Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology based on an optimizer linked with electric finite element method (FEM) for automating the optimized design of power transformer insulation system structures. Design/methodology/approach The proposed methodology combines two stages to obtain the optimized design of transformer insulation system structures. First, an analytical calculation is carried out with the optimizer to search a candidate solution. Then, the candidate solution is numerically checked in detail to validate its consistency. Otherwise, these two steps are iteratively repeated until the optimizer finds a candidate solution according to the objective function. Findings The solutions found applying the proposed methodology reduce the inter-electrode distances compared to those insulation designs referenced in the literature for the same value of safety margin. Originality/value The proposed methodology explores a wide range of insulation system structures in an automated way which is not possible to do with the classical trial-and-error approach based on personal expertise.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is the numerical verification of the linearization coefficient ap proposed by Turowski for the calculation of the electromagnetic field distribution and therefore the stray losses inside magnetically saturated solid steel conductors. Design/methodology/approach The numerical verification is performed on a case study consisting of a simple current conductor sheet parallel to a solid steel plate. Numerical computations are compared with analytical calculations with and without inclusion of the semi-empirical Turowski’s coefficient. Findings Results confirm a good agreement between numerical values for steel with non-linear permeability and analytical ones applying Turowski’s coefficient. This is particularly powerful in the case of analytical calculation of the magnetic surface impedance (SI) to increase precision when hybrid methods are used. The concept of SI enables the establishment of hybrid approaches for the calculation of stray losses, combining the numerical methods (finite difference method, finite element method (FEM), etc.) together with the analytical formulation, gaining from the advantages of both methods. Originality/value Previous numerical analysis was focused on the field dependence on time for several depths inside solid steel. The aim of this paper is to investigate the electromagnetic field distribution inside solid steel on a representative FEM model and verify how the linearization coefficient ap proposed by Turowski works.
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