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The Polytransformer
The Multivoltage Substation
Power Transformer
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The need for a single transformer for different transmission systems.

Change of electric power industry to a fully competitive and deregulated market has highlighted
the importance of asset management. Large power transformers represent a significant asset within
the utility delivery system. These are the most important and costly components and the critical nodes
in electricity networks.

ABB has developed a new product in the

Multifunctional
transformer world, The Polytransformer.

This transformer is designed with multiple

tools
voltage ratings, on the HV, the LV and tertiary side,
that allow it to work in substations at different
voltages.

Impedances and MVA ratings are chosen

The Swiss Army knife
to cover most of the applications.
Light and compact:
Single phase and three phases units are available You carry it in your pocket.
Its compactness and flexibility of use make the
Polytransformer the ideal universal transformer
for any transmission system.
Many tools and different applications

Useful and convenient:

You never know when you may need it.

Swiss knife multiple use Swiss knife ready for pocket.

Polytransformer multiple voltage. Shell type transformer during transport.

The Polytransformer
Compact
Ready for shipment and
installation in any substation.

Multiple voltage ratings

Useful and convenient:

You never know when you
may need it.

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The polytransformer:
Universal multi-voltage transformer.
Main features of the universal network-link transformer are:
Multiple voltage ratings on the high voltage
and low voltage side. The polytransformer
is designed with internal taps providing different
voltage combinations to allow connection
of different systems (i.e. from 345 kV to 230 kV,
345 kV to 138 kV, 345 kV to 115 kV, 230 kV
to 138 kV and 230 kV to 115 kV, combined with
33, 26,4 and 24 kV in the tertiary). Depending
on the connection, power rating of the transformer
varies. An on-load tap changer regulation is also
provided. The different voltage rating alternatives
can be selected by changing connections
internally when the unit is being prepared
for shipment to a different station.
The Polytransformer may be specified either
for three phases or single phase execution.
Low voltage multiple taps within design process.
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Multiple voltage ratings of tertiary winding.
The tertiary has internal taps to provide several
voltage levels to match different substation needs.
Maximum power rating limited only by
transportation restrictions.
Compact design. Shell form design helps
to accomplish compact shipping dimensions
providing in addition mechanical robustness
to withstand transportation and hauling loads.
This way, the polytransformer can be easily
shipped to many different substations
Compact design:
450 MVA, 400 kV
Polytransformer ready
for shipment.
Low voltage multiple taps after manufacturing.
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Minimum installation dimensions to optimize
substation space requirements. Minimizing
total dimensions allows replacement of a wide
range of existing transformers or installation
in substations with limited space.
Short circuit impedance
of the Polytransformer is designed taking
into consideration the impedances of existing
transformers. Parallel connectivity with other
units is achieved by setting the appropriate
tap in the on-load tap changer.
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Customized Design: Your Polytransformer will be
designed to be electrically and dimensionally
compatible with the different transformers in your
transmission system. The design will meet your
specifications and applicable standards.
Standardized external components
to reduce the number of spare parts and
to facilitate their availability
Polytransformer
during test
Polytransformer, a multivoltage
transformer approach,
is a comprehensive product,
which may be used as an universal
network-link transformer.
This means: compact dimensions
to be shipped to any substation
within the scope and different
voltage ratings to connect
alternative transmission systems.
All in one single product.
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Advantages and Applications
of the Polytransformer.
Based upon the described features, several applications are possible for the Polytransformers:
Spare Transformer:
The Polytransformer may replace a number
of different transformers (multi-voltage,
impedance compatibility, parallel connectivity),
located in different substations, in a limited
time (high transportability), without major
adjustments (standard adapted to your needs)
New substations:
When you need to expand your system,
the Polytransformer will fit it. It will be designed
to match the requirements of your network.
It can be installed permanently on-site or used
as temporary replacement of other units. Your
new system will be commissioned and running
on time. And you will know it is always available.
Valuable asset:
You can also cover most of other utilities’
or industries’ requirements. The Polytransformer
can be rented, leased or lent to others in case
of emergency or temporary need.
450 MVA, 400 kV
Polytransformer in service
with 400 kV / 230 kV
connection.
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Peaks of Load:
The polytransformer can also be used to provide
additional power in the network during seasonal
or emergency consumption peak periods. This
reduces the risk of black outs, and will prevent
other installed units from being overloaded
Reduce your inventory
and maintenance cost:
As the Polytransformer can take the place
of different transformers, your total fleet
of transformers will be reduced, with the
subsequent reduction of inventory,
investments and maintenance costs.
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Do you need a Polytransformer
in your network?
In ABB we can help you answer this question. Our proposal consists of three well differentiated steps:
• The first step is a technical and economical
study of your fleet of transformers to be
carried out in a collaborative way between your
personnel and ABB. Our team of experts in
ABB will outline this study considering the
electrical characteristics of your network,
shipping limitations of railways and roads, size
limitations in your substations, your standards
related to equipment and control (type,
location, etc.), logistics, timing available for
disassembling, transportation and installation,
etc. From this study, several scenarios will be
analyzed, to maximize network coverage and
minimize investments.
• Second: ABB will design and manufacture the
polytransformer that fits to your needs.
• And third, your local ABB Service will provide
all necessary support
for disassembling former equipment,
transportation, assembling, installation and
commissioning, including voltage adjustment,
oil treatment, tap changer control adjustment,
etc., every time you need to move your
Polytransformer.
Polytransformer during
design process.
The result will be a polytransformer
that fits anywhere in your network
and will be ready to replace other critical
transformer in a record time
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A shell form design for the Polytransformer. A Real Case: 450 MVA, 400 kV three phase Polytransformer.

