Análise magnética e mecânica em transformadores sob correntes de energização e energização solidária

Abstract

The power transformer is one of the most important equipment in the electric power system, allowing the feasibility of connecting the generating centers to the consumer centers, even over long distances. Reliable and continuous operation is of fundamental importance for service maintenance and is subject to various types of disturbances that can lead to failures. In this perspective, studies of the dynamic behavior of transformer windings through computer simulations have been widely used to safely and accurately evaluate their operation. Therefore, this paper presents the methodology for research on a 50 MVA power transformer using the finite element method for static and time domain analysis. Thus, the study was performed by means of magnetic-mechanical couplings. In the first analysis (circuit study), the ATPDraw software was used to obtain the behavior of the inrush current and solidarity energization during the transformer bank energization. Therefore, in the ANSYS MAXWELL software magnetic studies were performed. For this, a real 3D model was used (taking into account the characteristics of the lamination core and windings, being in disc). Thus, the results of the behavior of magnetic induction and magnetic forces in the windings of the equipment are presented. Finally, in the ANSYS STRUCTURAL software, structural (mechanical) studies were performed. Also, as before, a close-to-real 3D model was used, presenting as results the behavior of the total deformation in the winding, the mechanical stress suffered and the degree of safety during the occurrence of energization. The static studies were considered three operating conditions: nominal condition, sympathetic inrush and inrush current. For the nominal condition, the equipment's plate data was used, for the energizing condition (sympathetic inrush and inrush current) the largest amplitude obtained during the simulation was used. It is noteworthy that for the time domain analysis, only the condition of the inrush current was analyzed, both for the high computational cost required and for being the worst condition in the static analysis.