Products and Devices

4.8 Bushings
4. Oil lling State-of-the-art bushings are lled with dried, degassed insulating mineral oil. 5. Insulator Porcelain insulator made of high-grade electrotechnical porcelain according to IEC 815. The insulator is connected to the mounting ange using Portland cement, and sealed with O-ring gasket. Composite insulators are increasingly demanded and are readily available. 6. Active part The active part is made of oil-impregnated wide-band paper with conductive layers made of aluminum foil to control the electrical eld radially and axially. Depending on the current rating, the paper and foil are wound on either a central tube or a solid conductor. 7. Flange The mounting ange with integrated test tap made of corrosion free aluminum alloy is machined to ensure an excellent seal between the bushing and the transformer. 8. CT pocket If current transformers are required on the bushing, the ground sleeve can be extended. 9. Oil-side end The insulator on the oil side is made of an epoxy resin tube. It is designed to stay installed during the in-tank drying process of the transformer, and can withstand temperatures of up to 130 C. 10. End shielding For voltages starting with 52 kV, a special aluminum electrode is cast into the end of the epoxy resin tube. This end shielding controls the electrical eld strength in this area to earth. Transformer bushings: epoxy-resin-impregnated paper design (ERIP) An epoxy-resin-impregnated paper transformer bushing is made of the following components (g. 4.8-2). 1. Terminal Terminal (Al or Cu) for connection of overhead lines or busbars and arcing horns. State-of-the-art designs provide maintenancefree termination, and ensure that the connection will not become loose in service. 2. Dry lling State-of-the-art bushings are lled with dry-type foam. 3. Insulator The external insulation consists of a composite insulator with silicone sheds. These are vulcanized on the mechanical support, a high-quality wound insulating tube made of epoxy resins with glass ber laminate structure. In most cases the ange is part of the insulator.
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Fig. 4.8-2: Transformer bushing epoxy-resin-impregnated paper (RIP) design sectional view

Fig. 4.8-3: Transformer bushing high current

4. Active part The active part is made of resin-impregnated paper with conductive layers made of aluminum foil to control the electrical eld radially and axially. Depending on the current rating, the paper and foil are wound on either a central tube or a solid conductor. 5. Flange The mounting ange with integrated test tap made of corrosion free aluminum alloy is machined to ensure an excellent seal between the bushing and the transformer.

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