Universidade Do Minho

Efacec Energia—maquinas E Equipamentos Electricos S.a.

Hélder Fernando Gonçalves Mendes

Agostinho Emanuel Nunes Martins De Matos

Antonio Carlos Costa Marques Pinho

Carin Celisse Della Rosa

Cassiano Da Costa Linhares

João Viana Coutinho De Oliveira Figueiredo

Joel Ricardo Da Silva Teixeira

Jose Antonio Bizarro Meireles

José Pedro Fernandes Proença Ferreira

Luís Miguel Ribeiro Félix

Marco Jorge Sampaio Teixeira

Ricardo Alexandre Fernandes De Castro Lopes

Tiago Ramos Lima

Tank for electrical transformer comprising a bottom plate, two side panels and two end panels joined to contain an insulating fluid, and reinforcements joined to the exterior of said panels, wherein the two side panels and the two end panels are vertically curving convex panels, wherein the reinforcements comprise a plurality of arched vertical reinforcements distributed horizontally along each panel. The reinforcements may comprise a plurality of bracing horizontal reinforcements joined between said vertical reinforcements. The inner arching profile of the vertical reinforcements preferably matches the outer curving convex profile of the panels. The horizontal reinforcements are preferably planar. The horizontal reinforcements are preferably located at a horizontal plane in the vertical middle of the respective panel. The horizontal reinforcements are preferably located at a middle horizontal plane or at parallel horizontal planes distributed vertically. The vertical reinforcements preferably extend substantially to the full height of the respective panel.

Tank for transformer and transformer thereof

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Guardeiras, Portugal

Hélder Fernando Gonçalves Mendes