Calculation of eddy current losses in metal parts of power transformers

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1102-1114

  Schmidt, Erich ^a   Hamberger, Peter ^b   Seitlinger, Walter ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Transformatoren GmbH and Co   (Austria)

^c Transformers Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Finite element analysis; Power losses; Power transformers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY;

EDDY CURRENT LOSSES; POWER LOSSES; POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

EID: 0242468245     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321640310483039     Document Type: Article

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