Turn to turn fault is one of the major internal failures in the power transformers that if it is not quickly detected, can be extended and led to a complete transformer breakdown. So, the diagnosis and location of the turn to turn fault of the power transformer, as one of the most important equipment in the power system, is the main objective of this paper. For this purpose, a detailed model of...

Transformer model; Load flow analysis; Symmetrical components; Distribution systems Abstract This paper presents an efficient approach for developing three-phase transformer admittance matrices in the radial power-flow analysis. The proposed transformer model overcomes the singularity problem of the nodal admittance submatrices of ungrounded transformer configurations. This has been achieved by...

The most common cause of power transformer failures is mechanical defect brought about by excessive vibration, which is formed by the combination of multiples of a frequency of 120 Hz. In this paper, the types of mechanical exciting forces applied to the power transformer were classified, and the mechanical damage mechanism of the power transformer was identified using the vibration transfer ro...

Electromagnetic forces in power transformer windings are produced by interaction between the leakage fluxes and current passing them. Since the leakage flux distribution along the windings height is in two axial and radial directions, so the electromagnetic forces have two components, radial and axial. There is a risk that a large electromagnetic force due to the short circuit or inrush current...

Power transformers in service are subjected to a wide variety of electrical, mechanical and thermal stresses capable of producing insulation faults. This type of failure figures amongst the most costly faults in distribution networks since it produces both machine outage and electrical supply interruption. Major research effort has therefore focused on the early detection of faults in the insul...

Cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) are commonly used as a backlight source for color liquid crystal displays (LCDs) used in notebook computers and portable electronic devices. These lamps require a high ac voltage for ignition and operation. The required ignition voltage is typically double the operating voltage and increases at cold temperatures. Figure 1 shows the operating voltage of lam...

There are some deficiencies in the improved three-ratio method even though it has been widely used in power transformer fault diagnosis. Using artificial neural networks, the power transformer fault diagnosis is improved in this article. With Matlab programming, three different kinds of neural networks, which are Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural network, Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ) neu...