TY - GEN
T1 - Using activated carbon from waste date-pits as an adsorbent for transformer oil regeneration
AU - Al-Zuhair, Sulaiman
AU - Noura, Hassan
AU - Fardoun, Abbas
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - High quality transformer oil is required to increase the reliability and the life time of the transformer. This oil carries information about the operating condition of the transformer. Therefore, the transformer oil properties should be monitored in order to give early warnings and maintain the transformers efficiency. When the oil quality is decreased, it should be either changed or regenerated. Transformer oil regeneration is carried out using adsorption on Activated Carbon (AC) produced from waste date-pits. After adsorption, drop in density, viscosity, neutralization index and metallic contents were observed, whereas adsorption resulted in an increase in interfacial area. The properties of the regenerated oil after adsorption was found to approach the acceptable standards, which clearly demonstrate the potential of using locally made AC from waste date-pits as an adsorption agent for transformer oil regeneration.
AB - High quality transformer oil is required to increase the reliability and the life time of the transformer. This oil carries information about the operating condition of the transformer. Therefore, the transformer oil properties should be monitored in order to give early warnings and maintain the transformers efficiency. When the oil quality is decreased, it should be either changed or regenerated. Transformer oil regeneration is carried out using adsorption on Activated Carbon (AC) produced from waste date-pits. After adsorption, drop in density, viscosity, neutralization index and metallic contents were observed, whereas adsorption resulted in an increase in interfacial area. The properties of the regenerated oil after adsorption was found to approach the acceptable standards, which clearly demonstrate the potential of using locally made AC from waste date-pits as an adsorption agent for transformer oil regeneration.
KW - Activated carbon
KW - Date-pits
KW - Regeneration
KW - Transformer oil
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U2 - 10.1109/wcst19361.2011.6114241
DO - 10.1109/wcst19361.2011.6114241
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84856190034
SN - 9780956426345
T3 - 2011 World Congress on Sustainable Technologies, WCST 2011
SP - 69
EP - 72
BT - 2011 World Congress on Sustainable Technologies, WCST 2011
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2011 World Congress on Sustainable Technologies, WCST 2011
Y2 - 7 November 2011 through 10 November 2011
ER -