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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.

OFWF Cooling of Transformer


We know that ambient temperature of water is much less than the atmospheric air in same
weather condition. So water may be used as better heat exchanger media than air. In OFWF
cooling system of transformer, the hot oil is sent to a oil to water heat exchanger by means
of oil pump and there the oil is cooled by applying sowers of cold water on the heat
exchanger’s oil pipes. OFWF means “Oil Forced Water Forced” cooling in transformer.
ODAF Cooling of Transformer
ODAF or oil directed air forced cooling of transformer can be considered as the improved
version of OFAF. Here forced circulation of oil directed to flow through predetermined paths
in transformer winding. The cool oil entering the transformer tank from cooler or radiator is
passed through the winding where gaps for oil flow or pre-decided oil flowing paths between
insulated conductor are provided for ensuring faster rate of heat transfer. ODAF or oil
directed air forced cooling of transformer is generally used in very high rating transformer.
ODWF Cooling of Transformer
ODAF or oil directed water forced cooling of transformer is just like ODAF only difference
is that here the hot oil is cooled in cooler by means of forced water instead of air. Both of
these transformer cooling methods are called forced directed oil cooling of transformer.

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