Date Available
12-7-2011
Year of Publication
2008
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE)
Document Type
Thesis
College
Engineering
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Cai-Cheng Lu
Abstract
We will present the approaches used to investigating the power loss for the stranded core transformers. One advantage of using stranded core is to reduce power loss or enhance transformer efficiency. One difficulty in the modeling of this type of transformer is that the core is not solid (there are small gaps between core wires due to circular cross section). A two dimensional finite element method with nodal basis function for magnetostatic field was developed to study the effects of the small gaps between core wires. The magnetic flux densities are compared for the uniform (solid) cores and the stranded cores for various permeability values. The effects of different air gap dimensions in stranded core to the magnitude of magnetic flux density were also discussed. The results of the two dimensional study were applied to modify the B-H curves in a 3D simulation with an equivalent simplified uniformed core transformer model via Ansoft Maxwell 3D. This is achieved by output the magnitude of magnetic flux density at fixed points of mesh center. The total core loss of a transformer was predicted by integration of the losses of all elements.
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Xingxing, "STRANDED CORE TRANSFORMER LOSS ANALYSIS" (2008). University of Kentucky Master's Theses. 533.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/533
