Evolution and modern approaches of the power transformer cost optimization methods

T Orosz - Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering and …, 2019 - pp.bme.hu
Transformer design is a challenging engineering task, where the different physical fields
have to be harmonized together to fulfill the implied specifications. Due to the difficulty of this …

Multi-objective electromagnetic design optimization of a power transformer using 3d finite element analysis, response surface methodology, and the third generation …

C Hernandez, J Lara, MA Arjona, E Melgoza-Vazquez - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a multi-objective design optimization of a power transformer to find the
optimal geometry of its core and the low-and high-voltage windings, representing the …

NSGA-II+ FEM based loss optimization of three-phase transformer

MS Mohammed, RA Vural - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to obtain a good optimization method for the electrical transformer design with
optimal selection of parameters, performance evaluation of three evolutionary algorithms …

FEM based preliminary design optimization in case of large power transformers

T Orosz, D Pánek, P Karban - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since large power transformers are custom-made, and their design process is a labor-
intensive task, their design process is split into different parts. In tendering, the price …

Global transformer design optimization using deterministic and nondeterministic algorithms

EI Amoiralis, MA Tsili, DG Paparigas… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper compares the application of two deterministic and three nondeterministic
optimization algorithms to global transformer design optimization (TDO). Two deterministic …

Global transformer optimization method using evolutionary design and numerical field computation

EI Amoiralis, PS Georgilakis, MA Tsili… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the complex optimum transformer design problem, which is
formulated as a mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem, by introducing an integrated …

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 …

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 …

Recursive genetic algorithm-finite element method technique for the solution of transformer manufacturing cost minimisation problem

PS Georgilakis - IET electric power applications, 2009 - IET
The transformer manufacturing cost minimisation (TMCM), also known as transformer design
optimisation, is a complex constrained mixed-integer non-linear programming problem with …

A novel octagonal wound core for distribution transformers validated by electromagnetic field analysis and comparison with conventional wound core

I Hernández, JC Olivares-Galván… - IEEE Transactions …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper analyzes a novel configuration of transformer core, called octagonal wound core
(OWC), and shows the minimization of the excitation current and the reduction of the eddy …