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The Buchholz relay is installed in an inclined position because of buoyancy. Slightly inclined so the gas bubbles will flow to the cover and then to the Buchholz relay and not stay in a pipe corner.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoIf you look carefully at a Buchholz Relay, it is not 'slightly inclined'. In fact, it is perpendicular. However, it is located in an inclined pipe between the transformer and the oil expansion tank above the transformer. The reason why the pipe is inclined is to allow any gas generated by a fault in the transformer to move upwards towards the expansion tank. This gas will then collect inside the relay, causing the warning float to move downward and trigger an alarm inside the substation.
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∙ 12y agoThe conservator tank is installed above the tank level. The gas bubble tries to move to the conservator tank, in between the buchholz relay the gas bubble gets holded in the buchholz relay (becoz of that 5 to 7 deg angle and also the oil pressure of conservator tank bcoz of angle inclination (if it is vertical, no pressure to conservator and buccholz relay) )and it presses the float in buchholz relay to downwards and it will activate the alarm trip for once if the gas develops at the time of fault.
suppose if the pipe is totally horizontal the gas try to accumulated at the top of the pipe (not in the buccholz relay) gas will go to conservator tank directly becoz (buccholz relay also horizontal if pipe is horizontal).so the purpose of buccholz relay fails.
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Balaji K,
APL,Ahmedabad
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