Homogenization Approaches for Laminated Magnetic Cores Using the Example of Transient 3D Transformer Modeling

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Homogenization Approaches for Laminated Magnetic Cores Using the Example of Transient 3D Transformer Modeling Homogenization Approaches for Laminated Magnetic Cores using the Example of Transient 3D Transformer Modeling H.Neubert *1, J. Ziske 1, T. Heimpold 1,and R. Disselnkötter 2 1Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, Institute of Electromechanical and Electronic Design, 2ABB AG, Corporate Research Center Germany, Ladenburg, Germany *Corresponding author: D-01062 Dresden, Germany, [email protected] Abstract: A specific issue in transformer of only one turn and is short-circuited on the modeling using the finite element method is the secondary side. consideration of electric sheets or other A specific issue in transformer modeling is laminated core materials which are used to the consideration of magnetic cores based on reduce eddy currents. It would be impractical to stacked electric sheets or strip wound or other explicitly model a large number of sheets as this laminated core materials which are used to would lead to a large number of elements and reduce eddy currents and thus to minimize the hence to unacceptable computational costs. dynamic hysteresis losses and to improve the Homogenization procedures overcome this dynamic behavior of magnetic actuators. problem. They substitute the laminated structure Normally, the thickness of the individual by a solid having nearly the same electromagne- sheets is small as compared to the core thickness. tical behavior. In our study, we have Therefore, it would be impractical to explicitly implemented several of them in a transformer model a large number of sheets with a high model using COMSOL Multiphysics. Simulation dimensional aspect ratio, as this would lead to a results obtained with the different homogeni- large number of elements and hence to zation approaches are compared to experimental unacceptably high computational costs. This is test results. This reveals the accuracy and the even more the case as the transition boundary application limits of the investigated homogeni- condition is not applicable between domains in zation approaches. time-dependent studies. It would be therefore also necessary to model the insulation layers Keywords: transformer model, laminated core, between the sheets. electric sheets, nonlinear ferromagnetic material, To overcome this problem, several homoge- transient analysis. nization approaches for laminated cores have been proposed in the past [3-7]. They replace the 1. Introduction laminated structure by a single domain of an electrically orthotropic material which exhibits Proper modeling and simulation of transformers the same macroscopic behavior in a certain range with finite element methods is a challenge due to of conditions. Thus, the computational effort can the involved nonlinearities and coupling effects be significantly reduced. between different physical domains. Primarily, there are the highly nonlinear magnetic charac- teristics of the core materials including ferromagnetic hysteresis, eddy currents in the windings and in the core, and temperature- dependent material properties like the electrical conductivity. With nonlinear magnetic material or a non-harmonic excitation, simulations need to be performed in transient rather than in time- harmonic mode. The transformer models presented in former publications solve most of the mentioned problems in a satisfactory manner. This was Figure 1. Transformers with laminated soft magnetic demonstrated for the example of a current ring core for static and dynamic hysteresis measure- transformer [1, 2] which has a primary winding ments. In our study, we have implemented these from the solution in the transformer model. approaches in a 3D-transformer model. The Therefore, the secondary winding is not modeled obained solutions are compared to experimental in this case. test results. This comparison is made both for ring core arrangements similar to those which are 2.2 Multi-Turn Coil Modeling and Coupling used for magnetic material characterization to External Circuitry according to DIN EN 60404-6 and for configurations when the core is operated as a We did not use the multi-turn coil domains current transformer. provided by the AC/DC Module due to their strict requirements concerning the geometry of 2. Transient Electromagnetic Trans- the electrically conductive cross section area. former Model 2.1 Principle of Modeling Figure 1 depicts the transformer samples which which were both experimentally investigated (s. Sec. 4) and simulated. The core consists of stacked electric sheets which wear a closely wound secondary coil with N2 turns at one leg Figure 2. Model of the transformer with laminated and a primary coil with N1 turns equally core; (a) external