CFD analyses and experiments of a winding with zig-zag cooling duct for a power transformer

43rd International Conference on Large High Voltage Electric Systems 2010, CIGRE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lee, J Y ^a   Lee, S W ^a   Woo, J H ^a   Hwang, I S ^a  

^a Hyundai Heavy Industries   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CFD analysis; Correlation; Experiment; Forced cooling; Natural cooling; Power transformer; Zig zag duct

Indexed keywords

CFD ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; FORCED COOLING; GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS; NATURAL COOLING; ZIG-ZAG;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; EXPERIMENTS; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; POWER TRANSFORMERS; PRESSURE DROP; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; WINDING;

DUCTS;

EID: 84876749610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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