Europe | October 15, 2015

TRANSFORMER 2020 receives world premiere in Vienna

Austria, Vienna: During the TRANSFORM 2015 event in Vienna the partner companies GEA, HSP Hochspannungsgeräte, Krempel Group, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR), Nynas AB, Omicron electronics, Pfisterer, Röchling Engineering Plastics and Thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel introduced for the first time their vision of a future power transformer. It’s called TRANSFORMER 2020 and was presented in a stunning 3-D-animation at the Austria Center Vienna.

 

Austria, Vienna: During the TRANSFORM 2015 event in Vienna the partner companies GEA, HSP Hochspannungsgeräte, Krempel Group, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR), Nynas AB, Omicron electronics, Pfisterer, Röchling Engineering Plastics and Thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel introduced for the first time their vision of a future power transformer.

It’s called TRANSFORMER 2020 and was presented in a stunning 3-D-animation at the Austria Center Vienna.

As suppliers of essential components, the TRANSFORM partners collectively cover the range of power transformers. The innovative power of premium suppliers has now been consolidated for the first time as part of the TRANSFORMER 2020 project.

The aim of this technology study was to gain a clearer insight into the challenges faced by the customers and to identify possible approaches to find solutions. In addition to the technical experts of the TRANSFORM partner companies, the recognized knowledge of the Technical Universities of Berlin and Dresden, the University of Stuttgart and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technologies in Aachen were also on board.

The attendees were faced with a number of challenges regarding the reliability, efficiency, condition evaluation and diagnosis, as well as on-line monitoring of power transformers. They identified ideas to address many of these challenges in every module of the power transformer and put these into practice during the study. In terms of the overall concept, this has led to significant improvements in important parameters such as, for example, power loss, noise emissions and size.

The results were discussed with chosen specialists from transformer manufacturers and operators and subsequently the ideas and results of the discussions were designed by the leading industrial design company in machinery design.

Presented innovations covered:

  •     Electrical Steel: Low loss GOES core
  •     Stray loss free iron core clamping beams made of glass fibre reinforced plastic
  •     Self-adjusting winding clamping system
  •     Improved presspaper insulation for longer lifetime
  •     New oil additive concept
  •     On-load tap-changer arrangement for optimized transformer design
  •     Integration of all control & monitoring functions into one control cabinet
  •     Compact Connection System for Substations of the Future
  •     Paper-less Bushings made of Resin Impregnated Synthetic (RIS)
  •     Load dependent cooling with variable fan speed
  •     Continuous Online Monitoring
  •     Bushing-Monitoring via reference voltage measurement
  •     On-line bushing and winding insulation system monitoring
  •     Vibro Acoustic Measurement
  •     Sensor Bus
  •     Portable equipment for temporary monitoring and on-line diagnosis

Transformers Magazine has spoken to many participants at TRANSFORM 2015 about their experience at the event. The received feedback shows that participants are very excited about presented ideas and, generally, very satisfied with all aspects of the event.

Source: Transformers Magazine