Selection of equipment for repair work at transformer substations using optimization methods

Over the past decade, interest in computer methods for optimizing the selection of equipment for the repair of transformers and transformer substations has revived and increased. The main reason is that most transformers are approaching the expected end of their service life, and there is an increasing need for better methods to determine whether transformers are suitable for use or need repair, and what modern tools and devices can be used in the process of this repair. The article analyzes the main criteria for selecting equipment for transformer substations and ways to optimize this choice.