A Collective Condition Monitoring Algorithm for On-Load Tap-Changers

Behnam Feizifar, Zdeněk Müller, Ghaeth Fandi, Omer Usta

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Abstract

Transformer units are widely utilized to transfer the electric power over transmission and distribution networks efficiently. These units can be equipped with an on-load tap- changer (OLTC) to regulate the voltage level of power grids by tap changing operations between different steps of transformer winding to compensate unpredicted fluctuations of voltage. An OLTC is the solely moving and switching component of power transformers, thus it is highly prone to electrical, mechanical, and dielectric defects. Some international surveys indicate that the majority of the failures and outages with respect to power transformers are originated from malfunctions of OLTCs. This paper contains an analytical review of the existing methods for condition monitoring (CM) of OLTCs and proposes a collective CM algorithm, which considers the mechanical, electrical, and dielectric defects and degradations of OLTCs. The algorithm is designed to provide a comprehensive CM output for OLTCs by collecting different types of measurements from certain sensors used by different CM methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC/I and CPS Europe 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728106526
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2019
Event19th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC/I and CPS Europe 2019 - Genoa, Italy
Duration: 11 Jun 201914 Jun 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC/I and CPS Europe 2019

Conference

Conference19th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC/I and CPS Europe 2019
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityGenoa
Period11/06/1914/06/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Funding

This research work has been supported by the project of International Mobility of Researchers in Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague, Czech Republic, under the project no: CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_027/0008465.

FundersFunder number
Czech Technical UniversityCZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_027/0008465

    Keywords

    • condition monitoring
    • failure detection
    • on-load tap-changer
    • power transformer

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