GB/T 46134-2025Natural esters - Guidelines for maintenance and use in electrical equipment (English PDF)
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Issued by
State Administration for Market Regulation, National Standardization Administration
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
August 29, 2025
Implementation date
March 1, 2026
Scope
GB/T 46134-2025 (Natural esters - Guidelines for maintenance and use in electrical equipment) is available as an English-translated PDF.
GB/T 46134-2025 — This document specifies principles for the maintenance and use of natural ester insulating fluids in electrical equipment. This document applies to natural ester insulating oils used in oil-filled electrical equipment such as power transformers and reactors.
This document does not apply to oil-filled electrical equipment refilled with natural esters.
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Document preview — GB/T 46134-2025
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 29.040.10
- Classification
- K 15
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation, National Standardization Administration
Contents
- Preface
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and Definitions
- 4 Classification of electrical equipment
- 5 Classification of natural ester inspection items in transformers (reactors)
- 6 Inspection before commissioning of new equipment after injection of natural ester
- 7 Inspection of natural esters in operation
- 7.1 General Principles
- 7.2 Detection cycle
- 7.3 Test procedure
- 7.4 Quality classification of natural esters in operation
- 8 General requirements for treatment measures
- 9 Test methods and results analysis
- 9.1 Situation Notes
- 9.2 Color and Appearance
- 9.3 Breakdown Voltage
- 9.4 Kinematic viscosity
- 9.5 Acid value
- 9.6 Dielectric loss factor and volume resistivity
- 9.7 Dissolved Gases in Oil
- 9.8 Flash point and fire point
- 9.9 Interfacial tension
- 9.10 Density
- 9.11 Pour point
- 9.12 Additives
- 9.13 Granularity
- 9.14 Compatibility and Miscibility of Natural Esters
- 9.15 Oxidation stability
- 9.16 Polymerization
- 10 Sampling of natural esters in equipment
- 11 Storage and transportation of natural esters
- 11.1 General Principles
- 11.2 Oil Inventory Management
- 11.3 Oil transportation
- 11.4 On-site oil storage
- Appendix A (Informative) Water and Natural Esters
- A.1 General Principles
- A.2 Water content
- A.3 Moisture balance between liquid and solid insulation
- Appendix B (Informative) Replacement and Treatment of Natural Ester Insulating Fluids in Transformers
- B.1 Filling transformers with natural esters
- B.2 Treatment and recycling
- Appendix C (Informative) Use of Natural Esters in On-Load Tap Changers (OLTCs)
- Reference
Foreword
This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for standardization work Part 1: Structure and drafting rules for standardization documents" Drafting.
This document is modified to adopt IEC 62975:2021 "Guidelines for the maintenance and use of natural esters in electrical equipment".
This document has the following structural adjustments compared to IEC 62975:2021.
--- Terms 3.1 to 3.3 correspond to terms 3.2 to 3.4 of IEC 62975:2021;
--- Added Chapter 11 "Storage and Transportation of Natural Esters".
The technical differences between this document and IEC 62975:2021 and their reasons are as follows.
--- Changed the scope (see Chapter 1) to meet the needs of technical content;
--- Changed some terms and their definitions (see 3.2 and 3.3), added the term "natural ester insulating oil" and its definition (see 3.4), deleted the term "3.1 Local regulations" and its definition of IEC 62975:2021 are modified to adapt to my country's technical conditions and improve operability.
Sexuality;
--- The normative reference GB/T 6540 replaces ASTM D1500 (see Table 2, 9.2) to adapt to my country's technical conditions, and adds operability;
--- The normative reference GB/T 507 replaces IEC 60156 (see Table 2, 9.3) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase operability.
Sexuality;
--- IEC 60814 (see Table 2) has been replaced by the normative reference NB/T 42140 to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase operability.
Sexuality;
--- The normative reference GB/T 30515 replaces ISO 3104 (see Table 2, 9.4) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase the operability;
--- The normative reference GB/T 41633.3 replaces IEC 62021-3 (see Table 2, 9.5) to adapt to my country's technical conditions, and adds Increase operability;
--- The normative reference GB/T 5654 replaces IEC 60247 (see Table 2, 9.6) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase the operability;
--- The normative reference GB/T 17623 replaces IEC 60567 (see Table 2, 9.7) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase the operability;
--- ISO 2592 (see Table 2, 9.8) has been replaced with the normative reference GB/T 3536 to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase operability.
Sexuality;
--- The normative reference GB/T 6541 replaces IEC 62961 (see Table 2, 9.9) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase the operability;
--- Replaced ISO 12185 with the normative reference SH/T 0604, and replaced ISO 3675 with the normative reference GB/T 1884 (See Table 2, 9.10) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase operability;
--- The normative reference GB/T 3535 replaces ISO 3016 (see Table 2, 9.11) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase the operability;
--- IEC 60666 (see Table 2, 9.12) was replaced with the normative reference NB/SH/T 0802 to adapt to my country's technical conditions, and Increase operability;
--- Replaced IEC 60970 (see Table 2, 9.13) with the normative reference GB/T 44378 to adapt to my country's technical conditions, and added operability;
--- The normative reference GB/T 14542 replaces ASTM D7752 (see Table 2) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase operability;
--- ASTM D3455 (see Table 2) has been replaced by the normative reference IEC 63177 to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase operability.
