Transformer Insulating Oil Recycling

What Happens to aging dielectric oils?
Contamination is the major cause of oil breakdown and subsequent transformer failure. Water and particulate contamination challenge the effectiveness of dielectric properties to maintain minimum 30kv performance to assure expected device life and service reliability. Water is the acid enabling mechanism that reduces TAN (total acid number). Particulate contaminates decrease IFT (interfacial tension), and power factor. Oil color testing is directly related to particle contamination. As the dielectric oils age you may experience any of the following
    • High replacement costs
    • Disposal costs
    • System failure
    • Service Outages
    • Moisture in oil
    • Contaminants in oil

Solution: COMO Filtration Systems
COMO has standard and custom designed Transformer oil specific equipment that ranges from single filter element Load Tap Changer and on-site transformers to in-plant multi-stage PLC (programmable logic controller) controlled 1 micron particulate filtration with Fullers Earth sequence and post filtration. Batch recycling machines to 3000 gallon process volumes are also part of the mix.