IP Library Granted Patent US 11,211,190
Granted Patent B2
US 11,211,190 · App. 16/299,777 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Cover for a distribution transformer filled with a dielectric liquid

Inventors: Witold Sobczak (Pabianice, PL); Pawel Klys (Lodz, PL); Max Claessens (Untersiggenthal, CH); Filip Grecki (Cracow, PL); Pawel Aloszko (Cracow, PL); Lukasz Bachorz (Cracow, PL); Krzysztof Obrebski (Warsaw, PL); Marcin Czopek (Cracow, PL)
Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
H01F27/12H01F27/025H01F27/04H01F27/402H01F27/14H01F2027/404
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Patent No.
US 11,211,190
App. No.
16/299,777
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The subject of the present application is a cover for distribution transformer filled with a dielectric liquid, equipped with electronic device integrated with the cover which is applied for transmission and distribution of electric energy. The cover is characterized in that the electronic device is immersed in the dielectric liquid filling a cooling compartment fixed on the cover; the cooling compartment has side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall which bottom wall is matched in the window made in the cover and the bottom wall forms a thermal barrier between the interior of the electric power device and the interior of the cooling compartment and the both interiors of the cooling compartment and of the electric power device are hermetically closed together.

Claims (21)

1. A cover for covering a distribution transformer filled with a dielectric liquid in which an active part of the distribution transformer is placed; the cover comprising: a cooling compartment located at an upper part of the cover, wherein the cooling compartment has side walls and a top wall, wherein the cover is equipped with a window in which a bottom wall of the cooling compartment is inserted and matched by a chamfer disposed on the entirely circumference of the bottom wall and the bottom wall forms a thermal barrier between the interior of a main tank of the distribution transformer and the interior of the cooling compartment and the both interiors of the cooling compartment and of the main tank are hermetically closed together when filled with the dielectric liquid and in the dielectric liquid filling the cooling compartment at least one electronic device is placed having an electrical connection with the active part of the distribution transformer.

2. The cover according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal barrier is made from a high thermal resistive material having a coefficient of the thermal conductivity not higher than 0.24 W/(m*K).

3. The cover according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom wall of the cooling device is provided with at least one through hole for insertion in it a conductor for electrical connection of the electronic device with the active part of the distribution transformer.

4. The cover according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling compartment is connected with an oil filling pipe of the main tank of the distribution transformer via a flexible pipe and a protection device is installed on the filling pipe, for measuring of a level of the dielectric liquid inside the cooling compartment.

5. The cover according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one side wall of the cooling compartment is equipped with external ribs.

6. The cover according to claim 1 , wherein the top wall of the cooling compartment is equipped with external ribs.

7. The cover according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a tap-changer device placed in the cooling compartment.

8. A combination, comprising:

a cover for covering a distribution transformer filled with a dielectric liquid in which an active part of the distribution transformer is placed, the cover has a cooling compartment located at an upper part of the cover, wherein the cooling compartment has side walls and a top wall, wherein the cover is equipped with a window in which a bottom wall of the cooling compartment is inserted and matched by a chamfer disposed on the entirely circumference of the bottom wall and the bottom wall forms a thermal barrier between the interior of a main tank of the distribution transformer and the interior of the cooling compartment and both interiors of the cooling compartment and of the main tank are hermetically closed together when filled with the dielectric liquid and in the dielectric liquid filling the cooling compartment at least one tap changer is placed having an electrical connection with the active part of the distribution transformer, the electrical connection is made by a conductor passing through a hole in the bottom wall of the cooling compartment.

9. The cover according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom wall of the cooling device is provided with at least one through hole for insertion in it a conductor for electrical connection of the electronic device with the active part of the distribution transformer.

10. The cover according to claim 9 , wherein the cooling compartment is connected with an oil filling pipe of the main tank of the distribution transformer via a flexible pipe and a protection device is installed on the filling pipe, for measuring of a level of the dielectric liquid inside the cooling compartment.

11. The cover according to claim 2 , wherein the cooling compartment is connected with an oil filling pipe of the main tank of the distribution transformer via a flexible pipe and a protection device is installed on the filling pipe, for measuring of a level of the dielectric liquid inside the cooling compartment.

12. The cover according to claim 3 , wherein the cooling compartment is connected with an oil filling pipe of the main tank of the distribution transformer via a flexible pipe and a protection device is installed on the filling pipe, for measuring of a level of the dielectric liquid inside the cooling compartment.

13. The cover according to claim 2 , wherein the top wall of the cooling compartment is equipped with external ribs.

14. The cover according to claim 3 , wherein the top wall of the cooling compartment is equipped with external ribs.

15. The cover according to claim 4 , wherein the top wall of the cooling compartment is equipped with external ribs.

16. The cover according to claim 5 , wherein the top wall of the cooling compartment is equipped with external ribs.

17. The cover according to claim 9 , wherein the top wall of the cooling compartment is equipped with external ribs.

18. The cover according to claim 2 , wherein the electronic device is a tap-changer device placed in the cooling compartment.

19. The cover according to claim 3 , wherein the electronic device is a tap-changer device placed in the cooling compartment.

20. The cover according to claim 4 , wherein the electronic device is a tap-changer device placed in the cooling compartment.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065549/0576 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2021
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 058137/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2020
From: SOBCZAK, WITOLD; KLYS, PAWEL; CLAESSENS, MAX; GRECKI, FILIP; ALOSZKO, PAWEL; BACHORZ, LUKASZ; OBREBSKI, KRZYSZTOF; CZOPEK, MARCIN
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 054540/0741 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2020
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 054540/0759 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 16460066 · Sep 12, 2016 · regional
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2017000944 · Aug 1, 2017
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