List of principal CIGRE reports and

papers relating to transformers

REPORTS FROM STUDY COMMITTEE 12 (TRANSFORMERS)

WORKING GROUPS
1. WG 12.02 HVDC transformers
‘Voltage tests on transformers and smoothing reactors for HVDC
transmission’.

Electra No. 46, May 1976, pp. 19 38.

2. WG 12.03 Partial discharge testing

‘Volt time relationships for PD inception in oil paper insulation’.
Electra No. 67, December, 1979, pp. 17 28.

3. WG 12.05 Reliability survey

‘An international survey on failure in large power transformers in
service’. Electra No. 88, January 1983, pp. 21 48.

4. WG 12.06 Large transformers

‘Final report of WG 06 of Study Committee 12 (Transformers)’.
Electra No. 82, May 1982, pp. 31 46.

5. WG 12.07 Part-winding resonance

‘Resonance behaviour of high-voltage transformers’.
CIGRE Report 12 14, 1984.

6. WG 12.09 Thermal problems in transformers

6.1 ‘Recent developments by CEGB to improve the prediction and
monitoring of transformer performance’, Burton, P. J.,
 Graham, J., Hall, A. C., Laver, J. A. and Oliver, A. J., September
1984.
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6.2 ‘Heat run test procedure for power transformers’.

6.3 ‘Direct measurement of hot spot temperature on
transformers’.
6.4 ‘A survey of facts and opinions on the maximum safe
operating temperature of power transformers under
emergency conditions’. Electra No. 129, March 1990, pp. 37
64 (see also items 13 and 16).
6.5 ‘Estimation of the remaining service life of power
transformers and their insulation’.
Electra No. 133, December 1990, pp. 652 72.
6.6 ‘Lifetime evaluation of transformers’.
Electra No. 150, October 1993, pp. 38 51.
6.7 ‘Dissolved gas analysis during heat-run tests on power
transformers’.
6.8 ‘Analytical determination of transformer windings hot-spot
factor’.
6.9 ‘Experimental determination of power transformers hot-spot
factor’.
6.10 ‘Survey of power transformer overload practices’. Electra No.
168, August 1995, pp. 21 52.

7. JWG 12/14.10 HVDC converter transformers

7.1 ‘HVDC converter transformers a review of specification
content’. Electra No. 141, April 1992, pp. 34 50.
7.2 ‘In-service performance of HVDC converter transformers and
oil cooled smoothing reactors’.
Electra No. 155, August 1994, pp. 7 32.
7.3 ‘Therelationshipbetweentestandservicestressesasafunctionofr
esistivity ratio for HVDC converter transformers and
smoothing reactors’. Electra No. 157, December 1994, pp. 33
60.
 7.4 ‘HVDC converter transformer noise considerations’. Electra
No. 167, August 1996, pp. 39 48.
7.5 ‘Considerations of impedances and tolerances for HVDC
converter transformers’.
Electra No. 167, August 1996, pp. 49 58.

8. WG 12.11 Fast transients in transformers

‘Distribution of very fast transient overvoltages in transformer
windings’. CIGRE Report 12-204, 1992.

9. WG 12.12 Noise measurements for transformers

9.1 IEC TC 14 (Secretariat) 190
Appendix B to IEC 551: Measurement of sound power level
using sound intensity.
9.2 IEC TC 14 (Secretariat) 194
Appendix C to IEC 551: Determination of current sound level.
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9.3 ‘Transformer noise: determination of sound power level using

the sound intensity measurement method’.
Electra No. 144, October 1992, pp. 78 95.
10. JWG 12/15.13 Static electrification
‘Static electrification in power transformers’.

CIGRE Report 15/12.03, 1992 (see also item 13.4).

OTHER ELECTRA PUBLICATIONS

11. ‘Problems related to cores of transformers and reactors’, H.
Kan.Electra No. 94, May 1984, pp. 15 33.
12. ‘Experience of the new dielectric tests (IEC publication 76-3) for
powertransformers with highest voltage for equipment greater
than or equal to 245 kV’, W. D. Lampe.
Electra No. 108, October 1986, pp. 104 117.
13. Joint Colloquium of Study Committees 12 and 15 on ‘Current
problemsin insulating systems including assessment of ageing and
degradation’, 1989 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
13.1 ‘Dissolved gas analysiscurrent problems of a mature
technique’,
C. Sobrel Vieira.
 13.2 ‘Dissolved gas analysisnew challenges and
applications’,
M. Duval.
13.3 ‘HLPC contribution to transformer during service and heat run
tests’,
M. Carballiera.
13.4 ‘Progress in the control of static electrification in
transformers’,
S. R. Lindgren.
13.5 ‘Factors which affect the electric strength and endurance of
polymeric materials’, J. H. Mason.
13.6 ‘Estimation of the remaining service life of power transformers
and their insulation’, L. Pettersson.
Electra No. 133, December 1990, pp. 32 72.
14. ‘Effects of geomagnetically induced currents in power
transformers’,J. Aubin.
Electra No. 141, April 1992, pp. 24 33.
15. ‘Use of ZnO varistors in transformers’, R. Baehr.
Electra No. 143, August 1992, pp. 32 37.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS CIRCULATED WITHIN STUDY

COMMITTEE
16. ‘Summary of contributions from colloquium on thermal aspects of
transformers at Rio de Janeiro, October 1989’, J. Aubin.

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