THERMAL SCIENCE

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Wenrong Si

,

Shanshan Jin

,

Yiru Shou

,

Peng Yuan

,

Yuhang Tian

,

Jian Yang

online first only

Numerical study of cooling performance augmentation for panel-type radiator under the chimney effect

ABSTRACT
In order to augment cooling performance of transformer panel-type radiators under natural convection, the fluid flow and heat transfer for a novel panel-type radiator and its surrounding air are numerically studied in this paper. The novel radiator is equipped with wind deflectors on both lateral sides and a chimney cap on the top. Then the effects of the height and channel number of the chimney cap on the cooling performance of the radiator are simulated. The results show that wind deflectors can form several enclosed air channels with radiator fins. The airflow can be accelerated under the chimney effect generated in these channels, and the cooling capacity of the radiator can be increased by 12.75%. The addition of a chimney cap can further extend the chimney channels and increase its cooling capacity by 15.74%. Furthermore, with the increase of the height and channel number, the total cooling capacity of the panel-type radiator increases first and then decreases. In this study, when the chimney cap has five channels and a height of 700 mm, the novel radiator can obtain the best cooling performance, where its cooling capacity and overall heat transfer coefficient can be increased by 26.54% and 28.21%, respectively, as compared with traditional panel-type radiators, and the temperature difference between the inlet and outlet insulating oil is 7.1°C.
KEYWORDS
Transformer panel-type radiator, The chimney effect, natural convection, Cooling performance augmentation, numerical simulation
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2023-09-26
PAPER REVISED: 2024-01-07
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2024-01-08
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2024-04-13
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI230926076S
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