Optimization of stranded-wire windings and comparison with litz wire on the basis of cost and loss

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 854-860

  Tang, Xu ^a   Sullivan, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; SKIN EFFECT;

CURRENT CIRCULATION; PROXIMITY-EFFECT LOSS; SINUSOIDAL EXCITATION;

ELECTRIC WINDINGS;

EID: 8744250079     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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