Proposal for a benchmark model of a laminated iron core and a large‐scale and highly accurate magnetic analysis

This paper describes a benchmark model proposed for the clarification of the characteristic of various methods for modeling the laminated iron core. In order to obtain a reference solution of the benchmark model, a large‐scale nonlinear magnetostatic field analysis with a mesh fine enough to represent the microscopic structure of the laminated iron core is carried out by using the hybrid finite element–boundary element (FE‐BE) method combined with the fast multipole method (FMM) based on diagonal forms for translation operators. The computational costs and accuracy of two kinds of homogenization methods are discussed, comparing them with the reference solution. As a consequence, it is verified that the homogenization methods can analyze magnetic fields in laminated iron core within acceptable computational costs. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 170(1): 26–35, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20809     

Magnetic and conductive shielding for air‐core pulsed alternators in railgun systems

Magnetic and conductive shielding are the alternative choices for air‐core pulsed alternators (air‐core CPAs) in electromagnetic railgun systems. Because of the absence of ferromagnetic materials in the air‐core alternators, the flux density inside can be 3–5 T. Electromagnetic shielding is needed to protect the surrounding electronic devices and humans from exposure to high oscillating magnetic fields. Electromagnetic shielding changes the distribution of the magnetic field and the corresponding winding inductance, as well as the output performance of the powering the railgun. This paper mainly concentrates on a GW‐scale, four‐phase air‐core CPA‐based railgun system. The magnetic and conductive shielding are adopted correspondingly. The effectiveness of shielding and electric performance are investigated in detail. Using the co‐simulation method, an instructive comparison is made between the magnetic shield and the conductive shield, which is meaningful to the design of the electromagnetic shielding of air‐core CPAs for railgun systems. © 2016 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

高压自耦变压器肺叶磁屏蔽特性的数值计算与分析

针对一种新型的器身磁屏蔽——肺叶磁屏蔽自身以及其在变压器中的设计问题,以一台容量为334MV?A、带有肺叶磁屏蔽的单相自耦变压器为研究对象,首先应用三维频域非线性有限元法分析了肺叶磁屏蔽对变压器结构件、绕组区域漏磁场以及杂散损耗的影响;然后,以漏磁场分析以及杂散损耗计算为手段,以变压器油箱、夹件、拉板、油箱屏蔽以及肺叶磁屏蔽的磁感应强度(或损耗密度)作为观测目标,研究肺叶磁屏蔽安装位置以及尺寸对变压器漏磁场的影响,并通过负载损耗试验将有限元计算所得结果与实验值进行对比,验证分析的有效性;最后,针对肺叶磁屏蔽自身可能出现的局部过热问题,设计三种不同的肺叶磁屏蔽油路结构,基于有限体积法对比分析不同油路结构下肺叶磁屏蔽的油流、温升特性。对肺叶磁屏蔽特性的系统分析可为其设计以及其在变压器中的设计提供指导,具有重要工程意义。     

Evaluation by numerical analysis of magnetic shielding characteristics of bulk high‐Tc superconductor containing weak links

High‐T_c superconductors (HTS), which have the characteristics of critical current density over 3 × 10⁴ A/cm² at liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K) and 1 T, can be produced. Thus, they are promising for many practical applications such as a magnetic bearing, magnetic levitation, flywheel, and magnetic shielding. Since the HTS characteristics are not homogeneous in some specimens due to grain boundaries and cracks, the distribution of magnetic characteristics should be assessed. Thus, we have measured the distribution of the magnetic flux density on the surface of the HTS using a Hall element, and have evaluated its magnetic characteristics. The measurement of magnetic characteristics using a Hall element is difficult regarding the distribution of the magnetic flux density on the actual surface and inside of the HTS sample. In this research, we conducted a quantitative evaluation of the magnetic shielding characteristics of the HTS including weak links under a static magnetic field with the three‐dimensional finite element method analysis. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 146(1): 9–17, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10209     

金属板屏蔽小室暂态磁场屏蔽效能的对比测试

介绍了一套测量屏蔽小室暂态磁场屏蔽效能的方法,源磁场为冲击电流在发射线圈中激励产生的暂态磁场,发射线圈和接收线圈同轴平行布置。比较开、关门时金属板小室所带3种可拆卸成型门对雷电波和两种频率的阻尼振荡波磁场的屏蔽效能及关门时侧壁对不同暂态磁场屏蔽效能的结果表明,金属板对不同强度暂态磁场的屏蔽效能基本恒定,不同材料结构的门对不同波形暂态磁场的屏蔽效能相差较大,关门后屏蔽效能会提高很多。     

