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2. Buchholz Relay:
Serves for the protection of power transformers against
Gas accumulation
Loss of insulation liquid
Flow of insulation liquid
caused by flow of high eddy currents, local over heating, Arcing or Partial
discharges occurring within the tank.
Buchholz relay consists of
An Upper Float
A Lower Float
A damper
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Trip
ALARM
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Damper
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Lower Float
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Buchholz Relay
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LOAD
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Formation
pressure
of gasses
waves caused
are produced
by local
due
overheating,
to very highorenergy
loss
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discharges.
of insulation
reaches
a point
Itmaterial
causes
forcing
(oil)
the
upper
flow
causes
float
of insulation
decrease
to generate
material
in oil
ALARM.
level
towards the
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expansion
reach trip level,
vesselforcing
pushing
lower
thefloat
damper
to generate
which inTRIP
turns pushes
lower float to generate TRIP.
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