Parallel CFD Analysis of Conjugate Heat Transfer in a Dry-Type Transformer
Authors:
- Adam W. SkorekASAdam W. Skorek
- Michel LavoieMLMichel Lavoie
- Pierre BenardPBPierre Benard
- 2 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
- Vol. 45 (4) , 1530-1534
Abstract
In this paper, we present the conjugate heat transfer analysis in a 167-kVA dry-type transformer using the parallel version of the computational fluid dynamics code Fluent 6.0. The renormalization group kappa-epsiv model is proposed to compute the turbulent aspect of the convective airflow inside the transformer metal tank for Air Natural/Air Natural cooling conditions. An experimental approach was used to assess Joule losses in the low-/high-voltage windings and eddy-current losses in the magnetic core. The resulting mathematical model was solved using 14 compute nodes on a distributed machine.Keywords
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