US 12,170,156 B2
Power equipment and associated manufacturing method
XiaoBing Dong, Beijing (CN); Lars Magnusson, Ludvika (SE); and Xuan Dong, Shaanxi (CN)
Assigned to Hitachi Energy Ltd, Zürich (CH)
Appl. No. 17/800,661
Filed by Hitachi Energy Ltd, Zürich (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/076386
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/168604, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0352216 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01B 17/34 (2006.01); H01B 3/20 (2006.01); H01F 27/32 (2006.01); H01G 2/10 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 17/34 (2013.01) [H01B 3/20 (2013.01); H01F 27/321 (2013.01); H01G 2/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power equipment comprising:
a high voltage part;
a low voltage part; and
an insulation oil adapted to impregnate the high voltage part and insulate the high voltage part from the low voltage part;
wherein the insulation oil is partially filled with polymer particles with a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the insulation oil,
wherein the power equipment is a power capacitor provided within the low voltage part, and the low voltage part is a cuboid enclosure of the power capacitor, and
a gap between the high voltage part and the low voltage part is filled with the insulation oil, and the high voltage part is fully impregnated with insulation oil, and
wherein the low voltage part is grounded.
 
7. A power equipment comprising:
a high voltage part;
a low voltage part; and
an insulation oil adapted to impregnate the high voltage part and insulate the high voltage part from the low voltage part;
wherein the insulation oil is partially filled with polymer particles with a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the insulation oil, wherein the power equipment is a power transformer provided within the low voltage part, and the low voltage part is a cuboid housing of the power transformer, the power transformer comprising:
a yoke provided within the cuboid housing; and
an iron disk provided within the yoke;
wherein the high voltage part is provided around the iron disk, and the insulation oil is provided between the cuboid container and the yoke, between the yoke and the iron disk, and between the iron disk and the high voltage part.
 
10. A power equipment comprising:
a high voltage part;
a low voltage part; and
an insulation oil adapted to impregnate the high voltage part and insulate the high voltage part from the low voltage part;
wherein the insulation oil is partially filled with polymer particles with a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the insulation oil,
wherein the power equipment is a high voltage instrument transformer provided with a tubular insulator coupled to the low voltage part of the high voltage instrument transformer, and a gap between the high voltage part and the tubular insulator is filled with the insulation oil, and the high voltage part is fully impregnated with insulation oil and wherein the low voltage part is grounded.
 
11. A method of providing a power equipment, comprising:
providing a high voltage part;
providing a low voltage part;
providing insulation oil adapted to impregnate the high voltage part and insulate the high voltage part from the low voltage part; and
partially filling the insulation oil with polymer particles with a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the insulation oil,
wherein the power equipment is a power transformer provided within the low voltage part, and the low voltage part is a cuboid housing of the power transformer, the power transformer comprising:
a yoke provided within the cuboid housing; and
an iron disk provided within the yoke;
wherein the high voltage part is provided around the iron disk, and the insulation oil is provided between the cuboid container and the yoke, between the yoke and the iron disk, and between the iron disk and the high voltage part.