The paper describes an improvement in the filling factor of the double helical winding. Namely, the designers generally use a double helical winding for the middle and up to the highest rated power transformers. By means of a well approched study in dielectric and thermal states of the winding, the optimal minimum of the required insulation is achieved contributing to an important improvement of the filling factor indeed. The concept of power and loss density in the volume of the winding was taken for the criteria of energy loading in the space. In its second part, the paper describess, one concrete example of a transformer of rated power 50MVA-77/10,5kV, a comparative calculation of the filling factor, power density and losses for three different conductor`s insulation thickness increases. At the end of the calculation, the improved filling factor`s effect on the copper mass, mass of the magnetic steel and total mass of the transformer is shown. Key words: Power Transformer, Filling Factor, Winding, Power Density, Designer.
The paper describes an improvement in the filling factor of the double helical winding. Namely, the designers generally use a double helical winding for the middle and up to the highest rated power transformers. By means of a well approched study in dielectric and thermal states of the winding, the optimal minimum of the required insulation is achieved contributing to an important improvement of the filling factor indeed. The concept of power and loss density in the volume of the winding was taken for the criteria of energy loading in the space. In its second part, the paper describess, one concrete example of a transformer of rated power 50MVA-77/10,5kV, a comparative calculation of the filling factor, power density and losses for three different conductor`s insulation thickness increases. At the end of the calculation, the improved filling factor`s effect on the copper mass, mass of the magnetic steel and total mass of the transformer is shown. Key words: Power Transformer, Filling Factor, Winding, Power Density, Designer.