Optimum shunt capacitor placement in distribution system—A review and comparative study

MM Aman, GB Jasmon, AHA Bakar, H Mokhlis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Shunt capacitors are commonly used in distribution system for reactive power
compensation. Different analytical, numerical programming, heuristic and artificial intelligent …

Transformer design and optimization: a literature survey

EI Amoiralis, MA Tsili, AG Kladas - IEEE Transactions on power …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the fast-paced changing technologies in the power industry, new references
addressing new technologies are coming to the market. Based on this fact, there is an urgent …

Characterization of aging transformer oil–pressboard insulation using some modern diagnostic techniques

I Fofana, A Bouaicha… - European Transactions on …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a study on the characterization of aging of transformer oil–pressboard
insulation. Traditional and modern diagnostic tools and techniques were used to investigate …

Selection of copper against aluminium windings for distribution transformers

JC Olivares-Galván, F De León, PS Georgilakis… - IET Electric Power …, 2010 - IET
Copper and aluminium are the two conductors most commonly used in transformer
windings. This study presents a comprehensive comparison of distribution transformers built …

A review of transformer losses

JC Olivares-Galván, PS Georgilakis… - Electric Power …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents an extensive survey of current research on the transformer loss
problem, particularly from the view of practical engineering applications. It reveals that the …

Considerations on current and voltage unbalance of nonlinear loads in residential and educational sectors

GN Popa, A Iagăr, CM Diniș - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Most often, electrical consumers in the residential and educational sectors are different from
industrial electrical consumers. Whereas the vast majority of industrial electrical consumers …

Environmental cost of distribution transformer losses

PS Georgilakis - Applied Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Improvements in energy efficiency of electrical equipment reduce the greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions and contribute to the protection of the environment. Moreover, as system …

Shape optimization of coils and cooling ducts in dry-type transformers using computational fluid dynamics and genetic algorithm

J Smolka, AJ Nowak - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, shapes of cooling ducts in dry-type transformers are optimized using
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the Genetic Algorithm (GA). The GA is used to …

[PDF][PDF] The state of the art in engineering methods for transformer design and optimization: a survey

EI Amoiralis, MA Tsili, PS Georgilakis - Journal of optoelectronics and …, 2008 - users.ntua.gr
Transformer design is a complex task in which engineers have to ensure that compatibility
with the imposed specifications is met, while keeping manufacturing costs low. Moreover …

CFD-based 3-D optimization of the mutual coil configuration for the effective cooling of an electrical transformer

J Smolka - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
An optimal mutual configuration of coils and cooling ducts for the effective cooling of a dry-
type transformer is presented in this paper based on the method developed by the author. In …