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CACD Group
updated 2000.03.30
Author Arpad Buermen

Open circuit secondary coil

The 'European' main voltage is connected to the primary coil:

    V1 1 2 0V SIN 0V 312V 50HZ
Power-on transient:
Power on transient response for H
Power-on transient response, H(t) [A/m]. Time is measured in [s].
Immediately after the power-on the transformed core reaches saturation. The saturation is at first reached only once per sine cycle.
The spikes that appear become significantly lower after 10 sine cycles.
The remaining spikes (up and down) are caused by the open circuit secondary coil which can't balance out the primary coil current.
Large values of H cause large forces in the core. The core twitches when the power is switched on.

Power-on transient response for B
Power-on transient response, B(t) [T].
The response is a superposition of a sine and a falling exponential function.

Power-on transient response for i1
Power-on transient response, i1(t) [A].
The wave form is the same as in H(t) (see the equation on previous page H(i1, i2=0))

Steady state:

Steady-state response for H
Steady state, H(t) [A/m].
Two spikes appear in one sine cycle when the core reaches saturation.
Spikes appear because there is no secondary coil current to balance out the primary current.
The H(t) is dictated by B(t) which must be sufficient for dB/dt to provide primary coil induced voltage keeping balance with the main voltage
(assuming the voltage on RTR1 is negligible).

Steady-state response for B
Steady state B(t) [T].
Obviously this is a sine since RTR1 voltage (caused by the primary coil current i1) is insignificantly low.
The current flowing in the primary coil is just the magnetization current.

 Steady-state response for i1
Steady state i1(t) [A].
This is the magnetization current.
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