Power transformers located in outdoor substations can be a significant source of environmental noise disturbance, especially during nighttime hours. The dominant characteristic of transformer noise is the low frequency “hum” generated within the magnetic core as a result of the magnetostrictive properties of the core steel. The core-generated noise consists of the harmonics of the fundamental frequency, 120 Hz (twice line frequency). The noise of a transformer is virtually independent of the load carried. The paper reports observations and findings of an extensive survey carried out by BBN and additional data provided by BPA and ESEERCO.
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