Eddy Current Losses in Electrical Steels Subjected to Matrix and Classical PWM Excitation Waveforms

Author

Sagarduy, Juan ; Moses, Anthony J. ; Anayi, Fatih J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Cardiff Univ.

Volume

42

Issue

10

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2818

Lastpage

2820

Abstract

Iron losses due to flux harmonics in stator cores of pulsewidth-modulation [PWM] inverter-fed induction motors have a major effect on system efficiency. Novel direct ac-ac matrix converters involve no dc-link function and enable adjustment of power factor. This paper presents experimental results of magnetic losses in two nonoriented electrical steels magnetized under different excitation, characteristic of PWM, and matrix converters. Results show the beneficial effect of a specific voltage supply (phase-to-neutral) from matrix converters on the performance of electrical steels. Iron losses in laminations excited by matrix converter waveforms were up to 30% lower than that under PWM excitation due to reduced eddy-current losses

Keywords

AC-AC power convertors; PWM invertors; eddy current losses; induction motors; laminations; magnetic cores; stators; steel; PWM excitation waveforms; PWM inverter; ac-ac matrix converters; eddy current losses; flux harmonics; induction motors; iron losses; magnetic losses; nonoriented electrical steels; power factor; stator cores; Eddy currents; Iron; Magnetic flux; Matrix converters; Pulse inverters; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Stator cores; Steel; Eddy-current losses; matrix converters; nonoriented steels; pulsewidth-modulation (PWM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2006.879138

Filename

1704449