MEIDEN SINGAPORE PTE LTD

Co Reg: 197500868K

5 Jalan Pesawat Singapore 619363

CERT NO.: 95-2-0424

ISO 9001 : 2008
CERT NO.: 2010-0461
Report No. MSL-1910 ISO 14001 : 2004
CERT NO.: OHS-2013-0455
Date 31.Dec.2018 BS OHSAS 18001 : 2007

MEIDEN Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Dear Sir / Madam,

Site Investigation Report of 15MVA Transformer

For Taiyo Yuden Sarawak Sdn. Bhd.
1. Transformer References

Enduser : Taiyo Yuden Sarawak Sdn. Bhd.

Serial No : P171748-1
Capacity : 15MVA
Voltage Ratio : 33000 / 11000 V
Frequency : 50 Hz
Type : NORGL-AY
Manufacture Date : Sep.2018

2. Reported Issue

Meiden Malaysia Sdn Bhd site personnel found damages on radiator and HV cable box at
Kuching port on 14.Dec.2018.
Nittsu reported that they are damaged during unloading from vessel to Kuching port.
This transformer was moved to the end user site on 22.Dec.2018
Meiden Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Meiden Singapore Pte Ltd conducted the investigation on 27.Dec.2018.

3. Investigation on 27.Dec.2018

3-1. Visual Check

Meiden Singapore Pte Ltd conducted transformer visual check.

Overview of Transformer
 Damages on radiators panel and HV cable Box were found.

① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧
￥7

- Radiator

First fin

Radiator 1 Radiator 2 Radiator 3

Radiator 4 Radiator 5 Radiator 6

Radiator 7 Radiator 8
- HV Cable Box

Cover

HV Cable Box

Minor scratch Scratch Bend Dent

Radiator1 ✓ ✓ ✓
Radiator2 ✓
Radiator3
Radiator4 ✓
Radiator5 ✓
Radiator6 ✓ ✓ ✓
Radiator7 ✓
Radiator8 ✓ ✓
HV Cable Box ✓

Radiator
Scratches, bend and dent have been found as above table.
There was no oil leakage at all radiators.

HV Cable Box
Many scratches have been found on the HV cable box. Also there was scratch at top of Cable Box.
- Other Parts

Oil leak and visual check

Bottom of radiator HV bushing LV bushing

Top cover Terminal box HV pocket

LV pocket Top Cover

There was no oil leakage and no damage.

Gauge Value

N2 pressure maintain 0.017Mpa Winding temperature 28℃(left) Oil level (Main tank) 1.3
Oil temperature 27℃(right) Oil level (OLTC) 5.5
There was no abnormal status.
3-2. Electric Test

Meiden Singapore Pte Ltd conducted electric test on 27.Dec.2018.

(1) Insulation Resistance

Method: Measure with D.C 5000V Insulation Tester between each winding and ground.

Test Circuit:

Criteria: Measured value between windings and ground are not less than the value mentioned in graph below

変圧器の絶縁抵抗許容値
Insulation resistance criteria
1000
Insulation resistance (MΩ)

500 more than 66KV

400
300 more than 22kV
絶縁抵抗（MΩ ）

200 less than 66kV

100
less than 22KV
50

10
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
変圧器温度（℃）
Oil Temperature(℃)

Result: Good

Oil Temperature
28 ℃
Measured Terminal
HV － Earth 2.30 GΩ 以上
LV － Earth 1.51 GΩ 以上
HV － LV 2.77 GΩ 以上
 (2) Ratio Test

Method: Applying 3-phase voltage at HV, measure HV and LV voltage.

Test Circuit:

V1 V
v

～
V2
U W
u w

HV LV

Criteria: Error(%) should be within ±0.5%

Result: Good

HV LV measured Ratio Error(%) Current(mA)

Voltage Voltage Ratio

Tap U Phase V Phase W Phase U Phase V Phase W Phase U Phase V Phase W Phase
［V］ ［V］

1 36300 11000 3.3000 3.2980 3.2976 3.2976 -0.06 -0.07 -0.07 3.2 3.4 5.1
2 35888 11000 3.2625 3.2624 3.2624 3.2622 0.00 0.00 -0.01 3.2 3.3 5.0
3 35475 11000 3.2250 3.2230 3..2225 3.2225 -0.06 -0.08 -0.08 3.2 3.3 5.2
4 35063 11000 3.1875 3.1875 3.1873 3.1876 0.00 -0.01 0.00 3.3 3.3 5.0
5 34650 11000 3.1500 3.1479 3.1476 3.1477 -0.07 -0.08 -0.07 3.3 3.4 5.2
6 34238 11000 3.1125 3.1127 3.1125 3.1123 0.00 0.00 -0.01 3.3 3.4 5.3
7 33825 11000 3.0750 3.0730 3.0725 3.0725 -0.07 -0.08 -0.08 3.5 3.5 5.4
8 33413 11000 3.0375 3.0376 3.0374 3.0375 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.6 3.5 5.3
9 33000 11000 3.0000 2.9976 2.9976 2.9979 -0.08 -0.08 -0.07 3.5 3.7 5.5
10 32588 11000 2.9625 2.9626 2.9624 2.9626 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.7 3.6 5.5
11 32175 11000 2.9250 2.9226 2.9226 2.9229 -0.08 -0.08 -0.07 3.7 3.8 5.7
12 31763 11000 2.8875 2.8878 2.8876 2.8874 0.01 0.00 -0.01 3.8 3.9 5.8
13 31350 11000 2.8500 2.8478 2.8479 2.8479 -0.08 -0.07 -0.07 3.9 3.9 5.9
14 30938 11000 2.8125 2.8125 2.8126 2.8127 0.00 0.00 0.01 4.0 4.0 6.0
15 30525 11000 2.7750 2.7729 2.7729 2.7729 -0.08 -0.08 -0.08 4.0 4.1 6.2
16 30113 11000 2.7375 2.7379 2.7374 2.7376 0.01 -0.01 0.00 4.1 4.2 6.2
17 29700 11000 2.7000 2.6982 2.6977 2.6978 -0.07 -0.09 -0.08 4.2 4.3 6.5
(3) Winding Resistance

