding on aging behaviour of NE-paper composite insulation system and knowledge on application of existing condition monitoring tools for NE-based insulation are inadequate. This limits the cost effective and reliable field applications of NE insulating oil. To pave the way the application of NE-based insulation in transformers, a systematic study has been performed to compare the aging behaviour of transformer grade pressboard (PB) impregnated in NE and conventional mineral oil. Applicability of a number of chemical and physical parameters, including acidity value, dielectric dissipation factor (DDF), viscosity, and colour for assessing the quality of NE insulating oil is also discussed in this paper. Comparisons are made based on the limiting values provided in the related IEEE Standard and properties of mineral oil under similar aging conditions.
منابع مشابه
Estimation of Moisture in Transformer Insulation Using Dielectric Frequency Response Analysis by Heuristic Algorithms
Transformers are one of the most valuable assets of power systems. Maintenance and condition assessment of transformers has become one of the concerns of researchers due to huge number of transformers has been approached to the end of their lifetimes. Transformer’s lifetime depends on the life of its insulation and the insulation’s life is strongly influenced by its moisture attraction as well....
متن کاملMoisture solubility for differently conditioned transformer oils - Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on [see also Electrical Insulation, IEEE
It is important to monitor the moisture content of transformer oil in a transformer. One parameter of particular interest is the moisture solubility of transformer oil. It has been reported that transformer oils under different conditions have different solubility. Measurements of solubility for four different types of conditioned oil are presented in this paper: fresh Shell Diala AX oil, lab-a...
متن کاملElectrical and Thermal investigation of Transformer Oil base Nanofluids
Transformer oil is one of the most important materials which are used in electrical and transformer industrial. The main function is protection and insulation of transformer core components, as well as heat transfer from its core to environment. Improving the performance of this material has been one of the researchers' concerns. The effect of different nanoparticle on the electrical breakdown ...
متن کاملThe Effect of Moisture on the Breakdown Voltage of Transformer Oil
It has been reported that breakdown voltage is affected by several factors, such as moisture, particles, acidity, and pressure [3,4,5,6]. The objective of this study is to investigate the dependency of the breakdown voltage on moisture using a representative set of oil samples and to point out the advantages of online moisture measurement. The Effect of Moisture on the Breakdown Voltage of Tran...
متن کاملInvestigation on Thermal Aging of Ester from Palm Oil and Kraft Paper Composite Insulation System for High Voltage Transformer
Mineral oil is widely being used as insulation for high voltage equipments such as transformer due to its excellent dielectric properties. Recently, due to environment consideration and the long term availability, organic liquid insulations from plantations are being introduced. However, the performance of such insulations in composite with paper should be investigated in order to maintain the ...
متن کامل