Numerical modelling of natural convection of oil inside distribution transformers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-505

  Gastelurrutia, Jon ^a   Ramos, Juan Carlos ^a   Larraona, Gorka S ^a   Rivas, Alejandro ^a   Izagirre, Josu ^b   Del Río, Luis ^b  

^a TECNUN UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Parque Empresarial Boroa   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFD; Distribution transformer; Natural convection; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CFD; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DIFFERENTIAL MODELS; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; MEAN VALUES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OIL FLOW; POWER-LOSSES; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL MODELLING; TURBULENCE MODELLING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; POWER TRANSFORMERS;

OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 78649449081     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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