GU Wei,WU Chengyu,HE Jun.Study on Simplified Dynamic Models for Seismic Performance Analysis of High‑voltage Transformers[J].Journal of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering,2025,45(02):427-435.
GU Wei,WU Chengyu,HE Jun.Study on Simplified Dynamic Models for Seismic Performance Analysis of High‑voltage Transformers[J].Journal of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering,2025,45(02):427-435. DOI: 10.13409/j.cnki.jdpme.20231024005.
Study on Simplified Dynamic Models for Seismic Performance Analysis of High‑voltage Transformers
High-voltage transformers are critical components in high-voltage substations
performing essential voltage transformation and power distribution functions for power grids. Their seismic performance significantly affects the earthquake resistance and post-earthquake recovery capacity of related power grids and power supply areas. High-voltage transformers mainly consist of oil tank system and elevated platform-porcelain bushing system. Both systems are seismically vulnerable
requiring rigorous seismic reliability and vulnerability assessments. Currently
common methods for seismic performance analysis include shaking table tests and finite element analysis. However
their financial costs and computational expenses are relatively high
making them unsuitable for seismic performance analysis that requires multiple seismic response analyses
such as seismic reliability and vulnerability assessments. To reduce the cost of single seismic response analysis for high-voltage transformers
this study investigated simplified analysis methods for their seismic seismic performance and then established a simplified dynamic model for seismic response analysis of high-voltage transformers. The model decomposed the high-voltage transformer into oil tank system and elevated platform-porcelain bushing system. The acceleration response of the oil tank system was simplified using the acceleration amplification factor of the tank roof
and the seismic response of the elevated platform-porcelain bushing system was simplified as a 4-degree-of-freedom vibration system that incorporated their rocking characteristics. Subsequently
the simplified models of both systems were coupled
thereby developing a rapid calculation method for the seismic response of high-voltage transformers. A comparative analysis between finite element analysis results and simplified calculation results for the displacement response at the top of porcelain bushings in a 220 kV transformer under typical natural seismic waves validated the calculation accuracy of the simplified dynamic model established in this study.
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