Title : 
An analysis of transformer excitation current under nonsinusoidal supply voltage
         
        
            Author : 
Ece, Dogan Gökhan ; Akçay, Hüseyin
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Anadolu Univ., Eskisehir, Turkey
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, the effect of nonsinusoidal supply voltage on the core loss and the transformer excitation current is investigated. The time-domain waveform of the transformer excitation current is calculated for a worst-case harmonic composition of supply voltage.
         
        
            Keywords : 
electric current; equivalent circuits; harmonic analysis; harmonics; losses; magnetic hysteresis; transformer cores; transformers; core loss; hysteresis; nonsinusoidal supply voltage; supply voltage harmonics; time-domain waveform; transformer excitation current; Core loss; Current supplies; Harmonic distortion; Lamination; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetization; Steel; Transformer cores; Transient analysis; Virtual manufacturing;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TIM.2002.806007