Transformers overheated in extreme heat, the electricity department came up with a unique formula to cool them down – Read

Due to the scorching heat and heat wave, there is devastation everywhere. Similarly, there is a lot of difficulty in running the electricity system smoothly. It has become very difficult to go out of the house after eight in the morning. Many incidents of fire in transformers installed in the power house or other places are being seen. In Ghazipur’s Dildarnagar Power House, the transformer is being cooled like a cooler.
Due to extreme heat and overloading, transformers are getting heated rapidly. To cool the transformers, the employees of the electricity department are risking their lives to cool these transformers. The electricity department has now found a unique way to cool the transformers of Dildarnagar power substation. Water coolers have been installed to cool the transformers. The temperature of the transformer should not go above 60 to 70 degrees. Therefore, water is being poured to reduce the temperature of the transformer.
Dildarnagar Electricity Sub-Centre Junior Engineer Tapas Kumar says that if the transformer is kept cool, the problem of faults is reduced. This is the reason why there are fewer faults in the cold season. Transformers are tripping due to increased load and heat. Coolers will help in keeping them cool. This is why coolers have been installed in front of the transformers.

I had to pour water for hours
A similar scene was seen in Maa Kamakhya and Bara sub-stations. The transformers installed here had to be shut down due to overheating. Then they had to be cooled by pouring water for hours. In this regard, JE Ram Pravesh Chauhan of Maa Kamakhya Dham sub-station said that due to extreme heat and overload, the 5 MV transformer of the sub-station overheated at 10.30 am, due to which the supply had to be stopped immediately. Our employees Shambhu Yadav, Pawan Singh, Yogendra Srivastava, Guddu Gupta, Birbal, Sandeep, Ajit and Dinesh cooled it by pouring water for hours. After everything became normal, the supply was started again at 12.15. The same situation was at Bara sub-station.