Heat recovery opportunities from electrical substation transformers

The transformation of voltages in electrical substations leads to energy losses in the form of waste heat; the quantity of which depends on transformer size and electrical loading. This paper investigates how a novel waste heat source, namely transformer waste heat could be harvested and distributed...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Energy Reports
Main Authors:	H. Lagoeiro, G. Davies, C. Marques, G. Maidment
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-11-01
Subjects:	Electrical transformers Waste heat Heat recovery Heat pumps District heating Energy planning
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484723013100

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