Prediction of pressure drop & flow distribution in disc-Type transformer windings in an OD cooling mode

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1655-1664

  Zhang, Xiang ^a   Wang, Zhongdong ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensional analysis; Disc Type winding; Flow distribution; OD cooling mode; Pressure drop; Transformer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; DROPS; ISOTHERMS; PLASMA THEORY; PRESSURE DROP; WINDING;

COOLING MODE; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; DISC TYPE WINDING; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMER;

TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

EID: 85021740143     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2016.2557490     Document Type: Article

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