ABB Ability TXpert digital dry-type transformer - Making it easier to ensure your operations stay on PGTR Dry & Traction
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— — APRIL 2018 ABB Ability™ TXpert™ digital dry-type transformer Making it easier to ensure your operations stay on PGTR Dry & Traction
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Today’s situation…
Dry-type transformers are the safest and most reliable transformers on the grid.
Eliminated risk of Lower total installation
fires or explosions costs
No need for oil
Eliminated risk of
containment or fire
oil leaks or spills
suppression
Lower ownership Less code restrictions
costs
Low to no maintenance No insurance premiums
requirements
Indoor and outdoor
Lower load losses installations
June 1, 2019 Slide 2
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But, we live in an ever changing world…
Though robust, even dry-type transformers will not last forever; externalities shorten life expectancies
Aging equipment Environmental forces
As electrical equipment naturally Natural disasters, changing
approaches end of life, they climates and electrical storms all
subject networks to faults and stress grid equipment
transients causing disturbances throughout their lifetimes
Distributed generation Increasing demand
Power is now flowing in all Growing need for AC to DC
directions, creating new converting subjects electrical
challenges for established grid networks to increased
networks harmonics and transients
External stresses are the number one cause of failure of dry-type transformers
June 1, 2019 Slide 3—
External stresses may affect life expectances
Ideal transformer life curve
Ideal transformer resiliency curve
Electrical stress
Stress
Operational Planned
stress end of life
Time
June 1, 2019 Slide 4 Aged timeline is exaggerated for demonstration—
External stresses may affect life expectances
Realistic transformer life curve
Extreme Ideal transformer resiliency curve
weather event
System Aged transformer resiliency curve
fault
Stress
Emergency Electrical stress
overloading
Increased
harmonics
Switching
event
Unplanned Planned
outage
end of life
Time
Unplanned outages are costly and result in significant downtime. With proper monitoring, they can be avoided.
June 1, 2019 Slide 5 Aged timeline is exaggerated for demonstration—
What if we could turn the unplanned into planned?
ABB Ability™ TXpert™ for dry-type transformers; the world’s first digital dry-type transformer
TXpert™ dry-type transformer Digitalization platform
ABB’s TXpert™ dry-type transformer ensures increased uptime through a
reliable and easy to use analytics platform:
– Increased uptime: analytics driven to reduce and shorten unplanned or
planned outages
– Ease of use: local or wireless connectivity, interactive GUI, SQLite Database
– Peace of mind: (2) layer minimum cyber security, 20 year+ sensor life, does
not affect transformer operation, completely dry solution
Advanced analytics
Power quality at the transformer
– Voltage sag and swell, Power Factor, Voltage THD, Current k-factor
Consumed life
– Based on IEEE/IEC standard loading guides
Abnormal conditions
– Notification if the unit encountered water damage, high faults, etc.
June 1, 2019 Slide 6—
ABB Ability™ TXpert™ for dry-type transformers
Additional features for increased monitoring and ease of use
Fan control Connectivity Certified Flexibility
– Standard fan trip, – RFID and digital – EMI/EMC, IEC 61000- – Does not affect
alarm relays and certificate protected 4-X series for electrical transformer operation
programmable for local WiFi signal to and magnetic or size and works with
auto exercising allow for wireless interference, most indoor and
connection and data IEC61326-1, IEC\EN outdoor applications
download 61010
– Fan monitoring – Provided Ethernet – Sensor package and – Capable of future
sensors to notify in the hard-wire connection processing unit does expansion for new
event of a fan motor for remote access not affect the UL hardware and software
failure listing or CE mark of upgrades
the transformer
June 1, 2019 Slide 7—
ABB Ability™ TXpert™ dry-type transformer
Open for pilot opportunities now, full release beginning in 2019
Pilot program details
The TXpert™ package will be provided free of charge to partners
who will agree to the following:
– Allow ABB access to the data logs and software upgrades :
• Once/month for the first (3) months of energization
• Twice/year for the first (5) years after energization
• After any significant system or unit failure during the life of
the transformer
– Piloting terms and conditions will apply
• TXpert™ package will be supplied ‘As is’ with no warranty
• Transformer active assembly warranty will not be affected
– The TXpert™ package will not be available for retrofitting
existing installations during initial launch period
– First deliveries will be available starting June 2018
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