Being one of the most expensive components of an electrical power plant, the failures of a power transformer can result in serious power system issues. So fault diagnosis for power transformer is highly important to ensure an uninterrupted power supply. Due to information transmission mistakes as well as arisen errors while processing data in surveying and monitoring state information of transf...

Transformer fault diagnosis and repair is a complex task that includes many possible types of faults and demands special trained personnel. In this paper, Petri Nets are used for the simulation of transformer fault diagnosis process and the definition of the actions followed to repair the transformer. An oil thermometer and a Buchholz relay are used for transformer fault detection. Simulation r...

Purpose – The power transformer is one of the most important pieces of equipment in a power system. The necessity for the optimum design of a power transformer arises because the design chosen should satisfy all the limitations and restrictions placed on it. This paper presents an improved fast evolutionary programming (IFEP) technique for the optimal design of a three-phase power transformer. ...

A distribution system was designed and operated by considering unidirectional power flow from a utility source to end-use loads. The large penetrations of distributed generation (DG) into the existing distribution system causes a variety of technical problems, such as frequent tap changing problems of the on-load tap changer (OLTC) transformer, local voltage rise, protection coordination, excee...

Feeder protection is important in transmission and distribution side because if any fault occurs in any feeder or transformer, man power is needed to identify the problem and it will take more time. In the existing system, directional overcurrent elements with load further secured by a load encroachment function can be used to provide necessary security and sensitivity for faults on remote poin...

This paper presents the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) as a pattern classifier for the combined differential protection of generator-transformer unit with an aim to build a backup protection system to improve the overall reliability of the system. The proposed neural network model is trained and tested with an efficient Resilient Back propagation (RPROP) algorithm and Genetic Algorithm...

Airport ground lighting (AGL) systems provide visual reference to aircrafts during airport operations. In AGL systems, constant current regulators feed a beacon circuit supplied through isolation transformers. Component modeling is necessary to simulate AGL systems, and thus characterize and predict their behavior. This paper presents an isolation transformer model including transformer core sa...

Significance: Dec 29, 2001 Identified By: NRC Item Type: FIN Finding DEGRADED AND INADEQUATELY TESTED TRANSFORMER AND PROTECTIVE RELAYING RESULTS IN INCREASE IN TRANSIENT AND LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER INITIATING EVENT FREQUENCIES On August 2, 2001, Unit 2 experienced a transformer failure, reactor scram, and loss of offsite power. The inspectors determined that a lightning strike in conjunction wit...

Significance: Dec 29, 2001 Identified By: NRC Item Type: FIN Finding DEGRADED AND INADEQUATELY TESTED TRANSFORMER AND PROTECTIVE RELAYING RESULTS IN INCREASE IN TRANSIENT AND LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER INITIATING EVENT FREQUENCIES On August 2, 2001, Unit 2 experienced a transformer failure, reactor scram, and loss of offsite power. The inspectors determined that a lightning strike in conjunction wit...