Original scientific paper

Transformer lifecycle: Power transformer asset management

Jos Wetzer ; DNV GL Energy

Abstract

In 2014, the ISO 55000 standard on asset management was issued, providing an internationally recognized framework for asset management that utilities can adopt to enhance the asset performance while controlling the risks at acceptable costs. This standard is, deliberately, made applicable to different kinds of organizations and assets, hence it does not elaborate on the management of specific assets in specific organizations. As a result, it is the utility’s responsibility to translate this framework into technical asset management processes along the lifecycle of assets. This was recognized in the 2015 IEC White Paper on Strategic asset management of power networks, which has eventually resulted in the formation of a new IEC Technical Committee (TC 123) dealing with the management of network assets in power systems. In this contribution, I will focus on power transformers and discuss the difference between asset management and managing assets. Further, I will explore options of introducing something like power transformer asset management, which, on the one hand, needs to be in compliance with ISO 55000, but on the other, needs to provide more detailed guidance to asset managers and operators.

Keywords

asset management; ISO 55000; lifecycle

Hrčak ID:

207406

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/207406

Publication date:

6.7.2018.

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