Temperature distribution in ONAN power transformer windings with finite element method

European Transactions on Electrical Power

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 718-730

  Taghikhani, M A ^a   Gholami, A ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Finite element; Power transformer; Temperature distribution; Thermal equation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL POWER NETWORKS; FINITE ELEMENT; HOTSPOT TEMPERATURE; INSULATION DEGRADATION; LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS; LIMITING FACTORS; NEARLY INCOMPRESSIBLE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; THERMAL EQUATION; THERMAL IMPACTS;

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER INSULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; WINDING;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 68649091488     PISSN: 1430144X     EISSN: 15463109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etep.251     Document Type: Article

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