Shell Diala Transformer Oils
Next generation wind power requires equally innovative lubricants designed to maximize wind turbine performance and increase uptime. Shell’s transformer oils are designed to help you increase efficiency and extend maintenance intervals.
Enhance your transformer operations without compromise
Improve the efficiency and sustainability of your transformer operations while reducing total cost of ownership with the Shell Diala range of transformer oils that protect your equipment and keep it running smoothly throughout its lifetime.
Shell Diala represents a range of high-performance transformer oils, including fluids based on gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology, that helps you to contribute to meeting the growing global demand for energy. Offering enhanced protection, longer oil life and greater system efficiency, they maximise equipment performance to overcome challenges like increased loads and higher voltages.
Shell Diala can also help you to demonstrate your sustainability credentials while meeting your regulatory responsibilities.
TRANSFORMER OILS
| Transformer oil | Application(s) | Description | Performance | Brochure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell Diala S4 ZX-I | Transformer | A premium inhibited electrical insulating oil that is GTL-based with zero sulphur content and offering extended oil life and system efficiency. | Extra performance Meets IEC 60296 - Higher oxidation stability and low sulphur content |
N/A |
| Shell Midel 7131 | Transformer | A biodegradable synthetic ester dialectric fluid with a high fire point, low pour point, and exceptional tolerance for high moisture. | Fire-safe fluid Biodegradable |
N/A |
Key Benefits¹
Enhanced Protection
Extend the operational lifetime of your transformers with a range of oils designed to keep your components in service for longer.
Longer oil life
Extend oil drain intervals to maximise the potential of your equipment and keep it running at peak productivity with longer oil life.
Exceptional performance
Provide excellent protection for your transformers under higher loads and across a wide range of operating temperatures.
Resistance to corrosion
Eliminate the risk of oil-related copper corrosion from sulphur build-up with transformer oils that are effectively sulphur free.
Consistent reliability
Avoid unplanned downtime to maintain the reliability and efficiency of your operations with the best possible protection for all applications
Operational Simplicity
Choose the right transformer oils with confidence, from a range of fluids designed to match your specific needs.
Shell Diala | Product Video | Shell Lubricant Solutions
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Title: Shell Diala | Product Video | Shell Lubricant Solutions
Duration: 1:44 minutes
Description:
This short video gives an in-depth description of the qualities and benefits of Shell Diala.
This video includes animations to illustrate how Shell Diala can offer protection across various applications.
The Shell Diala Product Video Transcript
[Background music plays]
Bright, uplifting music is played in the background.
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A yellow droplet descends from the top to the middle of the screen, transforming into a spinning roundel. This roundel includes animations of a solar panel, wind turbine, pylon and transformer. There are small animations of lubricants moving and arrows around the focal roundel.
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Modern transformers are smaller but operating higher voltages, meaning oils are under greater stress than ever before.
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A zoom into the robotic arm section of the roundel – the solar panel is glistening. Then in a clockwise motion the spinning wind turbine of the roundel appears. The roundel continues to spin, changing to the pylon and finally moves to the transformer section.
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Based on gas-to-liquid or GTL technology, the Shell Diala range meets modern demands thanks to it thermal properties and fluidity.
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It then zooms out to show the roundel in full – with each section of the roundel showing it's own animation. The roundel then disappears and four test tube illustrations appear with lubricant filling up in the tubes. There are bubbles of lubricant floating around the blue background.
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Shell Diala S4 has the capacity to withstand severe voltage transients, thanks to significantly higher lightening impulse breakdown voltage than inhibited oil.
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A zoom out appears then a grey transformer on green grass fills the screen. There are pylons in the background and small parts of lubricant are floating around the foreground.
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Its specific heat and thermal capacity values are typically higher than those of conventional transformer oils, meaning it can provide cooling benefits and enable higher loading or a reduced requirement for forced cooling.
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The grass leaves the frame and is replaced by a white background. The transformer is still the focal point and the transformer then fills up with yellow fluid. There are arrows circulating the transformer and two blue icons appear either side of the transformers. Once icon includes a snowflake and one icon has a kilogram weight – the icons then turn yellow.
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Shell Diala S5 BD is made for modern transformers. Low viscosity and low pourpoint provide excellent cold temperature performance, even in the most unforgiving, artic climates.
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The background returns to the grass background and bubbles of green, blue and yellow lubricant circle the transformer. The transformer then slides down the screen. There is a blue sky with 3 spinning wind turbines planted in a darker blue ocean. There is an animated dashed line that shoots off-screen. 3 bubbles appear one after the other next to the 3 wind turbines. The first appears on top of the middle turbine, the next appears on the right of the right turbine and the last appears on the left of the left turbine.
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From the cold to the coast, its readily biodegradable status also makes it suitable for environmentally sensitive locations.
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The scene then zooms past the 3 wind turbines, transporting to 3 onshore spinning wind turbines planted on green forest terrain with a blue sky. There are numerous green turbines spinning in the background. There is a grey transformer to the front of the scene.
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Though none of this comes at the cost of traditional performance.
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The scene then zooms past the 3 wind turbines, transporting to an onshore solar panel and transformer on brown desert terrain with a blue sky.
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Designed to deliver amid increasing electricity demands, excellent cooling and heat transfer properties enable superior system efficiency and robust resistance to oil aging or degradation, extending oil life so transformers can work harder for longer.
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The transformer then is placed onto a blue background with a pylon. A yellow roundel appears in the foreground with a dial from dark grey to red. The arrow in the middle spins from grey to red. The roundel then drops off screen leaving behind a city scape of the skyline.
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The Shell Diala range has been supplied to the power industry for more than 50 years and, thanks to Shell’s GTL technology, will continue to provide wide-ranging benefits for years to come.
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A roundel split into 4 sections appears on a white background. This roundel includes animations of a solar panel, a white spinning wind turbine, a pylon and a transformer. There are small animations of lubricants moving and arrows around the focal roundel.
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The dark grey animated container representing the Shell Diala product appears in the middle of the roundel. The product is zoomed into and becomes larger, resulting in the disappearance of the roundel. There are small animations of lubricants moving and arrows around the focal product.
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The Shell Diala product then shoots left off-screen, revealing the "Shell.com/Diala" text in red.
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Speak to one of our experts or visit Shell.com/Diala to find out more.
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Transformer oils and GTL technology
Oils based on gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology provide an effective choice of lubrication for use with electrical equipment – from distribution transformers to high-voltage, direct current transformers.
GTL transformer oils – such as Shell Diala S4 ZX-I, Shell Diala S4 ZX-IG and Shell Diala S5 BD – offer some clear improvements over conventional mineral-based products. As well as helping to enhance the protection of your transformer components, they can increase the efficiency of your equipment – including in low-temperature conditions.
Transformer oils based on GTL technology also provide you with consistent performance, helping you to increase the reliability of your equipment. Plus, they are simple to introduce to your lubrication systems due to their compatibility with most conventional transformer oils.
Disclaimers:
1All data shown is derived from tests in laboratories at Shell Lubricant Solutions or partners using accepted standard methods
*Shell Diala S4 ZX-I, Shell Diala S4 ZX-IG & Shell Diala S5 BD meet or exceed the specification of IEC60296 Ed5 (2020). For more product specific information, please visit www.epc.shell.com for more details.
