0076-5 © IEC:2000 -4- Annex A (informative) Guidance for the identification of a similar transformer Transformers similar to a reference transformer can be Identified by comparison using the following non-exclusive list of critical features: = same type of operation, for example generator step-up unit, distribution, interconnection transformer as the reference unit; same conceptual design, for example dry-type, ollmmersed type, core type with concentric windings, sandwich type, shell type, circular colis, non-circular coils as the reference unit; same arrangement of main windings and geometrical sequence as the reference unit; same type of winding conductors, for example, aluminium, aluminium alloy, annealed or hardened copper, metal foil, wire, flat conductor, continuously transposed conductors and epoxy bonding, if used, as the reference unit; ‘same type of main windings for example, helical, disc, layer, pancake, as the reference unit; = absorbed power at short-clroult (rated power/per unit short-circuit impedance) between 30 % and 130 % of that of the reference unit; ‘axial forces and relative winding stresses (ratio of actual stress to critical stress) at short- clroult not exceeding 110 % of those in the reference unit; = same manufacturing processes as the reference unit; ‘same clamping and supporting arrangement.