Reduction of stray losses in flange-bolt regions of large power transformer tanks

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4455-4463

  Olivares Galvan, Juan Carlos ^a   Magdaleno Adame, Salvador ^b   Escarela Perez, Rafael ^a   Ocon Valdez, Rodrigo ^c   Georgilakis, Pavlos S ^d   Loizos, George ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE MORELIA   (Mexico)

^c IEM SA de CV   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flange bolt regions; hot spots; low voltage (LV) bushings; overheating; power transformer; stray currents; tank cover; thermography; transformer failures

Indexed keywords

BUSHINGS; COPPER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLANGES; POWER TRANSFORMERS; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

FLANGE-BOLT REGIONS; HOT SPOT; LOW-VOLTAGE; OVERHEATING; STRAY CURRENT; TANK COVER; TRANSFORMER FAILURE;

BOLTS;

EID: 84894435205     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2013.2279373     Document Type: Article

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