Reduction of loss and local overheating in the tank of a current transformer

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2519-2525

  Kumbhar, Ganesh B ^a   Mahajan, Satish M ^a   Collett, Walter L ^b  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Current transformer (CT); eddy current loss; finite element method (FEM)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT TRANSFORMER; EDDY CURRENT-LOSS; HIGH-CURRENT; NONMAGNETICS; OVERLOAD CONDITION; PRODUCTION COST; TANK WALLS; TOTAL LOSS;

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOW CARBON STEEL; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; OIL TANKS;

STEEL TANKS;

EID: 77956987882     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2049131     Document Type: Article

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