• BS 171:1970

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    Specification for power transformers

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  05-08-2008

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-03-1970

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Specification
    Section one. Scope and service conditions
    1 Scope
    2 Service conditions
    3 Provision for unusual service conditions
    Section two. Definitions
    4 Definitions
    Section three. Rating
    5 General
    6 Rated power
    7 Preferred values of rated power
    Section four. Tappings
    8 General
    9 Off-circuit tappings
    10 Principal tapping
    11 Categories of voltage variation
    12 Specification of voltage conditions
    13 Tapping range
    14 Tapping quantities
    Section five. Identification according to cooling method
    15 Identification symbols
    16 Arrangement of symbols
    Section six. Limits of temperature rise
    17 Temperature rise limits
    18 Reduced temperature rises for transformers designed
        for high cooling medium temperatures
    19 Reduced temperature rises for transformers designed
        for high altitudes
    Section seven. Insulation levels
    20 General
    21 Windings with graded insulation
    22 Transformers for use at high altitudes
    Section eight. Ability to withstand short circuit
    23 General
    24 Overcurrent conditions
    25 Mechanical requirements
    26 Thermal requirements
    27 Transformers directly associated with other
        apparatus
    28 Special transformers
    29 Short-circuit tests
    30 Auxiliary windings
    Section nine. Rating plates
    31 Rating plates
    Section ten. Vector diagrams, connections and terminals
    32 Connections of phase-windings
    33 Phase displacement between sets of windings;
        marking and position of terminals
    Section eleven. Tolerances
    34 Tolerances
    Section twelve. Tests
    35 General requirements for type, routine and special
        tests
    36 Measurement of winding resistance (routine test)
    37 Voltage ratio measurement and check of polarity or
        vector-group symbol (routine test)
    38 Measurement of impedance voltages (routine test)
    39 Measurement of load loss (routine test)
    40 Measurement of no-load loss and current (routine
        test)
    41 Test of temperature rise (type test)
    42 Application of dielectric tests
    43 Induced overvoltage withstand test (routine test)
    44 Separate source voltage-withstand test (routine
        test)
    45 Full wave impulse-voltage withstand test including
        chopped waves (special test)
    46 Impulse-voltage withstand test including chopped
        waves (special test)
    47 Subsequent dielectric tests
    48 Measurement of zero phase-sequence impedance
        (special test)
    Section thirteen. Insulating liquids
    49 Oil
    50 Synthetic insulating liquid
    Section fourteen. Fittings
    51 Provision of fittings
    Appendices
    A Information required with enquiry and order
    B Selection of insulation levels
    C Calculation of voltage drop (or rise) for a
        specified load condition
    D Transformer connections, winding designations,
        terminal markings and vector diagrams
    E Parallel operation of 3-phase transformers
    F Examples of specifications for transformers with
        voltage variation facilities
    G Typical connection diagrams for induced voltage
        tests on windings with graded insulation
    H Fittings
    J Supplementary information concerning high-voltage
        tests
    K Impulse-voltage testing of low-voltage windings
    Tables
    1 Phase factors
    2 Preferred values of rated power for 3-phase
        transformers
    3 Letter symbols
    4 Order of symbols
    5 Temperature rise limits for dry-type transformers
    6 Temperature rise limits for oil-immersed type
        transformers
    7 Insulation levels for windings and connected parts
        not designed for impulse-voltage tests
    8 Insulation levels for windings and connected parts
        designed for impulse-voltage tests
    9 Categories of graded insulation
    10 Insulation levels for the neutral ends of windings
        of transformers having graded insulation
    11 Overcurrent limits for transformers with two
        windings
    12 Maximum permissible average winding temperatures
        (T2)
    13 Values of factor a
    14 Tolerances
    15 Reference temperatures
    16 Correction factors
    17 Fittings for oil-immersed type transformers
    18 Additional fittings for oil-immersed type
        transformers
    19 High-voltage tests at reduced levels
    Figures
    1 The use of vector-group symbols
    2 Method for determining final temperature rise of
           oil
    2A Method for determining temperature of winding at
           shut-down
    3 Designation of connections of 3-phase
           transformers by vector-group symbols
    3A Example of three single-phase transformers
           connected to form a 3-phase bank
    3B-3J Examples of designating letters for windings and
           terminals
    3K Marking and relative position of terminals for
           two-winding transformers
    3L-3P Vector diagrams for 3-phase transformers
    3Q Vector diagrams for single, 2 and 3/2-phase
           transformers
    3R-3T Terminal marking plates
    4-5A Parallel operation of transformers
    6-13 Typical connection diagrams for induced voltage
           tests on windings with graded insulation
    14 Recommended position of fittings

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    Performance and test requirements for 1 kV A single-phase and 2 kV A polyphase: no upper limits to rated power or voltage. May also be applied as appropriate to special transformers not at present covered by separate British Standards.

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    Committee PEL/14
    Development Note Supersedes 68/4425 DC. (06/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn
    Superseded By

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    BS 3535-1:1990 Isolating transformers and safety isolating transformers General requirements
    EN 60146-1-3:1993 Semiconductor convertors - General requirements and line commutated convertors - Part 1-3: Transformers and reactors
    BS EN 60146-1-3:1993 Semiconductor convertors. General requirements and line commutated convertors Transformers and reactors
    BS 7361-1:1991 Cathodic protection Code of practice for land and marine applications
    BS 2538:1954 Specification for air-cooled flameproof single-phase lighting transformer units supplied from high voltage systems
    BS 4417:1969 Specification for semiconductor rectifier equipments
    BS 7375:1996 Code of practice for distribution of electricity on construction and building sites
    BS 3399:1961 Specification for transformers for use in ships
    BS 4996:1973 Specification for line traps for power line carrier systems
    BS 2G 127:1967 Specification for power and current transformers for use in aircraft electrical power supply systems
    BS 5550-7.5.2:1981 Cinematography. Production and presentation. Film and television location lighting Specification for location lighting power distribution units
    BS 6436:1984 Specification for ground mounted distribution transformers for cable box or unit substation connection
    BS 5611:1978 Application guide for on-load tap-changers
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    BS 787-3:1971 Specification for mining type flameproof gate-end boxes Gate-end boxes with lighting transformers
    BS 5067:1985 Specification for flameproof transformers for use in mines
    BS 6435:1984 Specification for unfilled enclosures for the dry termination of HV cables for transformers and reactors
    BS 2562:1979 Specification for cable boxes for transformers and reactors

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    BS 205(1943) : LATEST GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    BS CP1009(1959) : LATEST MAINTENANCE OF INSULATING OIL (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TRANSFORMERS AND SWITCHGEAR)
    BS 2757(1956) : LATEST DETERMINING THE THERMAL CLASSIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL INSULATION
    BS 2045:1965 Preferred numbers
    BS 2562:1979 Specification for cable boxes for transformers and reactors
    BS 148:1959 Specification for insulating oil for transformers and switchgear
    BS 923:1972 Guide on high-voltage testing techniques.
    BS 2914:1972 Specification for surge diverters for alternating current power circuits
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