Thermal Analysis and Structure Optimization of a Dry-type Transformer with Ceramic Insulated Windings for Offshore Platform

Dry-type transformer is the key hub equipment connecting power generation platform and power consumption platform in marine power system. Partial insulation aging caused by transformer thermal effect is one of the important factors that adversely affect the operation stability. The new ceramic insulation winding prepared by micro-arc oxidation technology has the characteristics of high thermal conductivity and high temperature resistance, and is an ideal product to replace traditional organic insulation materials. Therefore, in this paper, the thermal characteristics and overload capacity of a ceramic insulated aluminum winding dry-type transformer are studied by combining heat flow coupling simulation and experiment. By comparing the temperature field and velocity field characteristics of traditional organic insulated dry-type transformer and ceramic insulated dry-type transformer, the influence of different winding materials on transformer heat dissipation under the same load condition is studied. The hottest spot temperature of ceramic insulated winding dry-type transformer is about 86% of that of traditional organic insulated transformer. The ceramic insulated dry-type transformer has a good overload capacity. Under the premise of meeting the H-class insulation, it can carry 1.4 times the rated load. Finally, the simulation results are compared with the experimental data of the ceramic insulated dry-type transformer. The accuracy of the results was verified.