Fleet digitalization for increased reliability and maintenance optimization
Stephen Pearce: Hitachi ABB Power Grids has designed a digital ecosystem TXpert™ that provides direct monitoring and diagnosis of the asset’s performance
by Stephen Pearce
Digitalization is a crucial element that initiates changes in the whole transformer lifecycle, how they are designed, operated, maintained, or decommissioned. The TXpert™ ecosystem provides a complete range of digital products and services that provide intelligence about the status and performance of the transformers.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has designed a digital ecosystem TXpert™ that provides direct monitoring and diagnosis of the asset’s performance
The power transformer is the most important asset in an electricity grid. During their operational life, power transformers are subjected to thermal, mechanical, and electrical stresses, which lead to increased transformer aging. In addition, electrical network operators around the world are facing an increasingly aged population of power transformers in their grids—the average transformer age is approaching 40 years, and replacement costs run into millions. Most transformers that are currently in service were fitted with basic sensors, which at best only provided alarms after the condition of the transformer had already started to deteriorate. Due to this, evaluating transformer health is a complex and challenging task.
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Keywords: aging, digitalization, digital ecosystem, power transformer
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