Power transformers – Fundamentals for specialists (A4213)

What will I learn from this course?

Become conversant with the fundamentals of transformer design, and their application in transmission systems and industrial applications.

Topics

A large overview of what power transformers are today and what the future will be through new solutions:

  • Principles
  • Cores
  • Windings
  • Losses

Transformer Cooling

  • Cooling modes

Short circuit withstand

  • Stresses and failure modes

Voltage regulation

  • OLTC, OCTC, Vacutap (Vacuum interrupter tap-changers)

Transformer Connections

  • Delta, star, zigzag

Transformer protection

  • Bucholz relay, PRV, sudden pressure relay, OTI, WTI

Transformer testing

  • Factory and field testing

Transformer Oil

  • Oil quality tests
  • DGA

Manufacturing & assembling process

  • Core, winding, Bushings and the other accessories assembling

Special transformers

  • Rectifier and furnace transformers
  • Shunt and smoothing reactors
 
Duration     Who should attend?
45 mns     Personnel working in an electrical environment
Learning path
PrerequisitesA4213Next step
A4201This CourseA4214
This training can be provided on site at your own convenience.

Power transformers – Fundamentals for specialists (A4213)

What will I learn from this course?

Become conversant with the fundamentals of transformer design, and their application in transmission systems and industrial applications.

Topics

A large overview of what power transformers are today and what the future will be through new solutions:

  • Principles
  • Cores
  • Windings
  • Losses

Transformer Cooling

  • Cooling modes

Short circuit withstand

  • Stresses and failure modes

Voltage regulation

  • OLTC, OCTC, Vacutap (Vacuum interrupter tap-changers)

Transformer Connections

  • Delta, star, zigzag

Transformer protection

  • Bucholz relay, PRV, sudden pressure relay, OTI, WTI

Transformer testing

  • Factory and field testing

Transformer Oil

  • Oil quality tests
  • DGA

Manufacturing & assembling process

  • Core, winding, Bushings and the other accessories assembling

Special transformers

  • Rectifier and furnace transformers
  • Shunt and smoothing reactors
 
Duration     Who should attend?
45 mns     Personnel working in an electrical environment
Learning path
PrerequisitesA4213Next step
A4201This CourseA4214
This training can be provided on site at your own convenience.

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