THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Fating Yuan

,

Shouwei Yang

,

Shihong Qin

,

Kai Lv

,

Bo Tang

,

Shanshan Han

THERMAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION DESIGN OF DRY TYPE AIR CORE REACTOR WITH THE DOUBLE RAIN COVER

ABSTRACT
In this paper, a fluid-thermal coupled finite element model is established according to the design parameters of dry type air core reactor. The detailed temperature distribution can be achieved, the maximum error coefficient of temperature rise is only 6% compared with the test results of prototype, and the accuracy of finite element calculate method is verified. Taking the equal height and heat flux design parameters of reactor as research object, the natural-convection cooling performance of reactor with and without the rain cover is investigated. It can be found that the temperature rise of reactor is significantly increased when adding the rain cover, and the reasons are given by analyzing the fluid velocity distribution of air ducts between the encapsulation coils. In order to reduce the temperature rise of the reactor with the rain cover, the optimization method based on the orthogonal experiment design and finite element method is proposed. The six factors of the double rain cover are given, which mainly affect the temperature rise of reactor, and the five levels are selected, the influence curve and contribution rate of each factor on the temperature rise of reactor are analyzed. The results show that the contribution ratio of the parameter H1, L1, and L2, are obviously higher than the parameter H2, L3, and θ, so the more attention should be paid in the design of double rain cover. Meanwhile, the optimal structural parameters of rain cover are given based on the influence curves, and the temperature rise is only 43.25℃. The results show that the optimization method can reduce the temperature rise of reactor significantly. In addition, the temperature distribution of inner encapsulations coils of reactor are basically the same, the current carrying capacity of coils can be fully utilized, which provides an important guidance for the optimization design of reactor.
KEYWORDS
fluid-thermal coupled, dry type air core reactor, temperature rise, natural convection cooling, rain cover, orthogonal experiment design
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2020-10-14
PAPER REVISED: 2021-01-18
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2021-01-20
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2021-02-06
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI201014067Y
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2022, VOLUME 26, ISSUE Issue 1, PAGES [273 - 286]
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