Most vegetable oils with suitable viscosity and pour point to be used in natural ester dielectric fluid contains mainly unsaturated fatty acid including oleic (one C=C double bond), linoleic (two C=C double bonds) and linolenic (three C=C double bonds). Soybean oil was chosen among 40 candidate blends of vegetable oils during the development of FR3® Fluid.

Nowadays, partial discharge (PD) measurement is one of the most reliable methods to evaluate the insulation conditions of HV apparatus on local problems. The insulation is the key point of the equipment lifetime. 

Defect in insulation due to manufacture, assemble or ageing are evidenced by PD generation that accelerates the degradation process causing premature dielectric failure. 

NDB-DOC-3™ Distribution Transformer tester.

The NDB-DOC-3™ is a test instrument designed for distribution networks transformers from 5kVA to 3MVA. It can determine the presence of short circuits or open circuits in the distribution transformer primary winding & also short circuits on the secondary winding. The NDB-DOC-3™ is designed to be operated without disconnecting the transformer’s secondary windings from their loads.

A 200MVA, 500/200kV Transformer was detected and indicated that there are 88 Liters  of water inside the transformer and the 87.6 Liters was inside the paper

Since over 20 years, LLPD, lightning lightning protection devices are protecting thousands of kilometers of overhead lines against lightning. With an installed based of 1.5 millions devices, utilities have increasing understood the benefits of their usage.