Modeling and computation of losses in conductors and magnetic cores of a large air gap transformer dedicated to contactless energy transfer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 586-590

  Sibué, Jean Romain ^a,b   Meunier, Gérard ^a   Ferrieux, Jean Paul ^a   Roudet, James ^a   Périot, Robert ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element method (FEM); homogenization; large air gap transformer; losses

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; COMPLEX PROPERTIES; CONTACT-LESS ENERGY TRANSFER; FEM SIMULATIONS; HOMOGENIZATION; IRON LOSS; LITZ WIRES; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MODELING AND COMPUTATION; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD (3-D FEM);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; LOSSES; SPUR GEARS; WINDING;

MAGNETIC CORES;

EID: 84871846300     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2012.2211031     Document Type: Article

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