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A Study on the Reliability of Failure Diagnosis Methods of Oil Filled Transformer using Actual Dissolved Gas Concentration (유중가스농도를 이용한 유입식 변압기 고장진단 기법의 신뢰성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Jin-Yeub;Chin, Soo-Hwan;Park, In-Kyoo
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.60 no.3
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    • pp.114-119
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    • 2011
  • Large Power transformer is a complex and critical component of power plant and consists of cellulosic paper, insulation oil, core, coil etc. Insulation materials of transformer and related equipment break down to liberate dissolved gas due to corona, partial discharge, pyrolysis or thermal decomposition. The dissolved gas kinds can be related to the type of electrical faults, and the rate of gas generation can indicate the severity of the fault. The identities of gases being generated are using very useful to decide the condition of transformation status. Therefore dissolved gas analysis is one of the best condition monitoring methods for power transformer. Also, on-line multi-gas analyzer has been developed and installed to monitor the condition of critical transformers. Rogers method, IEC method, key gas method and Duval Triangle method are used to failure diagnosis typically, and those methods are using the ratio or kinds of dissolved gas to evaluate the condition of transformer. This paper analyzes the reliability of transformer diagnostic methods considering actual dissolved gas concentration. Fault diagnosis is performed based on the dissolved gas of five transformers which experienced various fault respectively in the field, and the diagnosis result is compared with the actual off-line fault analysis. In this comparison result, Diagnostic methods using dissolved gas ratio like Rogers method, IEC method are sometimes fall outside the ratio code and no diagnosis but Duval triangle method and Key gas method is correct comparatively.

The Fault Diagnosis of a Transformer Using Neural Network and Transfer Function

  • Park, Byung-Koo;Kim, Jong-Wook;Kim, Sang-Woo;Park, Poo-Gyeon;Park, Tae-Joon
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.127.2-127
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    • 2001
  • A transformer is one of the most important elements in the power network. Transformer faults could cause costly repairs and be dangerous to personnel. To avoid this, its reliable operation has great significance and, therefore, the diagnosis system of the transformer is necessitated. The dissolved gas-in-oil analysis (DGA) is the worldwide popular method of detecting faults such as a hot spot or partial discharges inside the transformer. DGA, however, is not a reliable technique to identify aging phenomena and mechanical faults including insulation failure, inter-turn short, etc. To overcome the drawbacks of DGA, the transfer function method is used to identify effectively these kinds of the mechanical faults. The transformer has a unique transfer function independent of the shape of the input waveform, which can be evaluated through sweep test. This transfer function changes by winding ...

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The safety Properties of Rectifier Mold Transformer for DC Railway System (직류 전철 계통의 정류기용 몰드변압기 안전성에 관한 연구)

  • Joo Hyun-Jung;Park Hyun-June;Kim Kyeong-Hwa
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.742-747
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    • 2005
  • Electric railroad transformer of a supply of Operation power of DC electric cars is intense fluctuation of load and flows the only big short-circuit current as a accident of the power system. it is a peculiarity more severe than general power transformer. Consequently, researches the properties about the rectifier mold transformer of DC substation and applies with data of safety of the electric railroad transformer. This paper analyzed a failure mode, the accident occurrence scenario and the be latent dangerous unit against the rectifier mold transformer of DC railway system.

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Reliability Upgrading Technologies of Distribution Transformers (주상 변압기 신뢰성 향상기술)

  • Song, I.K.;Lee, B.S.;Jung, J.W.;Kim, D.M.;Kim, J.Y.;Lee, J.B.;Kwon, T.H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.212-215
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, a model pole transformer was designed to improve the reliability of pole transformers and its short circuit withstand strength was tested. The failure causes of the pole transformers which had been operated in the field were analyzed and several patterns of the causes were determined. A novel countermeasure was devised to prevent the failures of the pole transformers in advance. A model pole transformer was designed and made in accordance with the given specifications to strengthen the short circuit withstand capability and its characteristic was tested. As a result, the advanced performance of the model pole transformer was confirmed and novel techniques in manufacturing process was suggested. It is considered that all the methods employed in the developing process will be helpful to design and manufacture the pole transformers thus the reliability of pole transformers in distribution lines will be improved.

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A Study on the Application and Verification of Statistical Techniques for Calculating the Life of Electric Power Facilities (전력설비의 수명계산을 위한 통계적 분석기법의 활용 및 검증에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Onyou;Kim, Kang-Sik;Lee, Hongseok;Cho, Chongeun;Kim, Sang-Bong;Park, Gi-Hun
    • KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2022
  • Social infrastructure facilities such as production, transportation, gas and electricity facilities may experience poor performance depending on time, load, temperature, etc. and may require maintenance, repair and management as they are used. In particular, in the case of transformers, the process of managing them for the purpose of preventing them from failing is necessary because a failure can cause enormous social damage. The management of transformers should consider both technical and economic aspects and strategic aspects at the same time. Thus, it applies the Asset Management concept, which is widely used in the financial industry as an advanced method of transformer management techniques worldwide. In this paper, the operation and power outage data were secured for the asset management of the transformer for distribution, and the asset status was analyzed. Analysis of asset status using actual operation and power outage data is essential for assessing the statistical life and failure rate of the facility. Through this paper, the status of transformer assets for arbitrary A group distribution was analyzed, and the end of life and replacement life were calculated.

