• DocumentCode
    795781
  • Title

    The Design and Evaluation of an Ion-Drag Dielectric Pump to Enhance Cooling in a Small Oil-Filled Transformer

  • Author

    Sharbaugh, A. Harry, II ; Walker, G.William

  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    7/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    950
  • Lastpage
    955
  • Abstract
    An ion-drag dielectric pump consisting of a closed loop of glass tubing has been used to investigate the pumping of transformer oil. The velocity of the oil has been measured with a multiplicity of design variables: electrode spacing and density of field enhancing points, cofield temperature gradients, waveshape, and pressure heads. The observed velocities under our experimental conditions are severalfold higher (-10x) than the flow rates computed for convective oil flow in a 25-kVA distribution transformer (=0.6 cm/s).
  • Keywords
    Cooling; Density measurement; Dielectric measurements; Electrodes; Glass; Oil insulation; Petroleum; Pressure measurement; Temperature; Velocity measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-9994
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIA.1985.349565
  • Filename
    4158086