Research on Heat Dissipation Performance of Eco-friendly Gas insulated Transformer with i-C₄F₇N/CO₂ as the Insulation Medium

Abstract

Generally, the thermal conductivity of gas insulation medium is generally worse than that of liquid insulation medium. The heat dissipation problem is the key to developing large-capacity gas-insulated transformers. The traditional SF6 gas-insulated transformers are facing the challenge of upgrading and updating due to the strong greenhouse effect of SF6. As an ideal substitute gas for SF6, i-C4F7N/CO2 gas mixture is used as a new insulation medium to develop eco-friendly gas-insulated transformers. In this work, we described the structure and parameters of 10 kV GIT and measured the temperature and pressure by mounting sensors in different parts of 10 kV GIT. Further, we analyzed the heat dissipation performance of the Transformer based on the pressure and temperature data. The results show that the GNAN cooling mode may not be applicable to eco-friendly GITs with large capacities and high loads.