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Afaik utility scale Transformers operate in cooling tanks. Maybe that's what they meant about "afterward" "oil" covers many things. I believe the constant cycli
by ggm 7mo ago
Afaik utility scale Transformers operate in cooling tanks. Maybe that's what they meant about "afterward" "oil" covers many things. I believe the constant cycling and thermal load can make heinous PCBs.
- Animats 7mo agoIt's liquid cooling. Even ordinary pole transformers are immersed in oil.[1] As transformers get larger, cooling fins appear, then active pumped cooling. It's the usual cube-square scaling problem. Heat generation increases with the volume, while heat dissipation increases more slowly, with the surface area. For small animals, life is a struggle to keep warm. For large animals, life is a struggle to cool off. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_transformer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_transformer