Investigation of shielding method of ELF magnetic field generated from conductors

We have studied experimentally the shielding method of ELF magnetic field applied to the source of line conductors. For the single‐phase line current, it appears to be difficult to achieve effective shielding. On the other hand, for the balanced three‐phase conductors, including triangle and twisted configuration, a certain reduction of generated magnetic field was achieved by adjusting the configuration of conductors or by surrounding the conductors with cylindrical shielding materials made of ferromagnetic materials or nonferromagnetic metals. Normalized characteristics between phase current, distance between source current and observation point, distance between phase conductors, and the pitch of twisted cable were derived. In addition, the effect of unbalanced current was also investigated. © 2000 Scripta Technica, Electr Eng Jpn, 131(2): 12–19, 2000     

单电流产生的磁场的金属管屏蔽

在分析了对几种不同电流源产生的磁场进行屏蔽的机理的基础上,讨论了单电流产生的磁场的有效屏蔽方法。通过理论推导、边界元数值计算和试验验证表明,两端用低阻抗连接或者良好接地的金属管才能有效地屏蔽单电流产生的磁场,不接地或单端接地的金属管对于这种磁场没有屏蔽作用。     

A design of magnetic shielding for a superconducting magnetically levitated train

For EDS-type magnetically levitated trains, magnetic shielding of stray fields produced by superconducting magnets is an important task. We seek the “optimal” thickness distribution (configuration) of magnetic material, which is the lightest and keeps the magnetic field at tolerable levels in the vehicle. In many cases, trial-and-error methods have been adopted for this purpose. In this paper, we propose a new method for preliminary design of the magnetic shielding. In this method, we simplify the magnetic shielding problem, assuming infinite permeability of the magnetic material, and calculate the magnetic flux going into or out of the shield surface. In this case, we can design an optimal magnetic shield (distribution and configuration of the magnetic material) and know the minimum weight of the magnetic shielding. We finally present an example of the magnetic shielding designed by this method and investigate its characteristics in a magnetically levitated train. © 1998 Scripta Technica, Electr Eng Jpn, 124(1): 42–54, 1998     

Effect of static magnetic field on cell migration

The effect of a magnetic field on cells has long been investigated, but there are few quantitative investigations of the migration of cells. Cell migration is important as one of the fundamental activities of the cell. This study proposes a method to evaluate quantitatively the cell diffusion constant and the effect of a static magnetic field on cell migration. The cell lines are neuroblastoma (NG108‐15), fibroblastoma (NIH/3T3), and osteoblastoma (MC3T3‐E1). The static magnetic field of 30 or 120 mT is impressed by a permanent magnet in a vertical or horizontal direction to the dish. It is shown that the cell diffusion constant can represent the cell migration as the cell activity. It is found that the cell migration is enhanced by exposure to the magnetic field, depending on the kind of cell. It is conjectured that the static magnetic field affects cell migration, which is downstream of the information transmission. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 160(2): 46– 52, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20203     

空心电抗器的复合被动屏蔽结构的电磁性能分析

针对空心电抗器的漏磁场问题,通过加装多层复合式磁屏蔽装置,对空心电抗器进行磁场屏蔽,以减少目标区域内的磁场强度,达到保护目标区域内操作人员健康和设备安全的目的。在一定频率范围的正弦电流激励下,利用坡印亭定律和麦克斯韦方程推算出空心电抗器屏蔽体涡流损耗和目标观测点的屏蔽效能解析计算公式,并在涡流场中求解不同结构磁屏蔽体各层的涡流损耗和目标区域内观测点的屏蔽效能,并利用有限元仿真,对不同结构磁屏蔽的电磁性能进行评估,从而为复合式被动磁场屏蔽设计提供相应的建议和参考。     

Effects of magnetic field on the carrier density distribution of semiconductor power device operated in pulsed power conditions

