NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER DIPPED INTO POLYMERISED RESIN

This paper discusses a numerical model of the heat dissipation processes in an electrical transformer dipped into polymerised resin. The transformer is cooled by both natural convection (via the ambient air) and forced convection (via the water cooling system attached to one of the transformer casi...

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Main Authors: JACEK SMOŁKA, ANDRZEJ J. NOWAK, LUIZ C. WROBEL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gdańsk University of Technology 2003-07-01
Series:TASK Quarterly
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Online Access:https://journal.mostwiedzy.pl/TASKQuarterly/article/view/2193
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author JACEK SMOŁKA
ANDRZEJ J. NOWAK
LUIZ C. WROBEL
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description This paper discusses a numerical model of the heat dissipation processes in an electrical transformer dipped into polymerised resin. The transformer is cooled by both natural convection (via the ambient air) and forced convection (via the water cooling system attached to one of the transformer casing walls). Two cases have been compared, i.e. the cooler connected to the bottom or the top wall of the transformer container, respectively. In order to improve the modelling of the natural convection problem, an independent geometrical model of the surrounding air was created and considered separately. The continuity of temperature and heat flux along the interface between the transformer and air was enforced by an iterative procedure. This procedure allowed one to calculate and then prescribe local heat fluxes to the external walls of the transformer. The numerical results obtained in this project have yielded information on the efficiency of the analysed cooling system.
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spelling doaj.art-d45432764f2f44a7b5ad7f48096fbf942022-12-22T02:24:25ZengGdańsk University of TechnologyTASK Quarterly1428-63942003-07-0173NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER DIPPED INTO POLYMERISED RESINJACEK SMOŁKA0ANDRZEJ J. NOWAK1LUIZ C. WROBEL2Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Thermal TechnologySilesian University of Technology, Institute of Thermal TechnologyBrunel University, Department of Mechanical Engineering This paper discusses a numerical model of the heat dissipation processes in an electrical transformer dipped into polymerised resin. The transformer is cooled by both natural convection (via the ambient air) and forced convection (via the water cooling system attached to one of the transformer casing walls). Two cases have been compared, i.e. the cooler connected to the bottom or the top wall of the transformer container, respectively. In order to improve the modelling of the natural convection problem, an independent geometrical model of the surrounding air was created and considered separately. The continuity of temperature and heat flux along the interface between the transformer and air was enforced by an iterative procedure. This procedure allowed one to calculate and then prescribe local heat fluxes to the external walls of the transformer. The numerical results obtained in this project have yielded information on the efficiency of the analysed cooling system. https://journal.mostwiedzy.pl/TASKQuarterly/article/view/2193dry electrical transformerheat transfernatural convectioncoupled analysis
spellingShingle JACEK SMOŁKA
ANDRZEJ J. NOWAK
LUIZ C. WROBEL
NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER DIPPED INTO POLYMERISED RESIN
TASK Quarterly
dry electrical transformer
heat transfer
natural convection
coupled analysis
title NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER DIPPED INTO POLYMERISED RESIN
title_full NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER DIPPED INTO POLYMERISED RESIN
title_fullStr NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER DIPPED INTO POLYMERISED RESIN
title_full_unstemmed NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER DIPPED INTO POLYMERISED RESIN
title_short NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF COOLING SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER DIPPED INTO POLYMERISED RESIN
title_sort numerical modelling and analysis of cooling system of electrical transformer dipped into polymerised resin
topic dry electrical transformer
heat transfer
natural convection
coupled analysis
url https://journal.mostwiedzy.pl/TASKQuarterly/article/view/2193
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