A one-day workshop on ‘Transformer Design, Applications and Life Extension’, jointly organised by ERDA, IEEE-PES and IEEMA with GETCO as knowledge partner, was held in Vadodara recently.
The programme was inaugurated by the Chief Guest K M Bhuva, Director Technical, GUVNL and by the Chairman, Organising Committee B B Chauhan, Managing Director GETCO. Welcome address was delivered by Hitesh Karandikar, Director – ERDA followed by an address from Rakesh Patel, Chair IEEE-PES, Gujarat Chapter.
The Chief Guest and Chairman, Organising Committee emphasised the importance of transformer in the electrical power system and the requirement of a better designed and properly maintained transformer for better reliability and longevity of the transformers used by the users.
Vipul Ray, Vice President, IEEMA and MD, Elmex Controls proposed vote of thanks. The technical presentations were divided into five sessions. The workshop topics were Design Aspects of Transformer by Ronnie Minhaz, IEEE-PES; Health Index of Transformer by Dr Satish Chetwani, Assistant Director and Head of R&D, ERDA; Inverter Duty Transformers for Solar Application by Prasenjit Paul Global Technical Manager (R&D), Scheider Electric; IEEE Specification by Ronnie Minhaz and Life Extension of Transformer by P Ramachandran, Senior Advisor, ABB. The main objective of this workshop is to discuss the transformer design aspects, specifications, special applications and life enhancement technologies, among the designers, manufactures, utilities, consultants, academia and R&D institutes professionals.
