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Lecture 1

This document summarizes the analysis of furan compounds in transformer oil to determine the condition of the paper insulation in transformers. It discusses how furans are formed as the paper insulation ages and deteriorates over time. The methodology uses high performance liquid chromatography to extract and analyze specific furan compounds from oil samples. The levels of total furans found can then indicate the condition of the paper insulation, from normal to needing replacement. Furan analysis provides a diagnostic tool for assessing transformers still in service.

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Lecture 1

This document summarizes the analysis of furan compounds in transformer oil to determine the condition of the paper insulation in transformers. It discusses how furans are formed as the paper insulation ages and deteriorates over time. The methodology uses high performance liquid chromatography to extract and analyze specific furan compounds from oil samples. The levels of total furans found can then indicate the condition of the paper insulation, from normal to needing replacement. Furan analysis provides a diagnostic tool for assessing transformers still in service.

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FURAN ANALYSIS

BACKGROUND
• Insulation System of Transformer - Oil
Paper
• System Ages - Dielectric
Properties
deteriorate
• At end of Life - Insulation
system
completely
loses its
dielectric
properties
• Oil Ageing - Acids & Sludge formation
- Reversible (by processing)
• Paper Ageing - Tensile strength
- DP
- Furan formation
- Irreversible

Useful life of transformer is


useful life of Paper Insulation.
Furans are

1. Oil soluble
2. Extracted & analyzed
METHODOLOGY
HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY

Pump

Reference
UV
Inject Column Computer
Detector

Sample
Eluent
FURANS
1. 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde
(5HMF)
2. 2-furfuryl alcohol (2FOL)
3. 2-furaldehyde (2FAL)
4. 2-acetylfuran (2ACF)
5. 5-methyl-2-furaldehyde (5MEF)
1
Chromatogram at 276 nm
mV 5
4
Standard
3

t (min)
Chromatogram at 220 nm

mV 1 Standard
5
4
3

t (min)
Condition of paper insulation of
transformer
Total furan, ppb Condition
0 - 100 Normal
101 - 250 Questionable
251 - 1000 Deteriorated
1001 - 2500 Low reliability
> 2500 Rewind / Replace paper insulation

Reference: “Large -scale survey of furanic compounds in operating


transformers & implications for estimating service life” from -
Conference record of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
Electrical Insulation, Arlington, Virginia, USA, June 7-10, 1998.
BENEFIT

Can be used as diagnostic tool


for transformers in service
THANK YOU

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