A novel octagonal wound core for distribution transformers validated by electromagnetic field analysis and comparison with conventional wound core

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1251-1258

  Hernández, Iván ^a,b   Olivares Galván, Juan C ^c   Georgilakis, Pavlos S ^d   Cañedo, José M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIDAD GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Electromagnetic field; Finite element methods; Laminations; Octagonal wound cores; Rolling direction; Transformer core; Wound core

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; EDDY CURRENT-LOSS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ANALYSIS; EXCITATION CURRENTS; GRAIN-ORIENTED SILICON STEEL; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; ROLLING DIRECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TRANSFORMER CORE; WOUND CORE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SILICON STEEL;

EDDY CURRENTS;

EID: 77951692145     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2040623     Document Type: Article

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