Modelling of the mixed convection in the windings of a disc-type power transformer

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 417-437

  Mufuta, Jean Michel ^a   Van Den Bulck, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT LOSSES; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

DISC-TYPE POWER TRANSFORMERS;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 0033881680     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(99)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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