Power Transformer Diagnostics, Monitoring and Design Features

Dear Colleagues,

Transformers are key components in electric power distribution and transmission systems and it is essential that they function properly for many years. With increasing age, there are potential risks of extremely high monetary losses due to unexpected failures and outages. The fundamental objective is to promote the longest possible service life, to minimize lifetime operating costs, and to predict the time ripped to remove the transformer, on a planned basis, for revision or replacement. For these reasons, transformer life management gained the past decades an ever-increasing interest due to economic and technical reasons. The greatest challenges are related to the need for methods to assess the condition and life expectancy along with the improvement of transformers efficiency by noble designs and or application of new materials. The Special Issue will cover theoretical and practical developments with special emphasis on new R&D trends in transformer designs and transformer diagnostic and maintenance recent challenges. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• new or emerging diagnostic/monitoring technologies
• mineral oils of improved characteristics, additives
• nanofluids and synthetic/vegetable dielectric liquids
• new materials for transformers
• transformer life management

Prof. Dr. Ing. Issouf Fofana
Guest Editor

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