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ETV VERTIFICATION REPORT AND VERIFICATION STATEMENT: COOPER POWER SYSTEMS ENVIROTEMP® FR3™ VEGETABLE OIL-BASED INSULATING DIELECTRIC FLUID
Citation:
Cal/EPA, Dept. of Toxic Substances Control. ETV VERTIFICATION REPORT AND VERIFICATION STATEMENT: COOPER POWER SYSTEMS ENVIROTEMP® FR3™ VEGETABLE OIL-BASED INSULATING DIELECTRIC FLUID. 600/R-02/042, 2002.
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EPA's ETV Program, through the NRMRL has partnered with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) under an ETV Pilot Project to verify pollution prevention, recycling, and waste treatment technologies. This report and statement provides documentation of performance results for the Cooper Power Systems Envirotemp® FR3™ Vegetable Oil-based insulating the Dielectric Fluid. Cooper Power Systems (Cooper) has developed a vegetable oil-based dielectric fluid comprised of >98.5% vegetable oil and <1.5% additives. Envirotemp® FR3™ fluid is used in liquid-filled electrical apparatus such as transformers to act as an electrical insulating medium. Envirotemp® FR3™ fluid is currently used in pole, padmount, network, and small and medium power transformers with a voltage rating of <35 kV and a maximum rating of 10 MVA. Cooper is preparing to retrofill two kV transformers, one 35 MVA and one 50 MVA, for a midwestern facility. Other electrical apparatus include loadbreak switches, cables, electromagnets, klystron modulators, power supplies, and bushings. To date, approximately 475 transformers currently use Envirotemp® FR3™ fluid.