2013 MICAFLUID Presentation

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Micafluid AG
Company Presentation
MICAFLUID / URBANOVA PRESENATION

LUANDA ANGOLA 2013
Andreas Gruber
Dipl. Ing. TS
CEO Micafluid AG
Insulating oil treatment

History of oil plants based on Micafil technology
1913
Micafil founded by Mr. Fritz Aebi (formerly with Brown Boveri, Micarta Div.)
1920
BBC becomes the main shareholder of Micafil
1921
Development of first oil filtering plant on the market
1928
Development of first oil conditioning plant on the market
1945
Improvement in exports for oil purification plants into world wide market
1978
Development of a new series of oil purification plants
1990
Construction of the first cable drying and impregnation plant with on-line degassing system
1994
ISO 9001 Certification (ABB Micafil)
1998
ISO 14001 Certification (ABB Micafil)
2000
First LFH drying plant (2nd generation) for drying of power transformers in the field in combination with hot oil spray
2002
Development of a new line of oil treatment plants (types Micafil VOT)
2003
Construction of the first automatic water and air contend measuring instrument
2006
MBO of the oil treatment and regeneration business of ABB Switzerland Ltd, Micafil, by MICAFLUID AG
2006
Development of new high performance oil treatment plants (types Micafluid VOP)
2006
Development of a new automatic oil flow control system (Micafluid OLC System)
2007
2008
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2011
2012
New PLC control system with highest safety technology

GSM and Intranet process control
New foam control system type MICAfoam
ISO 9001 Certificate (Micafluid AG)
High capacity oil purification VOP100-50 (500000lt/h)
Development of new regeneration unit type REOIL-5000 in corporation with Partner Ekofluid
Development of new ultra sound measuring unit TransCom X
Corporation with Elantas for treatment of new Becfluid oil (Natural Ester)
New test oil unit with glass degassing tank for testing of various oil types
MICAFLUID AG - 2 27-Nov-13
Member of CIGRE Group
History of oil plants made by Micafluid AG
1913
Micafil Company founded (100 years of knowledges)
2006
Micafluid starts production of VOP (MBA of ABB Micafil)
2009
2013
VOP units sold

Up to now 300 units have been sold worldwide
Micafluid Company Profile
Competence and Experience
Micafluid AG, Switzerland was found in 2005 and has taken over the oil treatment and regeneration business
from ABB Switzerland Micafil, the official signing date was on 28th Feb 2006.
Since 1st of March 2006 MICAFLUID Ltd has started its operation in the new location in Zurich, Schlieren.
Through the nearby situated airport and logistical centres, our worldwide presence is assured and our
procurement times can be kept at a minimum.
Furthermore, Micafluid is working together with the partner company Ekofluid Bratislava. In cooperation with
Ekofluid we are also able to offer regeneration units with automatic reactivation of Fullers Earth.
University connections and collaboration with research centres permit us to continuously expand fundamental
understandings.
To identify trends, technical data are collected from the past and presence. This allows Micafluid to offer
competent services for our products. Annual training programs for our staff increase the level of competence
and teamwork among our staff.
Company Products Overview
Vacuum purification system for the electrical industry
Oil treatment plant type VOP
Online treatment type VOP-online (treatment while transformer is energised)
Oil filtration unit type OFP
Vacuum systems VPS
Drying plants for electrical equipment and components
Hot oil spray units type HOS
Combination of hot oil spray and LFH drying systems
Treatment and regeneration plants for insulating (transformer) oil
Oil regeneration unit type CRP
Fully automatic reactivation of Fullers Earth plant REOIL
Online fuller earth unit REOIL-online (regeneration while transformer is energised)
Company Products Overview cont.
Fully automatic oil filling system
Oil treatment and filling system for instrument transformers
Oil filling system for condenser
Oil farm system
Purification of special oils
Treatment for cable oils (High viscose silicon oils with up to 5000ct)
Treatment and filtering of turbine and generator oils
Treatment for silicon oils (low viscose insulating oil)
Treatment and filtering for lubrication oils
Treatment and filtering of Ester oils (Natural and synthetic oil type; Midel, FR3, Becfluid)
Oil storage tanks
Manufacturing of stationary oil storage tanks
Supply of flexible oil storage tanks (Rubber tank)