Method: Supplying DC Current between terminals of each winding, measure HV and LV voltage at line
terminals.

Test Circuit:

V
v

V1 V2
U W
u w

HV LV

Criteria : Error should be within ±5% (Compared to the value measured at factory)

Result: Good
Oil Temp ： 28 ℃
Tap Measured Resistance (Ω ） at 28℃ 75℃
Resistance Error(%)
HV U-V V-W W-U Average (Ω ）
1 0.3297 0.3297 0.3293 0.3296 0.3885 -0.14
2 0.3254 0.3257 0.3251 0.3254 0.3836 -0.13
3 0.3206 0.3205 0.3204 0.3205 0.3778 -0.18
4 0.3165 0.3165 0.3162 0.3164 0.3729 -0.20
5 0.3120 0.3122 0.3118 0.3120 0.3678 -0.03
6 0.3076 0.3076 0.3073 0.3075 0.3625 -0.22
7 0.3028 0.3027 0.3027 0.3027 0.3568 -0.23
8 0.2987 0.2987 0.2984 0.2986 0.3520 -0.22
9 0.2939 0.2938 0.2936 0.2938 0.3463 -0.24
10 0.2898 0.2899 0.2896 0.2898 0.3416 -0.19
11 0.2851 0.2851 0.2849 0.2850 0.3360 -0.16
12 0.2809 0.2808 0.2808 0.2808 0.3310 -0.22
13 0.2762 0.2762 0.2760 0.2761 0.3255 -0.18
14 0.2721 0.2720 0.2719 0.2720 0.3206 -0.26
15 0.2672 0.2671 0.2670 0.2671 0.3148 -0.27
16 0.2631 0.2630 0.2628 0.2630 0.3100 -0.29
17 0.2583 0.2582 0.2580 0.2582 0.3043 -0.34
LV u-v v-w w-u Average - -
－ 0.026290 0.026260 0.026300 0.026283 0.030980 -0.55
(4) Short Circuit Impedance

Method: Applying 3-phase voltage at HV, while LV short-circuited and measure impedance at low voltage

Test Circuit:

Criteria : Error should be within ±3% (Compared to the value measured at factory)

Result: Good

Measured Voltage (V) Measured Current (A) Impedance Error

TAP U-V V-W W-U Average U V W Average (%) (%)

1 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 23.4 23.8 23.9 23.7 11.77 1.35
2 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 24.1 24.2 24.5 24.3 11.72 1.84
3 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 24.9 25.1 25.3 25.1 11.61 1.58
4 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 25.6 25.8 25.9 25.8 11.58 1.84
5 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 26.6 26.7 26.8 26.7 11.45 1.48
6 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 27.3 27.5 27.6 27.5 11.40 1.49
7 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 28.1 28.4 28.5 28.3 11.32 1.69
8 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 29.1 29.2 29.4 29.2 11.23 1.54
9 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 29.9 30.3 30.2 30.1 11.16 1.79
10 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 30.8 30.8 31.1 30.9 11.19 2.35
11 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 31.8 32.1 32.1 32.0 11.07 2.24
12 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 32.7 33 33.1 32.9 11.06 2.46
13 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 33.8 34.2 34.1 34.0 10.96 2.61
14 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 34.9 35.2 35.2 35.1 10.92 2.60
15 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 36.2 36.4 36.4 36.3 10.85 2.69
16 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 37.1 37.5 37.5 37.4 10.84 2.28
17 422.5 425.5 422.8 423.6 38.5 38.9 38.7 38.7 10.76 2.49
4. Conclusion

As a result, Meiden Singapore Pte Ltd confirmed that only radiator and HV cable box were damaged, and
judged that there is no damage or effect on the inside of transformer. As below table, Radiator 1, 5, 6, 8 and
HV cable box need to be replaced immediately.

Minor scratch Scratch Bend Dent Replace

Radiator1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Radiator2 ✓
Radiator3
Radiator4 ✓
Radiator5 ✓ ✓
Radiator6 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Radiator7 ✓
Radiator8 ✓ ✓ ✓
HV Cable Box ✓ ✓

Considering the quality control, rectification work is recommended to be done at Meiden Singapore Pte Ltd
factory, but judging from the investigation result, the rectification work can be done at end user site as well.

Yours faithfully,

Mitsunori Osada
Transformer Division, Manager
MEIDEN SINGAPORE PTE. LTD