MV Transformer Specifications

Liquid Filled, Three Phase, Transformer

(Primary Associated With HV Switchgear Module)

(Secondary Associated With Motor Control Center Module)

Transformer BIL Insulation Level Selection Table

MV Transformer Alarms, Trips, and Controls

Transformers are the most expensive piece of apparatus in a power substation and therefore must have appropriate protection equipment installed to guard against various faults.

EDM organizes alarms and trips from internal transformer faults and follows through with a complete design including schematics and wiring diagrams and cabling.

In order to react properly in faulty situations it’s important for designers to understand how internal protection mechanisms of a transformer work.

EDM provides additional information on alarms and trips because of the importance of understanding what is going on inside a transformer when under fault conditions and why.

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Copper and aluminum are the two major conductor materials used for substation buses and equipment connections. Both materials can be fabricated into various types of flexible or rigid conductors. The trend in substation construction is toward use of mostly aluminum conductors. Copper conductors are used principally for expansion of similar systems in existing substations.

The conductivity of aluminum is from 50 to 60 percent that of copper, depending on the aluminum alloy. Consequently, larger aluminum conductors are required to carry the same currents as copper conductors. The larger aluminum conductor diameters result in greater wind and ice loads but tend to minimize corona, which is more of a problem at higher voltages.

For the same ampacity, copper conductors weigh approximately twice as much as aluminum conductors. The higher copper conductor weights can result in more sag as compared with aluminum conductors for equal spans. To reduce the sag, it is usually necessary to increase the number of supports for rigid conductors or, in the case of flexible conductors, increase the tensions.

Aluminum conductors are available in a variety of alloys and tempers with different conductor conductivities and strengths. Round tubular conductors are usually specified as either 6061-T6 or 6063-T6 alloy. The 6063-T6 alloy has a conductivity approximately 23 percent higher and a minimum yield strength approximately 29 percent lower than the 6061-T6 alloy. Consequently, the 6063-T6 alloy can carry higher currents but may require shorter support intervals. Both Schedule 40 and 80 pipe are available in either alloy. The Schedule 80 sizes have wall thicknesses approximately 40 percent thicker than the Schedule 40 sizes, resulting in lower deflections for equal span lengths.

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