Abstract
The benefit of transformer oil seeded with magnetic nanoparticles (forming a transformer oil-based ferrofluid) is numerically studied in an axisymmetric model of 40 kVA transformer. The maximum temperature in the system is decreased by 2.2 °C when using ferrofluid instead of transformer oil. This effect is mainly due to the magnetic body force, which modifies the convective flow in the system and enhances heat transfer. The leakage magnetic field is highly localized and limits the effect of thermomagnetic convection. Varying the geometry of the primary coil assembly allows to increase this effect and to decrease the maximum temperature.
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