• DocumentCode
    32730
  • Title

    Determining water in transformer paper insulation: effect of measuring oil water activity at two different locations

  • Author

    Martin, Daniel ; Saha, Tapan ; Gray, Tony ; Wyper, Ken

  • Author_Institution
    Power & Energy Syst., Univ. of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    May-June 2015
  • Firstpage
    18
  • Lastpage
    25
  • Abstract
    It is necessary to monitor the water content of the paper insulation (WCP) within a power transformer because, if it becomes too large, the paper insulation may age prematurely or the transformer may fail on overload. It is nearly always unfeasible to extract a paper insulation sample from a transformer for a laboratory measurement of its water content because it involves removing part of the insulation.
  • Keywords
    failure analysis; power transformer insulation; transformer oil; WCP; oil water activity measurement; power transformer paper insulation; transformer failure; water content laboratory measurement; water content monitoring; water content of paper insulation; Condition monitoring; Insulation; Power transformer insulation; Temperature measurement; Transformers; condition monitoring; insulation; paper insulation; transformer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Insulation Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0883-7554
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEI.2015.7089118
  • Filename
    7089118