Assessment of a hydraulic network model for zig-zag cooled power transformer windings

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 220-228

  Coddé, Joris ^a   Van Der Veken, Wim ^b   Baelmans, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CG Power Systems Mechelen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CFD; Network model; Oil cooling; Power transformer; Pressure drop correlation; T junction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; MASS TRANSFER; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; WINDING;

HYDRAULIC NETWORKS; NETWORK MODELING; NEW CORRELATIONS; OIL COOLING; PRESSURE DROP CORRELATION; T JUNCTIONS; THERMAL DESIGNS; THERMO-HYDRAULIC;

TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

EID: 84922717974     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.01.063     Document Type: Article

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