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Failure of Solar
Inverter Transformers
and Power
Transformers in
Solar Power System -
Causes and Remedies
‘The total installed power
‘generation in nda reported
by IEEMA Is. around 375
GW as on 31.10.2020, Out
‘of which the iota insted
renewable energy capaciy
‘stood at@9 GW ofwhich lar
‘ontibuted 36 GWan38 GW.
‘The Government of nia has
fan very ambitious plan of
‘generating solar energy of
414 QW by 2022. So ot of
solar inverter transformers
land medium and large
power transformers are
‘added in the power system.
Itis roporte that quito a
‘signiteant numbers of those
transformers have problems
Intho systems due o various
teasors described in. the
following clauses.Causes for failure of transformers
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Improper understanding of
system operating conditions
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Use of Intertor grade of matertals.
id frequent short circuit in the
system
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