Amorphous metal core material shows economic and environmental benefits when pre-existing transformers are to be replaced within Vattenfall Group's distribution network

IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, ISGT Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Eliasson, Anders ^a   Elvfing, Henrik ^b   Ramanan, V R ^c  

^a RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

^b Vattenfall Power Department   (Sweden)

^c ABB INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous metal core transformer; Distribution transformer; Environment; Total ownership cost TOC

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

AMORPHOUS METAL CORE TRANSFORMERS; AMORPHOUS TRANSFORMERS; CONVENTIONAL TRANSFORMER; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENT; OWNERSHIP COSTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 78650536867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISGTEUROPE.2010.5638963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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