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http://dx.doi.org/10.18770/KEPCO.2017.03.01.023

Representative Dissolved Gases indicating Aging of Power Transformers  

Kweon, Dongjin (KEPCO Research institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
Kim, Yonghyun (KEPCO Research institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
Joo, Byoungsoo (KEPCO Research institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
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KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy / v.3, no.1, 2017 , pp. 23-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
The life management technology becomes important as the failure risk of the aged power transformers increases. Asset management technology, therefore, has been developed to evaluate the remaining life and build replacement strategies of power transformers, which enables an optimal investment decisions based on reliability and economic feasibility. The remaining life assessment technology uses data related to such as installation, operation, maintenance, refurbishment, and disposed history of power transformers. The optimal investment decision additionally uses data related to failure and social costs. To develop the asset management technology in power transformers, it is important to find deterioration parameters directly indicating degradation of power transformers. In this study, 110,000 DGA data during the past 35 years have been analyzed in order to find the deterioration parameters related to the degradation of power transformers. The alarm rates of combustible gases ($H_2$, $C_2H_2$, $C_2H_4$, $CH_4$, $C_2H_6$), TCG CO, and $CO_2$ were analyzed as deterioration parameters. The origin of the gas was discussed in connection with discharge, overheating and insulation aging.
Keywords
Power Transformer; DGA; Alarm Rate; Aging Degradation; Representative Gas;
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