A critical review of plant-based insulating fluids for transformer: 30-year development

Z Shen, F Wang, Z Wang, J Li - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a non-renewable resource, mineral oil has been re-evaluated for its value and suitability
as the coolant and insulator in transformers because of its environmental unfriendliness, fire …

A review on transformer condition monitoring with critical investigation of mineral oil and alternate dielectric fluids

R Soni, B Mehta - Electric Power Systems Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Transformers are very critical elements of modern power system network and have evolved
in many ways over its long history. Transformers are most significant apparatus in …

Sustainable, renewable and environmental-friendly insulation systems for high voltages applications

M Rafiq, M Shafique, A Azam, M Ateeq, IA Khan… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the inception of high voltage (HV), requisites on the insulating permanence of HV
equipment is becoming increasingly crucial. Mineral/synthetic oil liquid insulation—together …

Methods for improving the workability of natural ester insulating oils in power transformer applications: A review

S Ab Ghani, NA Muhamad, ZA Noorden… - Electric Power Systems …, 2018 - Elsevier
Even though natural insulating oils (NEI) oils are environmentally friendly, these oils have
not gained widespread use in high-voltage oil-immersed power transformers because of …

Natural esters for green transformers: challenges and keys for improved serviceability

SO Oparanti, UM Rao, I Fofana - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The service of mineral insulating oils for power transformer insulation and cooling aspects
cannot be disavowed. However, the continued use of mineral oils is questionable due to …

Nanofluid from palm kernel oil for high voltage insulation

SO Oparanti, AA Khaleed, AA Abdelmalik - Materials Chemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A clean alternative insulating oil has been the quest of researches over the years due to non-
degradability of mineral oil and safety issues. With the application of nanoscience and …

[HTML][HTML] A state-of-the-art review on green nanofluids for transformer insulation

SO Oparanti, I Fofana, R Jafari, R Zarrougui - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
The utilization of nanotechnology to enhance the properties of liquids has been underway
for several decades. The systematic incorporation of nanoparticles into the base liquids has …

Feasibility study of waste vegetable oil as an alternative cooling medium in transformers

L Raeisian, H Niazmand… - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Vegetable oils due to their unique properties of availability and biodegradability can be
considered as a reliable substitute for petroleum-based oils in transformer cooling system …

[HTML][HTML] Application of efficient soft computing approaches for modeling methyl ester yield from Azadirachta Indica (Neem) seed oil: A comparative study of RSM, ANN …

CM Agu, KA Ani, ON Ani, PC Nnaji… - Green Technologies and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work centers on methyl ester yield modeling; by Azadirachta Indica seed oil (AISO)
transesterification, using Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), Artificial Neural …

AC breakdown analysis of synthesized nanofluids for oil-filled transformer insulation

SO Oparanti, AA Khaleed, AA Abdelmalik - The International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
This work presents the effect of nanoparticles (Al2O3 and TiO2) on methyl ester synthesized
from palm kernel oil for oil-filled power equipment. It investigates the loss tangent, AC …