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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2017.31.5.053

A Study on the Application of Bushings Fire Prevent Structure to Prevent Fire Spread of Transformer  

Kim, Do-Hyun (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering & Building Technology)
Cho, Nam-Wook (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering & Building Technology)
Yoon, Choung-Ho (Korea Electric Power Corporation (ChungBuk District Division))
Park, Pil-Yong (Korea Electric Power Corporation (ChungBuk District Division))
Park, Keun-Sung (Korea Electric Power Corporation (ChungBuk District Division))
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.31, no.5, 2017 , pp. 53-62 More about this Journal
Abstract
Electric power which is the energy source of economy and industries requires long distance transportation due to regional difference between its production and consumption, and it is supplied through the multi-loop transmission and distribution system. Prior to its actual use, electric power flows through several transformations by voltage transformers in substations depending on the characteristics of each usage, and a transformer has the structure consisting of the main body, winding wire, insulating oil and bushings. A transformer fire that breaks out in substations entails the primary damage that interrupts the power supply to houses and commercial facilities and causes various safety accidents as well as the secondary economic losses. It is considered that causes of such fire include the leak of insulating oil resulting from the destruction of bottom part of bushings, and the chain reaction of fire due to insulating oil that reaches its ignition point within 1 second. The smoke detector and automatic fire extinguishing system are established in order to minimize fire damage, but a difficulty in securing golden time for extinguishing fire due to delay in the operation of detector and release of gas from the extinguishing system has become a problem. Accordingly, this study was carried out according to needs of active mechanism to prevent the spread of fire and block the leak of insulating oil, in accordance with the importance of securing golden time in extinguishing a fire in its early stage. A bushings fireproof structure was developed by applying the high temperature shape retention materials, which are expanded by flame, and mechanical flame cutoff devices. The bushings fireproof structure was installed on the transformer model produced by applying the actual standards of bushings and flange, and the full scale fire test was carried out. It was confirmed that the bushings fireproof structure operated at accurate position and height within 3 seconds from the flame initiation. It is considered that it could block the spread of flame effectively in the event of actual transformer fire.
Keywords
Bushing; Insulating oil; Fire proof structure; Transformer; Fire damage;
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