Soil ecotoxicity of natural ester transformer liquids

Redondo, Ernesto Ivan Diestre; Pérez, Francisco Sanz; Cantero, Miguel Ángel VÁzquez; Zurro, Jesús Izcara; Cerdeño, José Antonio Rojas; Nunez, Javier

doi:10.1109/icdl.2014.6893088

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“…Hence, many researchers are oriented to study the different properties, characterizations, health index, and condition assessment of natural ester oil using various optical spectroscopy techniques [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ]. Moreover, the NEO properties have been compared to that of MO [ 13 , 14 ]. On the other hand, there are some studies interested in the properties of mineral oil mixed with another insulating liquid.…”

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Condition Assessment of Natural Ester–Mineral Oil Mixture Due to Transformer Retrofilling via Sensing Dielectric Properties

Karaman

Mansour

Lehtonen

et al. 2023

Sensors

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Mineral oil (MO) is the most popular insulating liquid that is used as an insulating and cooling medium in electrical power transformers. Indeed, for green energy and environmental protection requirements, many researchers introduced other oil types to study the various characteristics of alternative insulating oils using advanced diagnostic tools. In this regard, natural ester oil (NEO) can be considered an attractive substitute for MO. Although NEO has a high viscosity and high dielectric loss, it presents fire safety and environmental advantages over mineral oil. Therefore, the retrofilling of aged MO with fresh NEO is highly recommended for power transformers from an environmental viewpoint. In this study, two accelerated aging processes were applied to MO for 6 and 12 days to simulate MO in service for 6 and 12 years. Moreover, these aged oils were mixed with 80% and 90% fresh NEO. The dielectric strength, relative permittivity, and dissipation factor were sensed using a LCR meter and oil tester devices for all prepared samples to support the condition assessment performance of the oil mixtures. In addition, the electric field distribution was analyzed for a power transformer using the oil mixtures. Furthermore, the dynamic viscosity was measured for all insulating oil samples at different temperatures. From the obtained results, the sample obtained by mixing 90% natural ester oil with 10% mineral oil aged for 6 days is considered superior and achieves an improvement in dielectric strength and relative permittivity by approximately 43% and 48%, respectively, compared to fresh mineral oil. However, the dissipation factor was increased by approximately 20% but was at an acceptable limit. On the other hand, for the same oil sample, due to the higher molecular weight of the NEO, the viscosities of all mixtures were at a higher level than the mineral oil.

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