Want To Learn Faster? : ONAN Cooling of Transformer
Want To Learn Faster? : ONAN Cooling of Transformer
Want To Learn Faster? : ONAN Cooling of Transformer
This is the simplest transformer cooling system. The full form of ONAN is
“Oil Natural Air Natural”. Here natural convectional flow of hot oil is utilized
for cooling. In convectional circulation of oil, the hot oil flows to the upper
portion of the transformer tank and the vacant place is occupied by cold oil.
This hot oil which comes to upper side, will dissipate heat in the atmosphere
by natural conduction, convection and radiation in air and will become cold.
In this way the oil in the transformer tank continually circulate when the
transformer put into load.
As the rate of dissipation of heat in air depends upon dissipating surface of
the oil tank, it is essential to increase the effective surface area of the tank. So
additional dissipating surface in the form of tubes or radiators connected to
the transformer tank. This is known as radiator of transformer or radiator
bank of transformer. We have shown below a simplest form on natural
cooling or ONAN cooling arrangement of an earthing transformer below.
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