Hosted by: Jon Giesecke / Free
Main takeaways:
- provide an understanding of oil sampling process
- discussion concerning galvanic action in the sampling area
- understanding combustible gas generation
- understanding moisture and oxygen degradation
- understanding air in leakage
- understanding load tap changer oil issues
- voltage regulator and oil circuit breaker testing
Keywords: DGA, Furan analysis, oil sampling
About the author
Jon Giesecke
Mr. Giesecke is one of the world’s leading experts in combining technologies used in the in-service inspection of high voltage oil-filled power transformers and substation diagnostics. He has been training personnel worldwide in these methods for over 20 years with great success.
Prior to forming JLG Associates LLC in 2006, Giesecke was employed by EPRI Solutions as a senior project manager in the Substation Predictive Maintenance business area.
As a Senior Project Manager, some of his responsibilities included: the development and implementation of the Substation Predictive Maintenance Program (SPdM) at numerous electric utilities in the U.S. and abroad; Developing and Instructing an EPRI Solutions’ SPdM course; instructed portions of the EPRI Transformer Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics course and the EPRI Substation/Switchyard Predictive Maintenance course; Providing training, services and consulting to evaluate maintenance responsibility and advanced programs applied to switchyard/substation components.