Distribution transformer life assessment with ambient temperature rise projections

Electric Power Components and Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1005-1013

  Sathyanarayana, Bharadwaj R ^a   Heydt, Gerald T ^a   Dyer, Michael L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALT RIVER PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

10 degree rule; Distribution engineering; Distribution transformer; IEEE C57.91; Loading test bed; Loss of life; Top oil temperature rise; Transformer thermal model

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION ENGINEERING; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; LOADING TESTS; LOSS OF LIFE; THERMAL MODEL; TOP OIL TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING; TEMPERATURE; TEST FACILITIES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 70449670926     PISSN: 15325008     EISSN: 15325016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325000902918875     Document Type: Article

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