Analysis of transformers working under heavily saturated conditions in grid-connected renewable-energy systems

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2342-2350

  Kefalas, Themistoklis D ^a   Kladas, Antonios G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer aided analysis; electromagnetic analysis; finite element methods; magnetic cores; magnetostatics; Newton method; nonlinear magnetics; numerical analysis; power transformers; soft magnetic materials

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC CORES; MAGNETOSTATICS; MANUFACTURE; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SILICON STEEL; SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; NONLINEAR MAGNETICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKETS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84856980297     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2161068     Document Type: Article

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