Insulated transformer windings
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsEdward L. Boyd, John P. McInerney
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Abstract
Distribution transformer having inner and outer low-voltage winding sections and a high-voltage winding section disposed therebetween. Insulation structures separate the various winding sections and include a relatively small thickness of solid insulating material and a liquid dielectric duct. Some of the solid insulating material is axially extended to increase the creep resistance of the winding. The insulation structures are also void of any metallic electrostatic shield or any other member which would hamper adequate processing of the insulation structure during the construction of the transformer.
Claims4
A transformer comprising;
- a magnetic core structure;
- an inner low-voltage winding structure having conductor layers disposed in inductive relationship with the magnetic core, said winding structure including at least one layer of a solid insulating material between each of said conductor layers;
- a high-voltage winding structure having conductor layers disposed around the outside of the inner low-voltage winding structure, said winding structure including at least one layer of a solid insulating material between each of said conductor layers;
- a first winding-to-winding insulation structure disposed between the inner low-voltage winding and the high-voltage winding structures;
- an outer low-voltage winding structure having conductor layers disposed around the high-voltage winding structure, said winding structure including at least one layer of a solid insulating material between each of said conductor layers;
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- a second winding-to-winding insulation structure disposed between the high-voltage winding and the outer low-voltage winding structures;
- said first and second winding-to-winding insulation structures each having ducts which permit the flow of liquid dielectric through the insulation structure, having layers of a solid insulating material which extend axially beyond the axial ends of all of the layered insulating material in all of said winding structures, and not having a conventional metallic foil electrostatic shield which extends substantially the entire axial length of the high-voltage winding structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.