CALCULATION OF FLUX DISTRIBUTION IN TRANSFORMER CORE TAKING HYSTERESIS INTO ACCOUNT Available to Purchase

Calculation of flux distribution in three‐phase three‐limb transformer core has been made using 2D finite element method. The calculation has been performed with and without taking into account lthe hysteresis of magnetic material. Anisotropy of magnetic material has been modelled through the so‐called elliptic permeability model. Comparison of results of calculation and results of measurement has been performed for a scale model of transformer core. An agreement better than 3 per cent has been obtained, for calculated and measured results of third harmonics and of flux distortion factors, when hysteresis has been taken into account. The CPU‐time was 6–10 times longer when hysteresis has been included into calculation.