TESTING OF TRANSFORMER BY MANISH N PANDYA Director, MECPL - VADODARA
LIST OF TEST PERFORMED IN TRANSFORMER INSULATION RESISTANCE AND POLARIZATION INDEX OPEN CIRCUIT TEST SHORT CIRCUIT TEST VECTOR GROUP CONFIRMATION MAGNETIC BALANCE TEST WINDING RESISTANCE TAN DELTA TEST SFRA TEST
IR VALUE AND PI CALCULATION USE OF TEST : 1) FINDING HEALTHINESS OF INSULATION CALCULATION OF POLARIZATION INDEX IS MOST IMPORTANT IT IS A RATIO OF INSULATION RESISTANCE VALUE OF 1 MIN TO 10MIN
OPEN CIRCUIT TEST USE OF TEST : 1) FIND MAGNETIZING CURRENT 2) VOLTAGE RATIO
SHORT CIRCUIT TEST USE OF TEST : 1) FIND SHORT CIRCUIT IMPEDANCE 2) CURRENT RATIO % Z =
VECTOR GROUP TEST USE OF TEST : VERIFICATION OF VECTOR GROUP
VECTOR GROUP COMBINATION
MAGNETIC BALANCE USE OF TEST : VERIFICATION OF MAGNETIC BALANCE OF CORE
MAGNETIC BALANCE R PHASE Y PHASE B PHASE 100% 60% to 80% 40% to 20% 50% 100% 50% 40% to 20% 60% to 80% 100% MEASURED VOLTAGE PERCENTAGE