Measuring units
Online water and air content measuring unit type VZ212A
Online tan delta measuring unit type VZ220-online
Tan delta measuring unit for Laboratory use type VZ220A
Level control device for automatic oil filling systems type OLC system
Oil foam sensor type MICAfoam
Online multispectral ultrasound measuring unit type TranSCoM X3

Corporate Mission
To be the first class supplier of oil treatment, filtering and regeneration units for transformer oil,
generator oil, turbine oil, silicon oil, lube oil and many others more
Leading partner for engineering and installation of vacuum processing and purification plants
Worldwide Market and Customers
ABB
Merlin Gerin
EDF
TBEA (China)
Ansaldo
Mitsubishi
ENEL
Togliatti
Alstom
RWE
Antritz Group
GECOL
Areva
Siemens T&D
BAODING Group
France Trafo
General Electric
Toshiba
SHENYANG Group
Tamini
Groupe Schneider
AXPO (NOK)
SEWA Dubai
Wilson Transformers Australia
Hitachi
VKW
SCECO KSA
MR Regensburg
XIAN Group
Hyundai Heavy Industries Temelin Power plant CZ
Efacec
Prolec Mexico
El Sewedy Egypt
PEEGT Syria
Pfiffner Brasil
and many others more
Key Figures (2011)
Revenues:
6.500000 CHF
Share Capital:
100000 CHF
Number of Employees:
19 (incl. part time)
Production Floor Space:
1200 m2
Export share:
> 95 %
R & D in % of Revenues:
approx. 5 %
Manufacturing
Outsourcing:
Vessel, pipes, steelworks, painting and packing
Subcontracting:
Special components, vacuum chambers, oil distribution systems;

vacuum pump system, oil filling system, LFH & HOS drying systems
Inhouse:
Electrical controls, wiring, assembly, repair works, full functional & factory
test acceptance test, training and commissioning, R&D, engineering & design

Performance today
Production per year: 30 - 40 units
Retrofit of old plants: 5 - 10 units per year

Location of Micafluid Oil Purification Systems
Bern
Basel
Kloten
Airport
Schlieren
Micafluid AG
Sdstrasse 1
8952 Schlieren
Zrich
www.micafluid.ch
Chur
What oil treatment means.
Anforderungen
Insulating oil
treatment
Nobody wants to face such a problem!!!

APS-Phoenix Arizona (5 Trafos burned)
How to explain oil treatment system?

Oil and insulating material
Skin / Kraftpapier
Blood / Oil

Quality of Insulating oil
Parameter for treatment of insulating oil
Time
Pressure
Temperatur

Quality of insulation oils
Equilibrium moisture in paper vs. active part of transformer
Example:
100 times more water in paper

(%) compare to the amount of
moisture in oil (ppm)
(e.g. 20ppm vs. 2%)

Qualitt vom Isolierl
Feuchtevergleich Isolationspapier / l
Beispiel
lvolumen:
50000kg
Insolationsgewicht: 5000kg
Feuchte im Papier:
3%
(1ppm = 0.05kg H2O im l)
3.0 % at 50C Feuchte im Papier
Resultat
25ppm = 1.25 kg H2O im l
3% = 150 kg H2O Papier
120 x mehr Feuchte im Papier
25ppm im l
Quality of insulating oils
Factors which mainly influence the quality of insulating oil
Changing of oil viscosity and temperature

Water and gas (air) contend
Transformer oil temperature

Oxidation products
Water contaminated cellulose particle
Acidification
Sediment and sludge
Solid contamination

Ageing of oil and insulating material
Main factors which influence the ageing process:
Temperatur
Oxygen
Acitity
Short chain type
Long chain type
Ageing process:
Sludge
End product

Treatment of insulating oil
Demands on oil treatment plants
Variable oil flow adjustable during process

Adjustable oil quality
Best treating values in one or several passes
Optimum oil filtration

No evaporation of light oil fractions (purification above oil vapour
pressure at actual treatment temperature)
On line measuring equipment for determination of specific

and total water extraction
Easy and safety handling

Demand on high performance oil treatment plant
Critical point of evaporation of oil fractions
Vapour pressure curve in function of

the oil temperature:
1. Shell Diala D
2. Shell Diala C
3. ESSO Univolt 64
Calculation for Shell Diala D

-Oil Temperature =
60C
-Vapour pressure =
0.1mbar!!!!

