Experimental validation of the coupled fluid flow, heat transfer and electromagnetic numerical model of the medium-power dry-type electrical transformer

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1393-1410

  Smolka, Jacek ^a   Nowak, Andrzej J ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coupled problem; Dry type transformer; Local heat generation; Numerical model; Validation

Indexed keywords

AIR; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CURING; DRYING; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MAGNETISM; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REMOTE SENSING; STANDARDS; TESTING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOMETERS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANALYTICAL MODELLING; COUPLED PROCESSES; DIFFERENT TYPES; DRY TYPE TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRO MAGNETICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) MODELING; ELSEVIER (CO); EUROPEAN STANDARDS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; EXTERNAL TANK (ET); FLUID FLOW ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOWING; IN ORDER; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY (IT); LAMINATED CORES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SPECIFIC POWER (SP); TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 47549085947     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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