Advanced design methodology for single and dual voltage wound core power transformers based on a particular finite element model

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 76, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 729-741

  Tsili, Marina A ^a   Kladas, Antonios G ^a   Georgilakis, Pavlos S ^b   Souflaris, Athanasios T ^c   Paparigas, Dimitris G ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Elvim Plant   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dual voltage; Finite element method; Power transformers; Short circuit impedance; Transformer windings

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL TOOL; DUAL VOLTAGE; SHORT-CIRCUIT IMPEDANCE; WINDING COOLING DUCTS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 33646428640     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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