Technology
Normative references (International Standard IEC 60422)
(International Electrotechnical Commission)
Specification for unused insulating liquids
: IEC 60296
Electrical breakdown (AC)
: IEC 60156
Dielectric dissipation factor and resistivity of oil
: IEC 60247
Water content (Karl Fischer)
: IEC 60814
Acidity (Neutralisation factor)
: IEC 62021
Sediment and Sludge content
: IEC 61125
Oxidation stability
: IEC 61125
Inhibitor content (Anti-oxidant additives)
: IEC 60666
Gas in oil analysis
: IEC 60567
Particulates ( particle count)
: IEC 60970

Product range of VOPs
VOP03
100-300lt/h
VOP05
200- 500lt/h
VOP 10
300- 1000lt/h
VOP 30
1000- 3000lt/h
VOP 60
2000- 6000lt/h
VOP 90
3000- 9000lt/h
VOP120
4000-12000lt/h
VOP160
4000-16000lt/h
VOP200
8000-20000lt/h
VOP300
12000-30000lt/h
VOP100-50
up to 50000lt/h

Diagram
Main components:
1
3
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
45
170
110
Type VOP120
Inlet valve
Inlet coarse filter
Solenoid valve
Elect. heater
Degassing tank
Feeding pump
Fine filter
Non return valve
Outlet valve
Main Vacuum pump
Second vacuum pump
By pass line

Degassing system
Optimised vacuum
system
Automatic oil flow

control
Best degassing
No evaporation of
light oil fractions
Level control by photo

cell
No maintenance
No spare parts
Anti-froth control

Heating system
Electrical heating
elements in guard
tubes
Low specific heat

load by careful
heating up of oil
Heating regulated by
PID controller and
thyristor relays
(*PID = Proportional
Integral Differential)

Filtering system
Nominal filter
Absolute filter
Micafil absolute filter element:

Graded pore structure
Fibre spun bonded filter
Non hygroscope filter cartridges
Contaminated captured in outer
60 % of element
Long service life (4 million litre

by new oil)
Multi pass test ISO 4572

high stability
Micafil absolute
filter cartridges
Available mesh size 5 or / and 1

micron

44
45
170
20
10.1
10.2
180
R1013
H1916
Operational hours
Emergency
STOPP
10.3
10.4
54
23

Optional equipments
Vacuum connection
Second vacuum
pump
Flow counter
Oil hose with

quick coupling
Leak probe
Second fine filter

with connection
for fuller earth
plant (regeneration)

Optional equipments
Independent
feeding pump
6 point recorder
VZ 212A
Trailer with tarpaulin
Spare parts
Semi mobile
Trailer with alu housing

Transportation of VOP plant
Pictures of VOP
Pictures of VOP

Online treatment and regeneration in the field
Principal of Online Oil Treatment
Principal of Online Oil Regeneration

Conventional method
Reactivation method

Principal of an online treatment process
Oil heater
Degassing tank
Pre filter
Fine filter
Transformer
Control module

Drying processes in the field
Oil circulation / drying with energised transformer

A
Transformer oil outlet
Transformer oil inlet
Inlet valve VOP
Solenoid valve (VOP)
10 Heater
15 Degassing tank
20 Spindle pump
25 Fine filter
27 Evacuation valve
35 Outlet valve VOP
300
Oil level device
300.10 Oil level valve

300.20 Shut off valve outlet

310
Shut off valve inlet
305.21 Oil level probe

Principal of Oil Regeneration
Gases
Used oil
Inhibitor
Aged oil
Acidity
Regeneration
H2O
Clay
Clay (fullers earth)
Regenerated
oil
Gases
Clean oil

Online regeneration (Conventional)
+ regeneration of aged oil
+ manual process
+ removal of sludge and acidity
+ particles filtering
+ combination of regeneration and treatment
+ low investment cost
-saturated clay must be disposed

- environmental aspect
Conventional fuller method

Online regeneration (Automatic Reactivation)
+ continuous regeneration of aged oil
+ fully automatic process (reactivation of clay)
+ removal of sludge and acidity
+ particles filtering
+ variable oil flow
+ combination of regeneration and treatment
+ stationary or mobile installation
+ varies application (trafo, used motor, vegi oils)
- high investment cost for such a plant
Regeneration and re-adsorbtion

