• DocumentCode
    998581
  • Title

    FEM analysis of DC saturation to assess transformer susceptibility to geomagnetically induced currents

  • Author

    Lu, Shu ; Liu, Yilu

  • Author_Institution
    Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1367
  • Lastpage
    1376
  • Abstract
    Results are presented of a systematic finite element (FEM) simulation of power transformer susceptibility to geomagnetically induced currents (GICs). DC saturation patterns for five different transformer core designs are examined using FEM. Magnetic fields along various traverses are provided. Impedance matrix entries of a single-phase power transformer are compared for normal and DC saturation operations. The fundamental transformer magnetization mechanism under GICs is discussed.<>
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic field theory; finite element analysis; geomagnetism; magnetisation; power transformers; transformer cores; DC saturation; FEM; geomagnetically induced currents; geomagnetism; impedance matrix; magnetic fields; magnetization; power transformer susceptibility; single-phase; transformer core designs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8977
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/61.252663
  • Filename
    252663