An analysis of transformer excitation current under nonsinusoidal supply voltage


Ece D., Akcay H.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT, vol.51, no.5, pp.1085-1089, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 51 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/tim.2002.806007
  • Journal Name: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1085-1089
  • Keywords: harmonics, hysteresis, nonsinusoidal supply voltage, transformer excitation current
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: No

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.