NEMA Class I transformers

Author

MERRITT, STANLEY Y. ; CHAITKIN, STUART D.

Author_Institution

Merritt & Associates, Bedford, VA, USA

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

2004

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has promulgated performance and test requirements for low-voltage designs that can be listed as NEMA Class I, and for such units efficiencies are somewhat higher than those that appear in the literature as standards designs. This article explores the practical economic effects of transformer selection over a range of efficiency levels at and above the NEMA Class I levels. Comparisons of NEMA Class I with standard-efficiency liquid and dry substation transformers and with premium transformers are discussed. Currently there are no specific standards to distinguish premium-efficiency transformers from standard-efficiency transformers. In making the purchasing decision for unit substations, the value of transformer losses is one of the economic factors to be considered.

Keywords

losses; power transformer testing; standards; transformer substations; NEMA Class I transformer; National Electrical Manufacturers Association; economic effect; low-voltage design; premium transformer; purchasing decision; standard-efficiency transformer; substation transformers; transformer loss; transformer selection; Costs; Electrical equipment industry; Manufacturing industries; Medium voltage; Power generation economics; Substations; Testing; Transformers; US Department of Energy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2618

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIA.2004.1270800

Filename

1270800