IP Library Granted Patent US 9,041,501
Granted Patent B2
US 9,041,501 · App. 13/311,104 · Granted May 26, 2015

Amorphous transformer core

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Patent No.
US 9,041,501
App. No.
13/311,104
Granted
May 26, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to an amorphous transformer core including at least one transformer core disc with a plurality of layers of strip-like amorphous core material arranged concentrically around at least one winding window. At least one heat dissipating plate extends into an interior of the amorphous transformer core and is fed from there into at least one heat exchange region outside the amorphous transformer core. This can enhance dissipation of heat energy which is produced inside the amorphous transformer core.

Claims (24)

1. An amorphous transformer core comprising:

at least two transformer core discs, each with a plurality of layers of strip-like amorphous core material wound concentrically around at least one winding window; and

at least one first heat dissipating plate extending into an interior of one of the at least two transformer core discs and at least one second heat dissipating plate extending into an interior of the other of the at least two transformer core discs, each heat dissipating plate fed from the interiors to at least one heat exchange region outside the amorphous transformer core for dissipation of heat energy produced inside the amorphous transformer core, wherein each at least one heat dissipating plate is respectively arranged at least in sections between two adjacent layers of the strip-like amorphous core material and is fed out of at least one side surface of the amorphous transformer core, the at least two transformer core discs arranged in parallel and at least approximately congruently adjacent to one another and form a channel therebetween, and the at least one first and second heat dissipating plates are arranged between the adjacent transformer core discs in the channel.

2. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heat dissipating plate is bent on the at least one side surface.

3. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 1 , wherein the core is mechanically stabilised by at least one heat dissipating plate arranged between the congruently adjacent transformer core discs.

4. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 3 , wherein at least one heat dissipating plate arranged between the congruently adjacent transformer core discs comprises:

a holding device in a heat exchange region.

5. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 1 , wherein

the heat dissipating plates are arranged adjacently at least in sections in the channel.

6. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 5 , wherein the heat dissipating plates are fed into a common heat exchange region.

7. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 1 , wherein at least one heat dissipating plate is made substantially from copper or aluminium.

8. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 1 , wherein at least one heat dissipating plate is designed as a foil.

9. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 1 , wherein at least one heat dissipating plate is provided with a heat-conducting paste in a planar contact surface region with the strip-like amorphous core material.

10. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 1 , wherein at least one heat dissipating plate is bonded to the strip-like amorphous core material in a planar contact surface region by an adhesive.

11. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 1 , comprising:

cooling channels formed between adjacent transformer core discs.

12. The amorphous transformer core according to claim 1 , comprising:

a cooling device for forced cooling of at least one heat exchange region.

13. A transformer comprising:

an amorphous transformer core having at least two transformer core discs, each with a plurality of layers of strip-like amorphous core material wound concentrically around at least one winding window;

at least one first heat dissipating plate extending into an interior of one of the at least two transformer core discs and at least one second heat dissipating plate extending into an interior of the other of the at least two transformer core discs, each heat dissipating plate fed from the interior to at least one heat exchange region outside the amorphous transformer core for dissipation of heat energy produced inside the amorphous transformer core;

the at least two transformer core discs arranged in parallel and at least approximately congruently adjacent to one another and form a channel therebetween, and the at least one first and second heat dissipating plates are arranged between the adjacent transformer core discs in the channel;

at least one electrical winding formed as a hollow cylinder with a low-voltage and a high-voltage side; and

at least one limb-like region of the amorphous transformer core passing through the at least one electrical winding in the hollow-cylindrical interior, the limb-like region being at least partially arranged in the at least one winding window.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Nov 15, 2016
From: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD.
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 040621/0902 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2012
From: CARLEN, MARTIN; BOCKHOLT, MARCOS; WEBER, BENJAMIN
To: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
Reel/Frame 027738/0334 →