Sexuality;
--- Changed the contents of "Recommended Measures", "Remarks" and footnote b in Table 5 (see Table 5) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and add operable Sexuality;
--- Replaced IEC 62770 with the normative reference NB/T 10199, replaced IEC 62770 with the normative reference NB/SH/T 0811 IEC 61125 (see 9.15) to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase operability;
--- Deleted the normative references to IEC 60422:2013, ISO 2049, ISO 21018-3, ASTM D92, ASTM D6922, ASTMD7042, ASTMD7155, and ASTMD7647 to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase operability;
--- Changed the content of "Sampling of natural esters in equipment" and replaced IEC 60475 with the normative reference GB/T 41146 (see Section 10 Chapter), in order to adapt to my country's technical conditions and increase operability;
--- Added storage and transportation requirements for natural esters and added normative references to DL/T 1811 (see Chapter 11) to adapt to my country's Technical conditions, increase operability.
The following editorial changes have been made to this document.
--- Change the chapter title to "Classification of inspection items for natural esters in transformers (reactors)" (see Chapter 5);
--- Change the chapter title to "Inspection of natural esters before commissioning of new equipment" and replace IEC with the informative reference DL/T 1811 62770 (see Chapter 6);
--- IEC 61619 is replaced by the informative reference SH/T 0803 (see footnote d in Table 3);
--- Change the chapter title to "Testing of natural esters in operation" (see Chapter 7);
--- Change the title of Table 4 to "Recommended inspection cycle of natural ester for transformers (reactors) in operation" (see Table 4);
--- Change the title of the article to "Explanation of the Situation" (see 9.1);
--- Change the title of the article to "Kinematic viscosity" (see 9.4);
--- IEC 60567 is replaced by DL/T 2217, and IEC 60599 is replaced by DL/T 722.
(see 9.7);
--- Replace ISO 4406 with the informative reference GB/T 14039 (see 9.13);
--- Replaced ASTM D 3455 with the informative reference DL/T 1836 (see 9.14).
1 Scope
This document specifies principles for the maintenance and use of natural ester insulating fluids in electrical equipment.
This document applies to natural ester insulating oils used in oil-filled electrical equipment such as power transformers and reactors.
This document does not apply to oil-filled electrical equipment refilled with natural esters.
2 Normative references
The contents of the following documents constitute the essential clauses of this document through normative references in this document.
For referenced documents without a date, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for referenced documents without a date, the latest version (including all amendments) applies to this document.
GB/T 507 Determination of the breakdown voltage of insulating oils (GB/T 507-2002, IEC 60156:1995, MOD) GB/T 1884 Crude oil and liquid petroleum products - Laboratory determination of density (density meter method) (GB/T 1884-2000, ISO 3675.
1998, MOD)
GB/T 3535 Determination of pour point of petroleum products (GB/T 3535-2006, ISO 3016:1994, MOD) GB/T 3536 Petroleum products—Determination of flash point and fire point—Cleveland open cup method (GB/T 3536-2008, ISO 2592.
2000, MOD)
GB/T 5654 Measurement of relative permittivity, dielectric loss factor and DC resistivity of liquid insulating materials (GB/T 5654-2007,IEC 60247:2004,IDT) GB/T 6540 Determination of color of petroleum products (GB/T 6540-1986, eqvASTM D1500-1982) GB/T 6541 Petroleum products—Determination of interfacial tension of oil against water (ring method) (GB/T 6541-1986, eqv ISO 6295:1983) GB/T 14542 Guidelines for the maintenance and management of transformer oil GB/T 17623 Gas chromatography method for determination of dissolved gas components in insulating oil GB/T 30515 Transparent and opaque liquid petroleum products - Determination of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity (GB/T 30515-2014, ISO 3104:1994, MOD) GB/T 41146 Sampling Method for Insulating Liquids (GB/T 41146-2021, IEC 60475:2011, IDT) GB/T 41633.3 Determination of acid value of insulating liquids Part 3: Test method for non-mineral insulating oils (GB/T 41633.3-2022,IEC 62021-3:2014,IDT) GB/T 44378 Methods for counting and sizing particles of insulating liquids (GB/T 44378-2024, IEC 60970:2007, MOD) DL/T 1811 Guidelines for the selection of natural ester insulating oils for power transformers NB/SH/T 0802 Determination of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol in insulating oil by infrared spectrometry (NB/SH/T 0802-2019, IEC 60666:2010, MOD) NB/SH/T 0811 Determination of oxidation stability of insulating oils (NB/SH/T 0811-2023, IEC 61125:2018, MOD) NB/T 10199 Unused natural esters for electrical fluid transformers and similar electrical equipment (NB/T 10199-2019, IEC 62770:2013, MOD) NB/T 42140 Insulating liquids - Oil-impregnated paper and oil-impregnated cardboard - Determination of water content by Karl Fischer automatic coulometric titration
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Referenced standards
Normative references
- GB/T 3535Determination of pour point for petroleum products
- GB/T 3535-2006Determination of pour point for petroleum products
- GB/T 3536Petroleum products -- Determination of flash and fire points -- Cleveland open cup method
- GB/T 3536-2008Petroleum products -- Determination of flash and fire points -- Cleveland open cup method
- GB/T 5654Insulating liquids - Measurement of relative permittivity, dielectric dissipation factor and d.c. resistivity
- GB/T 5654-2007Insulating liquids - Measurement of relative permittivity, dielectric dissipation factor and d.c. resistivity
GB/T 507 · GB/T 507-2002 · IEC 60156 · GB/T 1884 · GB/T 1884-2000 · ISO 3675 · ISO 3016 · ISO 2592 · IEC 60247 · GB/T 6541 · GB/T 6541-1986 · ISO 6295 · ISO 3104 · IEC 60475 · IEC 62021 · IEC 60970 · IEC 60666 · IEC 61125 · IEC 62770
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