Economic, Safe and Optimized Strategy of Operation of Transformer in Parallel Considering the Hot-Spot Temperature

Abstract:

In order to improve the economy of operation of transformer, this study presents a strategy to ensure the safety of power transformer for the situation of overload operation of parallel transformer. According to the variation of actual transformer operation, the authors divide the daily load curve into two typical time periods. In the high load operation period, except the constraint of minimum power loss for the economic operation, the factor for hot-spot temperature rise of the transformer should also be considered, so that an economic operation mode and parallel switching time could be obtained. This strategy estimates the hot spot temperature by the finite difference method, and obtains the optimal switching time through binary searching, according to the environment temperature and load curve. The analysis of the example of the operation of two sets of three winding transformers in parallel with different capacity shows that the method of optimization of the operation could reduce the loss. In the meantime, it could ensure the operation safety of the transformer, and prolong the service life of transformer.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 448-453)
• Pages: 2316-2325
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.448-453.2316
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Zhi Min He, Ya Dong Liu, Wen Shen, Xu Ri Sun, Hong Jie Wang, Ge Hao Sheng, Xiu Chen Jiang
• Keywords: Hot-Spot Temperature, Life Assessment, Overload, Parallel Operation, Transformer

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DOI: 10.3403/30113968