The optimal technical solution for the Polytransformer’s special requirements is the Shell Form concept.
There are several reasons supporting this selection:
The flexibility of winding arrangement and
the easy procedure to provide different tap
connections inherent to a shell form transformer
design, allows multi-voltage combinations for high,
low and tertiary.
The intrinsic mechanical robustness of shell form
withstands transportation and hauling loads.
The Polytransformer is designed to be moved
and hauled to fit into different substations.
A large utility had the need of some spare transformers to be used in case of emergency in some critical
substations. Minimum objectives and requirements were: a three-phase spare unit with the maximum power
rating which could be transported easily and quickly. This would permit keeping a spare transformer readily
The intrinsic flexibility of the shell form design available for several substations.
to match existing impedances. Configuration
of shell form windings allows the designer to reach
• The utility provided ABB with the necessary information to reach an
practically any level of short circuit impedance
optimum design which would fit with the maximum number of installed
without adding any complexity to the construction.
units. A team of ABB experts reviewed this information and came back with
In a close range of impedances, parallel
a proposal that would meet these specifications, all in one single
connectivity can be achieved by automatically
transformer. According to this proposal, four units have been ordered up to
setting the appropriate tap in the on-load tap
now with excellent results. At present some of these units are rented by the
changer.
owner to other utilities.

The compact dimensions of shell form.

400 kV 400 kV 400 kV O
This aspect is critical in the case of the
Polytransformer to comply with transportation u1 W V U
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The polytransformer was

designed as a three phase,
Shell Transformer winding
arrangement.
shell form autotransformer,
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multivoltage 400/230, 400/138,
25,4 400/110 kV, Max. power
33
450 MVA, with tertiary 33, 25, 4,
230 230 24 kV, 50 Hz, Ynad11 connection,
OFAF cooling and OLTC
107 107 107 regulation at the neutral
138 138 138 end (variable flux regulation)
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10 10 10
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8 8 8 8 10
7 7 7 7 11
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Connection diagram.

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• The Polytransformer was designed to be
mechanically and electrically compatible
with other three phases transformers installed
in the 400kV transmission system
(up to six different designs co-existing).
• Cooling equipment was designed with oil-air
coolers to minimize the total space required
for installation.
• All the accessories incorporated in this
autotransformer are standard, compatible
with accessories used in other transformers
already installed in the network, thus helping
maintenance operations and availability
of spare parts.
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• When the Polytransformer needs to work in
parallel with other units having different
regulating ranges, those have to be limited to
work in the common part of the ranges. If the
number of regulating positions is different, the
transformer could be equipped with a
programmable PLC. This PLC can be
programmed to control the load tap changer
and to select the optimum position in every
case. It receives indication of the tap position
of the transformer to parallel. With that
information it selects the most suitable tap
changer position at the controlled unit and an
order is given to raise or lower the tap changer
position accordingly.
Overview from tertiary
side (oil-air coolers
in low voltage side). The polytransformer has been developed
by ABB in the facility of Córdoba, Spain.
Córdoba plant.
Control cabinet with
programmable PLC.
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