Summary
The transformer industry still relies on fragmented PDF-based processes leading to manual transcription, errors, and wasted engineering time. To overcome these inefficiencies, stakeholders should adopt a shared, machine-readable data structure, supported by XML/XSD schemas, enabling automated import/export and lifecycle interoperability and reliability in the exchanges. This approach ensures that critical information flows seamlessly between systems, validated and traceable.
Read more Read lessExperience from the aviation sector, which successfully implemented XML-based standards, shows that structured data exchange reduces lead times, improves quality, and enables advanced capabilities like predictive maintenance and digital twins.
This paper presents a pragmatic, industry-compatible approach to transformer data digitalisation, starting from the design review phase. It introduces an open-source data collection module based on XML/XSD schemas that enables structured, validated, and interoperable exchange of transformer design data, complemented by proprietary analysis modules. The initiative demonstrates how replacing PDF-based exchanges with machinereadable data can eliminate manual transcription, improve data quality, and enable consistent performance evaluation from design and Factory Acceptance Tests to operation.
Additional informations
| Publication type | Session Materials |
|---|---|
| Reference | A2_10149_2026 |
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| Publisher | CIGRE |
| Country | France |
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| File size | 782 KB |
| Price for non member | 30 € |
| Price for member | 30 € |
Authors
DESQUIENS Rémi - EDF; BORTOLOTTI Damien - EDF; FLET Stéphane - EDF; PAULHIAC Luc - EDF; LEFEVRE Anthony - EDF; ELLEAU Christophe - EDF
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