Impact of the joint design parameters on transformer losses

International Journal of Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Olivares, J C ^a   Kulkarni, S V ^b   Canedo J ^c   Escarela, R ^d   Driesen, J ^e   Moreno, P ^c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c UNIDAD GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^e Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distribution transformer; Finite element method; Losses; Step lap joints; Wound core design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION;

DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; STEP LAP JOINT; TRANSFORMER LOSSES; WOUND CORE DESIGN;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 0142059824     PISSN: 10783466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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