Evaluation of power transformers' effective hot-spot factors by thermal modeling of scrapped units

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2077-2085

  Feng, Dongyin ^a   Wang, Zhongdong ^a   Jarman, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset management; degree of polymerization; power transformers; thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

ASSET MANAGEMENT; INSULATING MATERIALS; POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; HOTSPOT TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE ACCUMULATION; OPERATING CONDITION; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL PARAMETERS; TRANSFORMER COOLING; TRANSFORMER LOADINGS;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 85027939927     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2339282     Document Type: Article

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