Hosted by: Orlando Giraldo / Master's level
Attend this lesson to learn about:
- Basic concepts about insulations
- Solid, liquid, and gaseous insulations for transformers
- Transformer bushings
- Thermal classification of transformer insulations
- Winding construction and machinery
- Winding types
- Geometrical calculation of a winding. Losses and weight calculations
- Winding tests: applied voltages, induced tension, impulse tests
About the author
Orlando Giraldo
Orlando Giraldo has acquired the title of electrical engineer from the Technological University of Pereira, Colombia, and finance specialist from the EAFIT University. He has worked for over 46 years of at different positions in the transformer-related areas in ABB (13 years), SIEMENS (14 years) and THE HJ FAMILY OF COMPANIES
(the last 21+ years) on: design, production, tests, sales, etc., of transformers and components. He has also completed multiple training visits to transformer and component plants around the world. Mr. Giraldo is a specialist in transformer production, componentsand protection. For the last two years, he has been working as senior consulting engineer of THE H-J FAMILY OF COMPANIES and teacher of Transformer course in the Technological University of Pereira.
