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CSQ

ISO9001

CSQ n 9101.TESA

ECODESIGN TRANSFORMERS: SAVING THE PLANET SAVING MONEY!

The losses reduction involves major
benefits for the environment linked to lower
greenhouse gas emissions. It is estimated that
over 80% of all environmental impacts it is
determined during the design phase of a product.
In this perspective, electric transformers
used in electricity transmission and distribution
networks must be more efficient due to the enter
into force of the new Ecodesign Regulation EU
No. 548/2014. Starting from 1st of July 2015, in
fact, it is unlawful to place on the market or put
into service in the EU Country any power
transformers which do not comply with the
Regulation. Since transformers are so widely
used, even small improvements in their efficiency
will make a huge difference.
TESAR, according to the Regulation and to
its policy always aimed to energize the world
cleanly, presents the new range of transformers
Ecodesign. This new series is the TESAR
response to the demands of energy efficiency
and reduced environmental impact, combining
successfully in a single product competitiveness
and sustainability, ensuring significant reduction
in energy consumption with significant cost
savings and reduction of CO2 emissions.
On the other hands, the common thought
is that a more efficient transformer is also more
expensive: is it really true?
The standard definition of the life cycle
cost of a product is the sum of its purchase price
and operating costs over its lifetime. The usual
assumption is that an improvement in the energy
performance of a product requires a change in
product design that increases its price.
Consequently, a transformer with reduced losses
has an higher purchase cost, while those
designed to the minimum cost of manufacture
result in increased losses and operating costs.
Nevertheless, whether in assessing the
purchase of the transformer we consider the
capitalized cost, it may be convenient to buy a
low-loss transformer, because some of the

possible improvements may pay off during the

lifetime, reducing its life cycle cost. The most
convenient solution, from the point of view of the
total cost, is represented by the minimum of the
sum of the manufacturing costs and the costs of
losses.
Considering that transformers is energized
24 hours for 7 days, 365 days a year and have
very long lifetimes of typically about 30 years,
energy consumption is a dominant factor. This
means that the higher purchase costs is repaid
via savings over the products lifetime, since the
purchase price is only a marginal part of the total
cost of the machine, while the operating cost
(mainly related to the losses) accounts for over
80% of the total cost.
To compare the real costs of transformers
of varying efficiencies, we can consider the payback of the difference of the purchase cost.
Comparing the cost of purchasing of two
transformers, consider the annual cost savings
due to increased efficiency and dividing the
difference in purchase costs of the two
transformers for the annual saving is achieved as
long as the investment pays off.
Hereunder
an
example
which
demonstrates that in a relatively short period, it
is possible to recover the additional costs
invested in the purchase of a transformer
Ecodesign compared to a standard transformer
with higher losses1.

Considering that the no-load losses are independent from

the load and remain constant throughout the period in
which the transformer remains energized. The load losses
instead occur only when a load is connected to the
transformer and vary quadratically with the load itself.

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ISO9001

CSQ n 9101.TESA

Rated Power (kVA)

No-load losses (W)
Load Losses @ 120C (W)
Purchase Costs ()
No-load operation (no-load losses)
Hours /Day
Days /Year
Load operation (load losses)
Hours /Day
Days /Year
Power factor
Average Cost of Energy (/kWh)
Losses Costs in a year (/year)
Energy savings in a year (kWh/year)
Operating cost savings in a year (/year)
Average working life of transformers (year)
Operating cost savings in 30 years ()
Pay back (years)
C02 average emission factor (gC02/kWh)
C02 emission saving in a year (t/year)

IEC
1000
2300
10800
10500

Ecodesign
1000
1550
9000
13500

24
365

24
365

8
220
80%
0,175

8
220
80%
0,175

5.655

4.150
8.598

1.505
30
45.137
2
540
5

Comparison between IEC and Ecodesign transformers, 24kV

SAVINGS ON OPERATION
No Load Losses, Po, IEC
No Load Losses, Po, Ecodesign
Load Losses, Pcc, IEC (@ 120C)
Load Losses, Pcc, Ecodesign (@ 120C)
No-load operation
Hours /Day
Days /Year
Load operation
Hours/day
Days/Year
Power factor
Costs due to losses
Difference on no-load losses
Difference on load losses @ 80% load
Average Cost of Energy
Operating cost savings in a year
Operating cost savings in 30 years

Rated power
(kVA)
(W)
(W)
(W)
(W)

(W)
(W)
(/kWh)
/year

630
1650
1100
7800
7600

1000
2300
1550
10800
9000

1250
2700
1800
13100
11000

1600
3100
2200
15800
13000

2000
4000
2600
18000
16000

24
365

24
365

24
365

24
365

24
365

8
220
80%

8
220
80%

8
220
80%

8
220
80%

8
220
80%

550
128
0,175
883

750
1.152
0,175
1.505

900
1.344
0,175
1.794

900
1.792
0,175
1.932

1400
1.280
0,175
2.540

26. 477
30.091
35.873
38.633
Comparison between IEC and Ecodesign transformers of different powers, 20/0,4 kV, 24kV.

50.809

Considering a 1000 kVA power transformer, comparing an Ecodesign to a traditional one, the higher cost of
purchase of the first is recovered in only two year!
The cost saving in 30 years is about 45.000 euro, with considerable advantages also for the environmental
impact, with a reduction of greenhouse emission of about 5 tons every year!
SO, WHY NOT SAVE THE PLANET BY SAVING MONEY PURCHASING TESAR ECODESIGN TRANSFORMERS?