Training Certificate

Prolific Consultants FZE Certificate of Course Completion will be issued to all attendees.

Course Introduction

The accurate diagnostic of the transformer is very important to establish the degree of the aging of transformers. Several experimental tests and theoretical analyses have been carried out to obtain parameters associated with the advances on understanding failure processes and troubleshooting.

The collect relevant data from the analysis can be interpreted and quantified so that a clear picture of the transformer condition is formed. However, this diagnostic data can help to:

• Avoid catastrophic failures e.g. fires following flash over.
• Extend the period of maximum load carrying capability for transformers.
• Select which units that need service and maintenance.
• Extend lifetime of the transformer.
• Avoid the high cost of transformer replacement.

The aim of this course is to enrich and update the knowledge and skills of the participants for achieving a correct diagnostic analysis, interpretation the laboratory analyses, learning new development analysis methods, understanding the effect of the thermal and electrical stress on the transformer, maintenance methods and troubleshooting process. 

The course is interactive and consists of many practical examples and workshops from manufacturing and service industry, which have been designed and structured to enable the delegates to set up and manage continuous improvement projects in their organizations on completion of the course.

Course Objective

• Familiarize participants to the tools and techniques for achieving continuous improvement such as chemical/physical/electrical analysis, run chart, cause and effect diagrams, histograms, and flow charts.
• To provide skills, knowledge and understanding of principles and practices of the application of transformer diagnostic analysis.
• To solve the transformer problems.
• To achieve an advance maintenance methods.
• To provide ability to organize and implement continuous improvement projects in the organizations of the participants.

Suitable For

Engineers, Technicians, Chemist who work in the transformer field i.e. Maintenance Section, Electrical Section, Laboratory, etc. In addition, the course is also available to Management Representatives (MR) and Departmental Managers and Supervisors to select the correct diagnostic analysis quotation.

Training Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivate everybody find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your own questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your own analysis and experiences. Tests of multiple-choice type will be made available on daily basis to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

Very useful Course Materials will be given.

• 30% Lectures
• 30% Workshops and work presentation
• 20% Group Work & Practical Exercises
• 20% Videos & General Discussions

Course Content

Transformer Fundamental

Transformer Review

Cooling System

Winding Design                                                         

Transformer Configuration

Core designs                                                  

Transformer Types

Preservation Sealing Systems

Bladder Failure (Gas Accumulator) Relay

Pressure Relief Device

Sudden Pressure Relay

Buchholz Relay

Tap Changer

Protective Relay

Switch Gear

Insulating Oil Composition

Insulating Paper Composition                                 

Transformer Oil Types

Thermal Effects

Hot Spots Temperature

Static Electrification Phenomenon

Energy Losses

Mode of Heat Transfer

Oxidation and Degradation of Insulation System

Corrosive Sulfur Effect

Insulation System Aging Factors

Transformer Aging Measurement

On-site Electrical Tests

Dissolve Gas Analysis (DGA)

Gas Diagnostic Methods                                          

Fault Gas Generation Rates

Chemical and Physical Diagnostic Analysis

Estimation Diagnostic Analysis

New development Methods of Diagnostic Analysis

Means and Need for Condition Monitoring

Transformer Lifetime Extension Methods