THAILAND — TATA Steel is adopting power transformer health monitoring software from Hitachi ABB Power Grids at its Thailand manufacturing sites.

The steel manufacturing company is adopting intelligent devices and asset health management software from Hitachi ABB Power Grids in three of its manufacturing facilities.

The application of the software is expected to result in a 60% drop in downtime, 35% longer life expectancy, as well as reduced maintenance costs and time.

“Power transformers are crucial for enabling the steel-making process. It is very important for us to understand the condition of the  transformer fleet to minimize the loss of revenue prolonging the time-between-failure and avoiding long time-to-repair,” said Dr Aree Wangsupphaphol, Department Manager – Maintenance Expert Group, Tata Steel Thailand.

The digitalized transformers will be equipped with data analysis technology and sensors. These sensors include digital devices for tracking the level of dissolved gases and moisture levels in transformer oil.

Intelligence and data collected from the above will be collected and further analyzed with the help of Hitachi ABB Power Grids asset performance-management software.

The software installation will begin at Tata Steel Thailand in February 2021.

Source: Hitachi ABB Power Grids