Novel Core Airgap Profiles Design Scheme for Winding and Thermal Loss Reduction in High-Frequency Current Transformer Sensors

This paper proposes two novel airgap profile designs and distributed airgap arrangement scheme for reduction of winding and thermal losses in high frequency current transformer (HFCT) sensors. The novel airgap profiles namely, zigzag and stepped airgap profiles are proposed to reduce fringing flux a...

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Published in:IEEE sensors journal 2020-01, Vol.20 (2), p.892-898
Main Authors: Bashir, Sobia, Paul, Sarbajit, Chang, Junghwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air gaps
Conductors
Eddy current loss
Finite element analysis
Finite element method
fringing flux
high frequency current transformer sensor
Loss reduction
Magnetic cores
Magnetic sensors
Sensor phenomena and characterization
Sensors
thermal loss
Thermal sensors
Transformers
Winding
Windings
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Summary:This paper proposes two novel airgap profile designs and distributed airgap arrangement scheme for reduction of winding and thermal losses in high frequency current transformer (HFCT) sensors. The novel airgap profiles namely, zigzag and stepped airgap profiles are proposed to reduce fringing flux around the winding conductors. Moreover, to decrease winding and thermal losses, distributed airgap arrangement scheme is proposed. In distributed airgap arrangement, a single airgap is distributed to multiple equidistant smaller airgaps around the magnetic core. The analysis is performed using 3D finite element analysis (FEA) method. The 3D-finite element analysis results confirm that the HFCT sensors with the proposed airgap profiles and arrangement scheme can reduce winding and thermal losses ensuring high performance for HFCT sensors.
ISSN:1530-437X
1558-1748
DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2019.2943666