Heat transfer comparison of nanofluid filled transformer and traditional oil-immersed transformer
Dispersing nanoparticles with high thermal conductivity into transformer oil is an innovative approach to improve the thermal performance of traditional oil-immersed transformers. This mixture, also known as nanofluid, has shown the potential in practical application through experimental measurement...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2018-05-01
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| Series: | AIP Advances |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5006749 |
| Summary: | Dispersing nanoparticles with high thermal conductivity into transformer oil is an innovative approach to improve the thermal performance of traditional oil-immersed transformers. This mixture, also known as nanofluid, has shown the potential in practical application through experimental measurements. This paper presents the comparisons of nanofluid filled transformer and traditional oil-immersed transformer in terms of their computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions from the perspective of optimal design. Thermal performance of transformers with the same parameters except coolants is compared. A further comparison on heat transfer then is made after minimizing the oil volume and maximum temperature-rise of these two transformers. Adaptive multi-objective optimization method is employed to tackle this optimization problem. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-3226 |