Just drawing a small sample of oil from a transformer can help you prolong its lifespan by years. How? Through putting our oil analysis expert to work. More than half of all transformer failures can be prevented. And a majority of all diagnostic information indicating the condition of the transformer can be derived from the oil.

Pace Technologies Inc. compliments their inventory of diagnostic and testing tools with a complete PC-based oil diagnostic station including the latest version of “Delta X Research Transformer Oil Analyst”. This was done to improve turnaround time on oil analysis and also to improve reliability in analyzing oil samples. The program uses many separate diagnostic tests, which a manual method of oil analysis could not achieve. The program stores and interprets insulating oil data for mineraloil- filled, paper-insulated transformers.

Several industry-standard diagnostic methods are applied to the data when stored, and a unit condition code, an oil quality condition code, and a re-sample date are automatically assigned according to user-modifiable rules. Fuzzy logic and neutral network technology ensure that diagnostic information is available even in borderline cases, where spreadsheets and simpler software may have “blind spots”. A detailed diagnostic report and graphical gas history report are generated on demand. A plain-text version of the diagnostic report can be printed to a file for forwarding by electronic mail or for editing.

Diagnostic standards, rules, and interpretive messages are initially set up consistent with current industry practice and are easily customized. Data files are in dBase format for easy access by other software.

The Transformer Oil Analyst is continually being improved in response to suggestions from users.