Turn‐on characteristics of semiconductor power devices are evaluated under external magnetic field to study the effects of external magnetic field generated in a pulsed power circuit. Two pin diodes that have a basic structure of power devices are connected in parallel and driven by a pulsed voltage source. It was found the magnetic field applied to one diode in the perpendicular direction of current‐flow changed the current balance between the diodes. Besides the on‐resistance of a diode was increased under external magnetic field. The carrier‐density distribution inside of the diodes was measured by using a free carrier absorption method. The data show that the carrier‐density distribution changes from nearly the uniform one to the one‐sided one. It can be concluded that the effects of magnetic‐field have to be considered for the evaluation of switching characteristic in pulsed power operations. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 147(1): 10–16, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10271     

A method to determine direct‐ and quadrature‐axis inductances of permanent magnet synchronous motors

The equivalent circuit constants of permanent magnet synchronous motors are needed in the calculation of operation characteristics, construction of a control system, etc. These constants can be computed from the data on structural form and materials. However, measurements are necessary to obtain highly precise values. Methods for measurement of the d‐ and q‐axis inductances can be roughly divided into rotational and standstill methods. The standstill methods have the advantage that they are easy to carry out. However, it is difficult to consider magnetic saturation and distortion of the change in the armature winding inductance. The accuracy of the standstill method can be improved if these effects can be readily taken into account. This paper describes a standstill method for measuring accurate d‐ and q‐axis synchronous inductances of permanent magnet synchronous motors. By utilizing the fact that the EMF interference terms in the motor voltage equation considering the distortion of the inductance change are equal to zero when the rotor is in a specific position, the proposed method determines the inductances considering both magnetic saturation and inductance distortion effects from simple off‐line standstill testing. In addition, this method is capable of taking cross‐magnetic saturation into account when used with the necessary testing equipment. The proposed method was implemented on a 0.4‐kW interior permanent magnet synchronous motor with concentrated stator winding. The validity of the proposed method was demonstrated by comparing the measured and calculated results of the no‐load and on‐load characteristics. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 171(3): 41–50, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20969     

Merging formation and current amplification of field‐reversed configuration

The merging formation of the field‐reversed configuration (FRC) has been developed in the TS‐3 merging experiment, leading us to a new scenario of FRC slow formation, heating and current amplification. Two force‐free spheromaks with opposing toroidal fields were merged together in the axial direction to form a high‐β FRC with higher efficiency than the conventional field‐reversed theta‐pinch method. This unique relaxation from the force‐free (β ∼ 0.05 − 0.1) spheromaks to the high‐β (β ∼ 0.7 − 1) FRC is attributed to the conversion of toroidal magnetic energy into ion thermal energy through the reconnection outflow. A central ohmic heating (OH) coil worked successfully to amplify the FRC plasma current by a factor of 2. Toroidal mode analysis of magnetic structure indicated that the tilting stability of the oblate FRC was provided by an ion kinetic effect. This oblate FRC is also useful as an initial equilibrium to produce a high‐β_p spherical tokamak (ST) with diamagnetic toroidal magnetic field, suggesting the close relationship between FRCs and high‐β_p STs in the second stable region of the ballooning mode. © 2007 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Study of the Counterclockwise/Clockwise (CCW/CW) Rotational Losses Measured with a Two‐dimensional Vector Magnetic Property Measurement System

In the development of high‐efficiency actuators, high‐magnetic flux density conditions are applied to achieve higher torque, lower weight and smaller size. It is therefore very important to understand the magnetic properties under high‐magnetic flux conditions in the electrical steel sheets. However, it is very difficult to measure the two‐dimensional vector magnetic properties under high‐flux density conditions due to nonlinearity and anisotropy of the magnetic materials. The measured magnetic power loss under clockwise rotating fields differs from that of the counter‐clockwise direction, and the value in counter‐clockwise rotating fields sometimes becomes negative. It can be considered that angle errors of H‐coils and B‐coils are the main causes of the measurement errors. In this paper, the angle errors of the double B‐coil (search coils) and the double H‐coil (cross‐type H‐coil) are evaluated with a projector‐type magnifying scope and a calibration device. We have compensated the measured magnetic field vector components caused by the angle errors and made clear their influence on the two‐dimensional vector magnetic property measurements. Furthermore, we proposed a method to cancel out small angle errors that remained in the saturated region. Copyright © 2008 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

A novel method applicable to large-scale active magnetic shielding system which effectively compensates gradient magnetic fields originated from the surrounding buildings