Pressure fuller method
(CRP)
Regeneration & Reactivation process

(MORP)
50000 kg of used oil needs 5000kg clay

Start NN no.
= 0.2
Stop NN no.
= 0.03
Change fuller earth =after ca.10-15 passes
Empty
Filling
Up to 300 Reactivation possible


Principal diagram of regeneration process
Regeneration & Reactivation process
Pressure fuller process

Treatment during Regeneration process
Degassing tank REOIL plant
A big advantage of the fully automatic regeneration process is, beside

others, the simultanious treatment process (Degassind and dewatering
after regeneration of the oil)
Online Regeneration process with optional supervision devices
Mimic diagram of fully auto regeneration process
Picture of REOIL plants

Measuring instruments for insulating oils
Online moisture and air content measuring unit, type VZ 212A

Short instruction:
Measuring of Gas absorption

pressure Ps (mbar)
Simultaneous determination of
water and total air content
Digital recorder and storage of

measuring results
Online data:
- Moisture content (ppm)
VZ 212A Cell
- Total gas content (Vol%)
- Inlet oil temp (C)
- Outlet oil temp (C)
- Operating pressure Ps (mbar)
Fully automatic operation

Maintenance free
No chemicals
Estimation of oil colour number

Messinstrumente fr Isolierle
Lab & Online Tan Delta measuring unit Type VZ 220A
Online Cell
Labor unit
Heating device for 90C measurment

Measuring instruments
Multispectral Ultrasound Online Transformer Oil Measuring

Device of Type TranSCoM X3
absolute water content in ppm, recalculated to the amount of water (mg H2O/kg oil) at 20C as
indicated in the standard IEC 60422
breakdown voltage (BDV) in kV, as indicated in the standard IEC 60422
dielectric dissipation factor (DDF) tan which is dimensionless
Quality Certificate

Summary of highlights
Large experience in manufacturing of standard and special plants

Many references worldwide
Very long life time of the plants
Permanently new developments
Modular assembly
Minimum maintenance work
Easy and safe operation

Minimal energy consumption
Film
COMPETENCE AND EXPERIENCE
Partner to the
electrical industry

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Insulating oil treatment

BBC becomes the main shareholder of Micafil

Development of first oil filtering plant on the market

Development of first oil conditioning plant on the market

Development of a new series of oil purification plants

ISO 9001 Certification (ABB Micafil)

ISO 14001 Certification (ABB Micafil)

Development of a new line of oil treatment plants (types Micafil VOT)

New PLC control system with highest safety technology

Member of CIGRE Group

Insulating oil treatment

History of oil plants made by Micafluid AG

Micafil Company founded (100 years of knowledges)

Micafluid starts production of VOP (MBA of ABB Micafil)

VOP units sold

Insulating oil treatment

Micafluid Company Profile

Competence and Experience

Member of CIGRE Group

Insulating oil treatment

Micafluid Company Profile

Company Products Overview

Vacuum purification system for the electrical industry

Oil treatment plant type VOP

Online treatment type VOP-online (treatment while transformer is energised)

Oil filtration unit type OFP

Vacuum systems VPS

Drying plants for electrical equipment and components

Hot oil spray units type HOS

Combination of hot oil spray and LFH drying systems

Treatment and regeneration plants for insulating (transformer) oil

Oil regeneration unit type CRP

Fully automatic reactivation of Fullers Earth plant REOIL

Online fuller earth unit REOIL-online (regeneration while transformer is energised)

Member of CIGRE Group

Insulating oil treatment

Micafluid Company Profile

Company Products Overview cont.

Fully automatic oil filling system

Oil treatment and filling system for instrument transformers

Oil filling system for condenser

Oil farm system

Purification of special oils

Treatment and filtering of turbine and generator oils

Treatment for silicon oils (low viscose insulating oil)

Treatment and filtering for lubrication oils

Oil storage tanks

Manufacturing of stationary oil storage tanks

Supply of flexible oil storage tanks (Rubber tank)

Member of CIGRE Group

Insulating oil treatment

Online water and air content measuring unit type VZ212A

Online tan delta measuring unit type VZ220-online

Tan delta measuring unit for Laboratory use type VZ220A

Oil foam sensor type MICAfoam

Online multispectral ultrasound measuring unit type TranSCoM X3

Member of CIGRE Group

Insulating oil treatment

Worldwide Market and Customers

Wilson Transformers Australia

Hyundai Heavy Industries Temelin Power plant CZ