Investigation of the effects of fast transients on a transformer's paper insulation

TL Koltunowicz, G Bajracharya, D Djairam, JJ Smit

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    Abstract

    Identifying future trends in the power grid is vital in the extension of the life of its already aging components. Fast transients are the new factors that need to be taken into consideration as their high repetitive frequencies and fast rise times accelerate the aging of the paper insulation in devices such as transformers. As will be outlined below, an aging set-up has been proposed to study these effects on paper insulation in relation to the time to failure. The aging waveform generation is discussed together with the steps taken to assess the influence of the fast transients. Initial test results will be presented on paper samples used in a transmission transformer showing that the transient waveform has a factor of 2 in shortening the life time of the cellulose.
    Original languageUndefined/Unknown
    Title of host publicationIEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation
    Editors s.n.
    Place of PublicationSan Diego
    PublisherIEEE Society
    Pages1-5
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-6298-8
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    Event2010 IEEE International symposium on electrical insulation (ISEI), San Diego - Piscataway
    Duration: 6 Jun 20109 Jun 2010

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    PublisherIEEE

    Conference

    Conference2010 IEEE International symposium on electrical insulation (ISEI), San Diego
    Period6/06/109/06/10

    Keywords

    • conference contrib. refereed
    • Conf.proc. > 3 pag

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