Numerical prediction of local hot-spot phenomena in transformer windings

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-105

  Skillen, Alex ^a   Revell, Alistair ^a   Iacovides, Hector ^a   Wu, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD modelling; Power transformer

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; CFD MODELLING; CFD MODELS; COOLING DUCTS; DIELECTRIC COOLANTS; HOMOGENEOUS FLOW; HOT SPOT; HOT STREAKS; LOCAL HEATING; LOW-VOLTAGE; LUMPED PARAMETER; MASS FLOW; NETWORK MODELLING; NETWORK MODELS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; ONE-PASS; OPEN SOURCES; PAPER INSULATION; PERFECT MIXING; STRONG COUPLING; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLANTS; DUCTS; FLUIDS; OPEN SYSTEMS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL INSULATION; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; WINDING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84863012912     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.11.054     Document Type: Article

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