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Application Design
Trench bushings, Type COTA, are Active Part
designed for application on liquid filled
power transformers and reactors. They The active part of the COTA bushing is constructed of oil-impregnated paper
are used to connect the power with layers of aluminum foil. The position of the foil layers is computer
transformer or reactor to overhead lines optimized to ensure a homogenous electrical field, radially and axially
or exposed bus in either outdoor or indoor controlled, providing extremely high dielectric resistance.
conditions.
The Trench active part design ensures that COTA bushings will last the life of
Connection to the transformer winding your power transformer.
leads can be accomplished by one of
three methods:
Housing
Bottom connected via a fixed conductor.
The housing is constructed of a head, outdoor insulator, mounting flange,
Connected via a copper draw lead
ground sleeve (COTA 250 and above) and epoxy or fiberglass insulator,
cable(s) supplied with the power
held together by either a central tube or a fixed conductor. Pre-tensioned
transformer.
cone spring washers provide mechanical stability over the entire temperature
range, ensuring a leak free bushing with the highest possible mechanical
Bottom connected via Trenchs all copper
strength. COTA bushings are sealed exclusively with 0-Ring gaskets and
Split-Conductor draw lead. (Up to 1300
each bushing is hermetically sealed with its own independent oil reservoir.
kV BIL)
The interior of the aluminum castings are painted.
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Outdoor Insulator
The outdoor insulator is either a high-grade electrotechnical
porcelain or an insulator constructed from a explosion-resistant
fiberglass epoxy resin tube with molded silicon-rubber sheds.
Porcelain Insulators
Alternating sheds
The standard porcelain insulator on COTA bushings is ANSI
No.70, light gray. Brown porcelain is available upon request.
One-piece porcelain is standard on COTA 150 though 750 and
optional on COTA 900 and 1175. When the height of the
Porcelain insulator
bushing makes it necessary to use more than one porcelain
element, Trench uses a special gluing procedure developed to Portland cement
ensure that the porcelain elements will exhibit the same level
Mounting flange
of performance as a single porcelain element. On bushing style
COTA 250 and above, the porcelain insulator is cemented to the
mounting flange using special cement and sealed with an O-Ring gasket
0-Ring gasket. To protect against corrosion, the mounting flange
surface and porcelain that is in contact with the cement is
treated with a special coating, ensuring a trouble free interface.
O-Ring gasket
T R A N S F O R M E R B U S H I N G 3
Design
Mounting Flange
The mounting flange is a high quality aluminum casting,
machined to exact dimensions, ensuring an excellent seal
between the bushing and the transformer.
Current Path
Two current path options are available:
Voltage Tap
COTA 550 and above Fixed conductor
Current path via conductor that is fixed in place and has the
active part wound on the conductor. The fixed conductor is
Shatter Resistant Inboard End either solid rod or a tube, depending on the specific bushing
design.
Every Trench COTA bushing is offered with a shatter resistant
in-board end insulator. These insulators are less susceptible Draw lead
to damage from handling. They will not shatter like porcelain Current path via the transformers cable(s) to a silver-plated
preventing major transformer repair costs. Trench in-board copper terminal through multi spring contacts to the copper-
end insulators have 25 years of proven field experience. alloy top terminal. Or via Trenchs copper Split-Conductor
The lower end of the COTA bushings (COTA 200 and below) draw lead through multi spring contacts to the copper-alloy
are protected by an explosion resistant fiberglass-reinforced top terminal.
epoxy-resin tube or (COTA 250 and above) by a shatter
resistant cone shaped vacuum molded epoxy resin insulator.
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Fixed Conductor Top Terminal
When a fixed conductor bushing is selected the connection to Unlike other bushing designs, where the top terminal is
the transformer winding leads will be at the bottom of the threaded onto the bushing, the Trench COTA bushing utilizes
bushing. The terminal configuration at the bottom of fixed a top terminal that is bolted to the head of the bushing. This
conductor bushing will depend on the current rating and/or the feature eliminates the requirement to check the top terminal
desired application and the requirements of the ANSI/IEEE for tightness, increasing reliability and providing a truly
Standards. maintenance free bushing.
Bottom terminal
T R A N S F O R M E R B U S H I N G 5
Cut Views
Top terminal
Top terminal
Draw lead stud
Head housing
Head housing
Insulator
Insulator
Active part
Name plate
Active part
Mounting flange
Mounting flange
Grounding sleeve
Test tap
(COTA 350 and below)
FRP tube
Conductor
Epoxy insulator
Bottom terminal
Typical design COTA 150 & COTA 200 Typical design COTA 250 COTA 1175
Fixed Conductor Draw lead
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Quality
Everyone talks about quality; nearly everyone is ISO
9001 certified including Trench but that is not the whole
picture. Quality starts at the beginning, it starts with the
Top terminal
design. When you compare a Trench COTA bushing
with other brands you will find quality design features
not offered by the others. These include O-ring gaskets
instead of flat gaskets, the interior of all castings
Oil level indicator
painted, easy to read prismatic oil level indicators and
stainless steel test tap caps just to mention a few.
Head housing
Quality is the reason Trench offers the only standard
three-year bushing warranty in the business. 85 years
Insulator in the bushing business and still growing, Trench, the
quality choice for bushings.
Active part
Name plate
Standardization
Air escape plug
Voltage Tap (COTA 1050 and above) Trench COTA bushings were developed to promote the
(COTA 550 and above)
concept of standardization. The designs detailed in
this catalog will cover nearly 100% of the bushing
requirements for liquid filled power transformers or
reactors rated through 2500 MVA, three-phase, 2050
Mounting flange
kV BIL. (Excluding high current bushings for GSU
transformers) All COTA bushings though 900 kV BIL
Grounding sleeve are designed for operation, without de-rating, to an
Test tap altitude of 10,000 feet. COTA bushings above 900 kV
(COTA 350 and below) BIL are offered with altitude ratings based on the BIL
rating of the specific bushing. Example; a COTA 1050
may be rated for 10,000 feet while the same bushing
rated at 1300 kV BIL will only be rated for operation at
3,300 feet.
T R A N S F O R M E R B U S H I N G 7
COTA Technical Specification Sheets C57.19.01-2000
8 T R A N S F O R M E R B U S H I N G
COTA Technical Specification Sheets
T R A N S F O R M E R B U S H I N G 9
COTA Technical Specification Sheets C57.19.01-2000
10 T R A N S F O R M E R B U S H I N G
COTA Technical Specification Sheets
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Trench Limited
Coil Product Division
71 Maybrook Drive
Scarborough, Ontario
Canada M1V 4B6
Phone: 416-298-8108
Fax: 416-298-2209
Subject to change without notice
04.2003
E322.73
Printed in Canada