Evaluation of Core Loss in Magnetic Materials Employed in Utility Grid AC Filters

Remus Narcis Beres, Xiongfei Wang, Frede Blaabjerg, Claus Leth Bak, Hiroaki Matsumori, Toshihisa Shimizu

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Abstract

Inductive components play an important role in filtering the switching harmonics related to the pulse width modulation in voltage source converters. Particularly, the filter
reactor on the converter side of the filter is subjected to rectangular excitation which may lead to significant losses in the core, depending on the magnetic material of choice and current ripple specifications. Additionally, shunt or series reactors that exists in LCL or trap filters and which are subjected to sinusoidal excitations have different specifications and requirements. Therefore, the core losses of different magnetic materials adopted in utility grid ac filters have been investigated and measured for both sinusoidal and rectangular excitation, with and without dc bias condition. The core loss information can ensure cost effective passive filter designs and may avoid trial-error design
procedures of the passive components parameters.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 31st Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
Number of pages7
PublisherIEEE Press
Publication dateMar 2016
Pages3051-3057
ISBN (Print)978-1-4673-8393-6, 978-1-4673-9551-9
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4673-9550-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2016
Event2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) - Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States
Duration: 20 Mar 201624 Mar 2016
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=32616

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
LocationLong Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLong Beach
Period20/03/201624/03/2016
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Keywords

  • Core loss
  • Harmonic filters
  • Passive components
  • PWM inverters

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