Eco-friendly Options.
Cooper Power Systems has a vast array of eco-friendly products which help
customers minimize pollution and the risks associated with environmental,
health, safety and compliance. We provide performance-enhancing alternatives
for dielectric media that are good for our customers and good for the earth. Our
Envirotemp insulating fluids are derived from sustainable ingredients including
biobased seed oils, performance enhancing additives, and synthetic esters,
which minimize toxic products and by-products while enhancing operational
performance.
Environmentally-friendly methods for improving system performance.
Envirotemp FR3 Fluid
Envirotemp FR3 fluid is formulated with biobased soybean oil.
Specially formulated with performance-enhancing additives, this
biobased, sustainable, renewable, recyclable insulating medium
is the first truly green dielectric fluid.
Envirotran transformers also provide a more favorable return
when total environmental life cycle cost analysis is used to
compare alternatives. Testing per ANSI/IEEE C57.100™ shows
that Envirotran transformers have a longer insulation system
thermal life than even conventional oil-filled transformers. Finally,
when the time arrives for decommissioning, virtually all the
materials in these transformers can be easily and economically
recycled or reclaimed.
Schools, parks, and ecologically sensitive locations are just
some of the applications that are benefiting from the positive
environmental characteristics of Envirotran transformers. The
Envirotran transformer has already won several awards for
environmental stewardship and product innovation.
SF6-Free Switchgear
Cooper Power Systems has been a leader in providing
environmentally friendly alternatives by offering biodegradable
Envirotemp liquid dielectric products for more than 25 years.
Envirotemp FR3 fluid is a vegetable oil-based dielectric
fluid used extensively in transformer applications globally.
Biodegradable Envirotemp 200 is a clear, low-viscosity fluid
with excellent thermal and dielectric properties across the
full temperature range for switchgear. Combined with a fire
point greater than 300 °C, Envirotemp 200 is ideally-suited for
switchgear applications.
Envirotemp 200 fluid is the environmentally preferred choice
for VFI switchgear because it eliminates the need for SF6 gas.
Identified as one of the most potent greenhouse gases by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, one pound
of SF6 gas has the same global warming impact as 11 tons
of CO2. Relatively low emissions of SF6 may have a large and
lasting impact.
Load and fault interruption in SF6 also produces toxic byproducts. With VFI switchgear, all interruption takes place
within sealed vacuum interrupters, independent of the dielectric
medium. This eliminates the added cost and complexity
of special safety regulations and protocols associated with
SF6 switching by-products. Cooper Power Systems’ VFI
underground distribution switchgear helps avoid potential
regulatory burdens and added life-cycle costs, and is the
responsible way to promote sustainable operations and a green
supply chain.
Cooper Power Systems
2300 Badger Drive
Waukesha, WI 53188
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www.cooperpower.com
B100-09089 • January 2010
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