Release no.

001 / Rev 0

Technical Comparison Document

(Conventional Oil filled Transformer Vs. CAHORS Hermetic TYPE Oil filled Transformer)

Medium Voltage Division

TRANSFIX INDIA Pvt Ltd

Sr.No

CLASSIFI
CATION

PARAMETER

CONVENTIONAL OIL FILLED

TRANSFORMERS

CAHORS - HERMETIC
TECHNOLOGY MAINTENANCE
FREE OIL FILLED TRANSFORMER

Conventional

Hermetic Technology with non- gas

cushion

With Breathers & Conservators

Without Breathers & Conservator

Compact

Technology
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BENEFITS / REMARKS

Possiblilty of Oil
Contamination with Air

YES. High Exposure to Oxydation

phenomenon due to Breathing
Technology

NO. Totally Airtight

Oil BDV get maintained @ required value & all

oil properties remains unchanged for entire
life of Transformer. Hence No maintenance.

Oil filtration during precommissioning & charging

Required

Not Required

Saving of MAN-HOURS, Cost & free from any

contamination. Ready to charge product.

Oil Filtration & Oil TOP up

for preventive maintenance

Not Required

Since no preventive maintenance required,

hence no need of any shut down, DG
operation. Hence cost saving & interruption
free operation of transformer.

Radiators

Corrugated Fins

Compact. No need of any accessories fitting at

site i.e. conservator & detachable radiator
fitting. Further no need of Oil top up from
Spare oil of 10% which is suppplied in case of
conventional design.

In Radiator, oil flow for cooling through

inlet & outlet nozzle only

Corrugated fins are attached directly to

main tank where cooling is faster &
better

Provides higher surface area for cooling with

effective faster cooling. i.e. Better Heat
dissipation. This enhances the efficiency of
Transformer.

Oil need to undergo flow process for

achieving the cooling

Oil undergo emerge process for

achieving the cooling

Superior

Chemical Ageing

Yes. Faster

Extremely Slow

No adverse effect of external environment.

Hence Transformer gets Healthy working
operational condition.

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Noise Level

High. Approx. > 60 dB as a operational

noise. (As per NEMA standard, its max
value is 65 dB)

Low. Approx.between 45 dB to 57 dB as
a operational noise. (As per NEMA
standard, its max value is 65 dB)

Low Noise & hence no disturbances by

transformer to external faculties.

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Spare Requirement of oil

Required for Preventive maintenance

Not Required

Space saving of storage of Oil barrels & saving

on cost of spare oil.

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OIL BDV level with ageing

effect

Reduces faster

Reduces very slow

Enhance the life of transformer from 20 years

to 30 years without any maintenance

TECHNOLOGY

Required

Cooling

PRODUCT

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Gasket

Rubber Cork

Nitrile Gaskets i.e.NBR

It donot get cracks on high temprature &

hence survive with even continuous high temp
as well. It has longer life of 30 years compare
to Rubber cork gasket of 1 or 2 years.

Oil Leakage Possibility

YES, due to conventional design of

Detachable radiators, welded Tank &
gasketing structure.

Thanks to hermetically Sealed design, No

possibility of Oi leakage

Hence no need of spare oil, no need of any

shut down for atttending the oil leakage
complaint & saving of man, material & money.

Partial discharge free

Losses maintains to the actual designed values

for the complete life, unlike to increase the
losses after few years of service. This will give
Error free & maintenance free operation as
well.

Insulating Material

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Craft Paper

It donot allow to produce any sluges in OIL &

Epoxy Diamond dotted paper for winding donot give any agening effect. Hence provide
& Polymide material for coils.
better & reliable insulation to inter turn
winding.

Partial Dischare

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Losses
18

it is not partial discharge free

On lower side for standard Design &

available with STAR 3 rating, certified by
BEE
Losses get increased with its operational Losses remain steady with its operational
life
life
On higher side (conventional losses &
conventional designed)

Reduces Electricity bill values & provides

higher efficiency to the product.
Uniform operation throughtoout the life.

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Size

Bulky due to conservator & Radiator

Compact by almost 30% as compared to

others thanks to corrugated Fins

Saving of space at site.

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Product expected Life

15-20 Yrs

25-30 yrs

Enhances the life of product

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Technical Comparison Document

(Conventional Oil filled Transformer Vs. CAHORS Hermetic TYPE Oil filled Transformer)

Medium Voltage Division

TRANSFIX INDIA Pvt Ltd

Sr.No

CLASSIFI
CATION

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PROTECTION

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PARAMETER

CONVENTIONAL OIL FILLED

TRANSFORMERS

Accessories for protection

Separate mounting Arrangement

required for OTI, PRV, Bukhlolz, etc for
protection.

Safety

CAHORS - HERMETIC
TECHNOLOGY MAINTENANCE
FREE OIL FILLED TRANSFORMER

BENEFITS / REMARKS

Limit the no. of cut out to Tank & provides

Integrated in single instrument i.e. DGPT
smoother function though one device instead
2 -Protection device
of group of device.

100% safety as no contact of oil with

external wheather conditions & No
Lack of safety due to oil leakages &
leakages. Also available with high flash
further chances of fire explosion due to
point of 135 Deg C. We can also supply
low fire point
oil with higher flash point upto 370 Deg
C instead of standard oil at an extra cost.

Provides Safe & Reliable operation

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Short Circuit Withstand

Capacity

Low due to circular coil shape

High. Thanks to Oblong shape of

Winding to have better axial & radial
forces sustainability

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DESIGN Compliance

IS 2026

IS 2026
Not easily accessible for theft of Oil & copper
in case of small ratings of transformer upto
400 KVA

Provides Rigid design to withstand different

abnormal supply & load conditions.

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Theft Possibility

Theft of Oil, copper & core is possible

Not easily possible due to Hermetic

Technology where, many safety
interlocks are available in our
technology, which can be shown during
factory visit

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Maintenance

Every 3 years Maintenance + Oil

Replacement for entire life

Maintenance free for entire life

Saving of Man, Material & Money

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Failure Rate

failure rate < 5.6 % as per utility

High reliability ( failure rate < 0.1 % )

Highly reliable & trusted by our customers

Adds cost on MSEB bills due to high

losses

Saves over other transformers

Adds cost on Frequent Maintenance

Saves 100% on this parameter

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Adds Oil Replacement & oil filtration

Cost

Saves 100% on this parameter

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Adds Overhead Cost

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GENERAL

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Economical Benefit

Aesthetic Look

Handling & Installation

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Return on investment (ROI)

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Product Photo

Saves 100% on this parameter

Modern, compact & aesthetically sound,
Conventional look with a Bulky size with
Paint with mini 1000hrs SaltSpray
poor Paint finish likely to rust
resistance

Saving of Man, Material & Money

Long lasting paint shade which servives 30

years of rust proof services.

Difficult since detachable radiators, Oil

Barrel & their assembly at site which
lead to time & money involvement

Easy, as its a ready to charge product

without any detachable parts & loose oil

Ready to charge product without any site

activities i.e. Fitting, Oil top up etc. Hence
reduction of installation cost as well.

NIL

High. The cost of transformer gets

recovered thanks to all above mentioned
economical benefits (savings).

Competitive intial cost & negligible running

cost. Hence completely economical & ROI
product.

Note: This document is mainly for general comparison and knowledge sharing purpose
only . To know more about any point can be shared in details separately.

Astethically Sound to deliver modernization &

technology upgradation.

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