Growing demand for amorphous core transformers
USA: When power outage occurs from an underground power system , it is more complicated to fix the problem and earthmoving equipment is required to get to the root of the problem. It is also harder to add capacity if the number of consumers increases.
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USA: When power outage occurs from an underground power system, it is more complicated to fix the problem and earthmoving equipment is required to get to the root of the problem. It is also harder to add capacity if the number of consumers increases.
There is a suggestion from Daily Finance to move the lines above the ground in order to improve energy efficiency and sustainability. As transformers are a major source for lost energy when its comes to the distribution circuit, there is an increasing need for advanced transformers which will help isolate outages and restore the supply.
ABB is one of the companies that has durable above ground transformers. The company is using amorphous metal applications in its electrical transformers, which are showing significant reductions in no-load losses (up to 80%) and more energy efficiency. Hitachi also uses amorphous core transformers and uses recyclable material to make the amorphous core.
Using amorphous steel alloy as oppose to traditional crystalline materials at the core of the transformer is better for the environment because less energy is wasted and therefore less CO2 is emitted. Amorphous core transformers are also cost competitive with traditional core transformers.
They have been in production for over thirty years and the demand has been increasing over the recent years because of their success in China and Japan, and growing need for more durable transformers in the USA. The growing demand for amorphous core transformers may suggest that adoption of such equipment is more economically viable than relocating power lines underground.
Source: Daily Finance
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