Computational fluid dynamics calibration for network modelling of transformer cooling oil flows - Part I heat transfer in oil ducts

IET Electric Power Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-27

  Wu, W ^a   Wang, Z D ^a   Revell, A ^a   Iacovides, H ^a   Jarman, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CHANNEL APPROXIMATION; COMPLEX PATTERN; DATA SETS; HEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; HIGHER ORDER; HOT SPOT; MATRIX; MULTI-PHYSICS; NETWORK MODELLING; NETWORK MODELS; OIL FLOW; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; THERMAL LIFETIME; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSFORMER COOLING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA HANDLING; DUCTS; DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER;

OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 84862919106     PISSN: 17518660     EISSN: 17518679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-epa.2011.0004     Document Type: Article

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