We propose the novel magnetic compensation method which is suitable to compensate gradient magnetic fields. The method is to be applied to a conventional large-scale, tri-axial active magnetic shielding system such as a spacecraft magnetic testing facility. The essences of this method are the adoption of compensation coils which have degrees of freedom in their coil orientations, and their installation position, which is chosen to have certain distances from the center of the shielding area. The method works with at least four compensation coils. In this research, we actually demonstrated the method with a scaled-down experiment. Disturbance magnetic field (B) at the target zone was suppressed from 21.33 nT to −1.54 nT and magnetic field uniformity (ΔB) within the test zone was improved from 2.3 nT to 0.015 nT. In terms of magnetic field gradient, improvement from over 4 nT/m to below 0.5 nT/m was achieved.     

Starting method of a superconducting generator in a combined‐cycle power plant

In the combined‐cycle power plant generators are started by using the igniting arrangement up to the ignition rotational speed of the gas turbine. On the other hand, in the case of using the superconducting generator, it is difficult to apply the igniting arrangement used to generate electricity on the combined cycle for the structure as is. We examined the induction motor starting method for the superconducting generator by using the 70‐MW‐class quick‐response excitation superconducting model generator and the VVVF power supply. From the examination, we confirmed the ability to raise the rotational speed from 6 to 360 rpm. Moreover, it was found to be able to start 200‐MW‐class superconducting generators by the induction motor starting method with the analysis. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 160(2): 30– 38, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience. wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20283     

Implementation of shielding principles for magnetic field management of power cables

Adverse health effects due to magnetic fields is a matter of great concern and has been widely debated in recent years. Managing these fields is a challenge to researchers. One of the important sources of magnetic fields is power cables. Different management techniques have been studied. In this paper, passive shielding schemes are implemented to manage the magnetic fields of power cables. The various shielding schemes can be separated into two broad categories: shielding subject and shielding source. Both schemes are implemented in this paper. Passive shielding schemes are found to be the most powerful technique as the reductions obtained are sometimes as high as 97–98%. This scheme is a costly one, should be used only in assigned locations, and as such, there has to be a trade-off between the cost and the level for reduction desired and the health desired and the health hazards.     

Design of a coil geometry for generating magnetic field to evaluate biological effects at 85 kHz

In recent years, the use of induction‐heating systems has increased and wireless power transmission (WPT) systems have been discussed. These applications are installed close to a human body. Therefore, it is important to discuss the effects of alternating magnetic fields and to evaluate electromagnetic interference. This paper discusses the design procedure of a magnetic field generator to evaluate the electromagnetic interference at 85 kHz that is being studied in WPT systems for EV and HEV. The magnetic field generator presented in this paper consists of a single‐phase inverter circuit that uses SiC‐MOSFETs and an air–core inductor that is used as the coil for generating a magnetic field. In particular, this paper shows that the coil used for generating magnetic field needs to reduce the winding voltage to generate higher magnetic flux. In addition, this paper presents the design procedure of the proposed coil structure that can satisfy some limited conditions. The experimental results of the proposed system rated at 82 kHz and 100 A are presented.     

有限宽金属平板对工频磁场的屏蔽

为了定量评估金属平板对工频磁场的屏蔽效果,在阐述了理想导磁材料和理想导电材料的磁场屏蔽原理基础上,基于无限宽金属平板屏蔽区域磁场解析式,通过计算域映射,推导了有限宽金属平板屏蔽区域磁场解析式.通过仿真分析了对称三相传输线屏蔽系统,讨论了导线组排列位置、屏蔽材料类型对屏蔽效果的影响.结果表明,采用解析式,可对有限宽金属平板的屏蔽效果进行快速计算,其准确性和计算效率优于现有电磁场分析软件所采用的数值求解方法,可对实际屏蔽系统的设计提供参考.     

基于振动法的磁记忆检测系统研究与设计

提出基于振动法的金属磁记忆信号检测方法。设计相应的金属磁记忆检测系统,包括带有磁场屏蔽外壳的传感器探头结构、磁记忆信号预处理模块和正交矢量锁相放大模块,并基于 STM32F107VCT6芯片设计下位机模块。利用研制的系统对经过加工的标准试件进行检测,通过测量法向磁场梯度的方法可以检测出试件应力集中区域,验证法向磁场梯度和应力集中系数的关系。