Application of health index method for transformer condition assessment

Power transformer is one of the electrical equipment that has a central and critical role in the power system. In order to avoid power transformer failure, information system that provides the transformer condition is needed. This paper is present the information system for diagnostic transformer condition based on health index. Health Index method provides a comprehensive transformer condition assessment. This method is resulting power transformer condition that divided into several categories according to the life time prediction and degradation level of transformer components. Analysis on dissolved gas, oil, and furan (insulation paper) are subjected to detect the faults types that could be occurs in transformer. The outputs of the analysis are life time prediction, types of possible faults, and recommendations for future maintenance action. For practical application, this method is applied to the transformer data test that provided by Indonesia Power Electric Company or PT PLN. Results of the analysis found that the smaller Transformer Health Index means greater number of population failure probability. This relationship is quite strong with the value of the correlation coefficient r is -0.63.