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Power transformers – Fundamentals for specialists (A4213)

Duration

3 Days

Who should attend?

Engineers involved in the design and application of transmission networks and also for graduate engineers entering the industry

What will I learn from this course?

Become conversant with the fundamentals of transformer design, and their application in transmission systems and industrial applications.

Topics

A large overview of what power transformers are today and what the future will be through new solutions:

Basic transformer theory

Principles
Cores

Windings
Losses

Transformer Cooling

Cooling modes

Short circuit withstand

Stresses and failure modes

Voltage regulation

OLTC, OCTC, Vacutap (Vacuum interrupter tap-changers)

Transformer Connections

Delta, star, zigzag

Transformer construction

Transformer protection

Bucholz relay, PRV, sudden pressure relay, OTI, WTI

Transformer testing

Factory and field testing

Transformer Oil

Oil quality tests

Manufacturing & assembling process

Core, winding, Bushings and the other accessories assembling

Special transformers

Rectifier and furnace transformers

Shunt and smoothing reactors

Learning path

Prerequisites	A4213	Next step
A4201	This Course	A4214

This training can be provided on site at your own convenience.

About GE’s Grid Solutions

Grid Solutions, a GE Renewable Energy business, serves customers globally with over 13,000 employees. We provide power utilities and industries worldwide with equipment, systems and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. Grid Solutions is focused on addressing the challenges of the energy transition by enabling the safe and reliable connection of renewable and distributed energy resources to the grid. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition.