Comparison between the Nominal Loss in 3%SiFe and Amorphous Transformer Core Materials

Abstract:

An investigation of nominal loss in 3%SiFe and amorphous of the transformer core materials will evaluate in this paper. The investigation involves the variation of power loss, flux leakage, and total harmonic distortion. The nominal loss has been measured using Epstein test frame with three layers of lamination. The loss in the amorphous transformer core material is 57.46% better than the transformer core with 3% SiFe material at flux density of 1.2T, 50 Hz. The flux leakage at corner in the 3% SiFe transformer core material is the lowest than the two of transformer core material, over the whole flux density range. Total harmonic distortion flux is the largest in the amorphous of transformer core materials and the smallest in the 3% SiFe of transformer core material. Using the amorphous material in transformer core is more efficient than the two of transformer core materials.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 626)
• Pages: 490-494
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.626.490
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Dina Maizana, Shuhaimi Zakaria Abdullah
• Keywords: Flux Density, Flux Leakage, Harmonic Distortion

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