Load currents through the power and distribution transformer and line impedances cause voltage drops, which reduce voltage magnitude at the loads. Voltage magnitudes at service locations must be maintained within specified ranges. This is accomplished in both fixed designs of the system (e.g., conductor selection, substation and distribution transformer tap settings, fixed capacitor banks) and ...

Recently, dry power transformer (Dryformer) that performs one step transformation from transmission to distribution voltage levels, has been introduced [1]. The Dryformer (dry power transformer) combines the features of power transformer with that of station distribution transformer, by utilising XLPE insulated round conductor cable for winding construction. The parameters of the cable winding ...

Conjugate heat transfer problem of a disc winding in a power transformer is studied using commercial CFD software. The study is done for oil flow, temperature distribution, hot spot location and temperature of the winding, for three different cases: first, no oil leakage past the top washer; second, partial leakage due to a 2 mm gap between the top oil guiding washer and cylindrical pressboard;...

This paper presents a method for the design of shell-type, single-phase distribution transformers to obtain the manufacturing specifications. The method is simple, efficient and accurate. By an exhaustive analysis, it is concluded that the obtained solution is the global optimum. The following constraints are imposed: excitation current, no-load losses, total losses, impedance and efficiency. T...

The paper describes a novel neural model to estimate electrical loss in transformer according to the energy consumption (load curve). The network acts as identifier of structural features on electrical loss process, so that output parameters can be estimated and generalized from an input parameter set. The model was trained and assessed through experimental data taking into account core loss, c...

This research work is an initiative to characterize the thermal behavior of power transformers in presence of winding short circuit faults as one of the most important causes of failures in power transformers. The paper contributes for this matter by accurately estimating the excessive power losses and temperature rise due to winding short circuit faults, through a circuit-magnetic-thermal FEM ...