circuitry, (b) finite element model; distributed over all legs of the closed ring core. 1 – magnetic core, 2 – primary windings, 3 – meas- In order to evaluate modeling approaches for uring volume (surrounding air domain is not shown). laminated magnetic cores, measured and simulated hysteresis loops B(H) of the core Instead, we modeled the coils as homoge- material have to be compared. They can be nized, electrically poorly conductive domains. A measured and simulated as follows. current source as part of the external circuit A primary current i1 fed by the current source generates i1 and feeds the coil domains with an generates a magnetic field H(t) in the core external current density. The primary voltage material according to Ampère’s circuital law. For Vprim is computed by integrating the induced a closed core with a constant cross section area electrical field over the coil domains and Ac and a mean length of the ferromagnetic path considering the ohmic voltage drop across the Lc a simplified relation can be derived: winding resistance [2]. Eddy currents in the ( )⋅ windings can be neglected in the investigated 1 ti N1 H ()t = (1) frequency range. Lc Finite element transformer model and According to the law of induction a voltage primary external circuit are bi-directionally occurs in the secondary winding. The change of coupled with an IvsU element which is an the mean flux density ∆B in the core in the time inherent component of the cir application mode. interval t2 - t1 can be calculated by integrating the If it is necessary to build a complete secondary voltage u2: transformer model, a secondary external circuit can be coupled to the finite element transformer ∆ = 1 t2 B u2 d t (2) model in the same way. ∫t N2 Ac 1 The transformer model can also be fed by a Equations (1) and (2) are used to measure the voltage source in the primary circuit instead of a static and dynamic magnetic hysteresis [8, 9]. current source. In this case, the correct current Figure 2 shows the parametric transformer value must be iteratively found in each time step model. It allows to compute the interactions for which the sum of the ohmic and induced between the electrical and the magnetic voltage of the primary winding equals the source subsystems. An external circuitry (a) including a voltage. This increases computing time and may current source and an external resistor feeds the cause convergence problems if nonlinear finite element transformer model (b). In contrast magnetic material is applied. to the measurement, B can directly be derived 3. Laminated Magnetic Core with material, e. g. grain-oriented sheets cannot yet be Nonlinear Magnetization Curve adequately considered. 3.1 Approximation of the Nonlinear Magneti- 3.2 Homogenization Approaches for Lamina- zation Curve ted Magnetic Cores The magnetic core material in the model is Eddy currents in laminated structures would be described by magnetic and electrical properties. correctly represented in a transient simulation The nonlinear magnetic behavior of the ferro- model when the electrical and magnetic material magnetic transformer core needs to be properties and the geometry of the magnetic core considered. In order to avoid circular variable are explicitly modeled (Figure 4.a). However, in definitions in the constitutive relations, the H = most cases, this is practically impossible. As f(| B|) eB form is used. The used approach does not mentioned above, homogenization approaches account for the static magnetic hysteresis. replace the laminated structure by a single solid However, the resulting error is acceptable in domain of an electrically anisotropic material many practical cases, especially if high quality which exhibits nearly the same macroscopic magnetic material is used. behavior in a certain range of conditions (Figure At least two types of implementations are 4.b). This is achieved by adapting the possible. Firstly, the commutation curve can be conductivity such that the Ohmic resistance in implemented in the form of an interpolation the homogenized core is equal to that of the table. Piecewise cubic interpolation, additional current path in the laminated structure. data points at higher field strengths, and linear extrapolation are the optimum settings for fast computation and improved convergence [2]. A monotonously increasing sequence of the data points must be ensured by a good quality of the measurement data. Secondly, a global approximation function valid for B = [0; ∞] and derived from measure- ments by fitting, can also be used. Figure 4. Eddy currents in a transformer core with la- minated electric sheets (a) and homogenized core (b). Figure 3. Implemented commutation curves from In each of the approaches, an orthogonal measurements of the investigated core materials. electrical conductivity σ is proposed to adapt the behavior as desired. With the direction z normal
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