Thermal-electromagnetic coupling in the finite-element simulation of power transformers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 999-1002

  Preis, Kurt ^a   Bíró, Oszkár ^a   Buchgraber, Gerhard ^b   Tičar, Igor ^c  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b VA TECH Elin Transformatoren   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic coupling; Finite element methods (FEM); Power transformer thermal factors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; POWER TRANSFORMER THERMAL FACTORS; TEMPERATURE RISE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 33645161007     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.871439     Document Type: Article

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