Heat transfer comparison of nanofluid filled transformer and traditional oil-immersed transformer

Yunpeng Zhang, Siu Lau Ho, Weinong Fu

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Article number056724
JournalAIP Advances
Volume8
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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