Error Analysis of Transformer Hot Spot Temperature Measurement

Abstract

According to the national standard GB/T 1094.7-2008, the method of hot spot measurement of oil-immersed transformer is used to place several temperature sensors inside the gasket within the predicted hot spot position to measure the temperature of winding transformer. The highest temperature measured is regarded as the hot spot temperature of transformer. Since the winding and gasket are bad conductors of heat, there exists certain temperature difference between the gasket and the hot spot temperature of the winding. In order to ensure safe operation of transformer, the thermal environment of temperature measuring point is analyzed and the discrete equation of boundary node is established. The parameters are set according to the heat transfer mode of the oil-immersed transformer and the temperature characteristics of each heat transfer node is analyzed. Gauss-Seidel Iteration method is used to calculate the theoretical value of the measuring point of the oil-immersed transformer and the heat transfer model of the measuring point is established for further analysis. The experimental platform of the oil-immersed transformer simulator is established according to the method described in the national standard and used to measure the hot spot temperature and winding surface temperature. The results show that when the winding temperature is 77 ℃, the heat transfer model of the temperature measuring point is 74.7 ℃ and the experimental temperature of the temperature measuring point is 74.9 ℃. The error between theoretical calculation temperature and experimental temperature is 0.2. As the temperature of the experiment increases, the temperature difference between the temperature point and the winding temperature gradually increases, and the maximum absolute error is 2.1 ℃.