Modeling power transformer field drying processes

Drying Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 896-909

  García, Diego F ^a,b   García, Belén ^a   Burgos, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Drying time; Field drying; Hot oil drying; Low frequency heating; Power transformer; Transformer insulation; Vacuum drying

Indexed keywords

DRYING TIME; FIELD DRYING; HOT OIL; LOW FREQUENCY; TRANSFORMER INSULATION; VACUUM DRYING;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING; EXTRACTION; MODELS; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS;

DRYING;

EID: 79957589036     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2010.548616     Document Type: Article

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