Evaluation of in-service power transformer health condition for Inspection, Repair, and Replacement (IRR) maintenance planning in electric utilities

Raji Murugan () and Ramasamy Raju ()
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Raji Murugan: Anna University
Ramasamy Raju: Anna University

International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 2021, vol. 12, issue 2, No 9, 318-336

Abstract: Abstract This article focuses on evaluation of in-service power transformerphysical health condition using Health Index (HI) approach. The Health Index (HI) approach is applied by incorporating three key stages such as input for health index assessment, health index estimation and output health index for maintenance decision process of each transformer unit. The first stage is based on condition index, and importance index assessment and also through applying scoring and weight scheme for each test parameter. The condition index of a specific power transformer is evaluated by twelve different diagnostic tests and importance index is assessed from five different factors such as age, loading history, maintenance records, failure/faults, and its location, etc. Numerical weighting and scoring factors were assigned for every test/factor to determine the actual condition of the power transformers with regard to condition and importance aspects. In second stage, By combining the condition and importance index assessment evaluation, the numerical value called Health Index (HI) was estimated, which represent the overall health of a power transformer asset. In third stage, health index estimation results were used to plan for effective maintenance tasks. Through this approach, a case study was performed for 21 in-service power transformers belonging to Tamil Nadu electric utility. The HI results of 21 transformer units were ranked and classified into poor/failed, fair and good, which were further facilitated for Inspection, Repair, and Replacement (IRR) maintenance decisions. Thus, the study is very useful to utility maintenance engineers for better understanding the transformer physical health condition and required maintenance actions timely, which prevents unexpected failure and also reduce cost of maintenance in electric utilities.

Keywords: Power transformers; Condition Index (CI); Importance Index (II); Health Index (HI); And Maintenance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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