Algorithm for detecting the failure of a current transformer using the zero-sequence current (영상 전류를 이용한 변류기 개방 판단 알고리즘)

  • Kang, Yong-Cheol;Lee, Byung-Eun;Lee, Hyun-Woong;Kim, Ju-Dah;Park, Jun-Su;Lee, Mi-Sun;Park, Ji-Yeoun;Lee, Bo-Eun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.07a
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    • pp.163-164
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    • 2006
  • A current differential relay has been used for transmission line protection. The relay may maloperate in the case of a failure of the secondary circuit of a current transformer (CT) because the differential current is produced. This paper presents an algorithm to detect a failure of a CT using the zero-sequence current. If the magnitude of the zero-sequence current is the same as the magnitude of the current of the other healthy phases, a failure of a CT is detected and then the blocking signal is activated. The proposed algorithm prohibit the maloperation of a differential relay in the case of a CT failure and thus increase the security of the relay.

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Lifetime Loss Calculation for Asset Management of a Power Transformer (송변전 변압기 자산관리를 위한 수명손실 계산)

  • Lee, Onyou;Lee, Hongseok;Jeon, Sangsu;Jeong, Minkyung;Kang, Hyoungku
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.67 no.2
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    • pp.70-74
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    • 2018
  • Social infrastructure such as production, transportation, gas, and electrical facilities would be degraded according to time and those facilities might need more maintenances, repairing, and management as time goes by. Especially, in the case of a power transformer, it is important to diagnose the transformer in order to avoid malfunction and failure because they could cause enormous damage. The economic as well as technical aspects of a transformer management must be considered while it is operated. Therefore, the concept of asset management should be applied as an advanced method of transformer management. Asset management refers to a series of processes to make a plan of maintenance and conservation of a power transformer considering the soundness, investment cost, and importance of equipment. It is important to apply the asset management considering calculation of a lifetime loss. In this paper, the lifetime loss calculation method of asset management for a power transformer is suggested.

A Study on the Vibration Signal for Detection of Power Transformer Failure (변압기 사고 검출을 위한 진동신호 연구)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sik;Kang, Chang-Goo;Chung, Chan-Soo;Kim, Jae-Chul
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1995.11a
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    • pp.493-495
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    • 1995
  • Recently, as power transformer capacity is getting larger, vibration noise of transformer would be large and unexpected failuare of transformer give enormous economic loses, So we aquaire vibration signal, which is maked from transformer windings, core that are airtight out box with in insulation oil, and out box. Also we are fixed rated voltage and changing load current, analyize frequency domain of each vibration signals.

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Breakdown Properties for Insulation Design of the Environment-Friendly Pole Transformer using the Vegetable Insulating Oil (식물성절연유를 사용한 친환경 주상변압기 설계를 위한 절연파괴 특성)

  • Kwag, Dong-Soon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.7-12
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    • 2011
  • In recent years, environmental concerns have been raised on the use of poorly biodegradable fluids in electrical apparatus in regions where spills from leaks and equipment failure could contaminate the surroundings. The newly invented vegetable insulating oil is highly biodegradable and have negligible impact on the environment, human health and the ecosystem. For development of the environmental-friendly pole transformer using vegetable insulating oil, the dielectric constructions of the pole transformer were discussed in this paper. Depending on the dielectric constructions, the AC breakdown characteristics of the Nomex insulating papers and the vegetable insulating oil were studied by simulated electrode systems. Based on the experimental results, the maximum design stress($E_{max}$) for insulation design of the environmental-friendly pole transformer were suggested.

Output performance of current transformer on over-current (직류분전류를 포함한 과전류에 대한 변류기의 출력특성)

  • Jung, Heung-Soo;La, Dae-Ryeol;Kim, Sun-Koo;Roh, Chang-Il;Kim, Won-Man;Lee, Dong-Jun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.07b
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    • pp.951-953
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    • 2005
  • The current transformer is used for the insulation of measuring instrument, enlargement of measurement scope, standardization of measuring instrument, control of protective device. It's required various performance as the intention of service, site of establishment, insulation. especailly, current transformer has small ratio errors. if current transformer has large ratio error, it's caused a electricity failure. so in this paper, we examine the theory of current transformer, major factor of errors, output performance on over-current.

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