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TRAFOMON 5

The NOVA TRAFOMON 5 equipement is designed for online monitoring of power transformers and high voltage shunt ballasts, providing online information about:

  • Operating status: the coil corresponds / does not correspond to the operating regulations, it is connected / disconnected to / from the network;
  • Operating conditions: currents, overloads, voltages, voltage increases, frequency, power factor; powers (active, reactive, apparent); temperatures (winding temperature, oil temperature, temperature at the hottest point), energy quality, etc .;
  • Operating status of the active part (core + windings + connections to isolated passages + internal earthing connections) by online monitoring of:
    • Concentrations of gases dissolved in oil: hydrogen (H2), acetylene (C2H2) -optional, carbon monoxide (CO) -optional, methane (CH4) -optional; ethane (C2H6) -optional, ethylene (C2H4) -optional, carbon dioxide (CO2) – optional, oxygen (O2) – optional, nitrogen (N2) – optional;
    • Partial discharges: acoustic signals produced by partial discharges – optional; or acoustic signals and electrical signals produced by partial discharges – optional;
  • Degree of wetting of the insulation by: on-line measurement of the water content in the oil and determination of the water content in the solid insulation;
  • Cooling system operating status:
    • Number of coolers (cooling batteries) in operation;
    • Highlighting the oil pumps and fans in operation, evaluating the cooling efficiency of the coolers, establishing the total operating time or the time between revisions / repairs of the oil pumps and / or the electric fans;
    • Displaying the appropriate / unsuitable condition for the cooling system;
  • The state of the insulation of the insulated high voltage passages provided with the socket for measuring the tangent of the dielectric loss angle, by:
    • Measuring the current through the C1 dielectric, determining the imbalance current resulting from the phasor summation of the currents through the C1 dielectric of the isolated passages mounted on the R, S, T phases of the same three-phase winding;
    • Measuring the capacity of the C1 dielectric at each of the isolated high voltage passages, measuring the tangent of the dielectric loss angle between currents through two isolated passages from the phases of the same winding;
    • Displaying the appropriate / unsuitable condition for high voltage isolated crossings;
  • Operating status of the on-load tap-changer by:
    • Monitoring the operating position of the switch;
    • Measurement of current through the electric drive motor and its footprint;
    • Counting the number of employees;
    • Measuring the temperature difference between the oil temperature in the breaker tank and the oil temperature in the coil tank (optional);
    • Vibration measurement during operation (optional);
    • Monitoring the states of the contacts for: plot switching commands, signaling the minimum plot stroke limit and respectively the maximum plot;
    • Display of the corresponding / unsuitable status for the on-load tap-changer;
  • Condition of the oil conservator corresponding to the main tank: oil level in the conservator, condition of the oil protection membrane against direct contact with the environment (for membrane conservatories) – optional, signaling when reaching the maximum and minimum level, respectively;
  • Condition of the conservator related to the control switch under load: signaling when reaching the maximum and minimum level, respectively;
  • Operating status of the Buchholz relay: signaling stage and trigger stage, respectively;
  • The operating state of the overpressure relay afferent to the plotter switch breaker tank;
  • Operating condition of the overpressure valves corresponding to the main coil tank.

NOVA TRAFOMON 5 can be used independently or in an integrated on-line monitoring system of primary equipment in high voltage power stations –Smart Grids.

The Visual Studio.NET 2008 programming environment and the Oracle 10g database were used to develop the computer system.

TRAFOMON 5