EP3131105B1 - Dispositif à induction électromagnétique possédant un enroulement en feuille - Google Patents

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EP3131105B1
EP3131105B1 EP15180387.1A EP15180387A EP3131105B1 EP 3131105 B1 EP3131105 B1 EP 3131105B1 EP 15180387 A EP15180387 A EP 15180387A EP 3131105 B1 EP3131105 B1 EP 3131105B1
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Manoj Pradhan
Roberto Zannol
Jaakko KOISTINEN
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F27/00—Details of transformers or inductances, in general
    • H01F27/28—Coils; Windings; Conductive connections
    • H01F27/2847—Sheets; Strips
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F27/00—Details of transformers or inductances, in general
    • H01F27/34—Special means for preventing or reducing unwanted electric or magnetic effects, e.g. no-load losses, reactive currents, harmonics, oscillations, leakage fields
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F27/00—Details of transformers or inductances, in general
    • H01F27/28—Coils; Windings; Conductive connections
    • H01F27/2847—Sheets; Strips
    • H01F2027/2857—Coil formed from wound foil conductor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F27/00—Details of transformers or inductances, in general
    • H01F27/34—Special means for preventing or reducing unwanted electric or magnetic effects, e.g. no-load losses, reactive currents, harmonics, oscillations, leakage fields
    • H01F2027/348—Preventing eddy currents

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  • the present disclosure generally relates to electromagnetic induction devices such as transformers and reactors, and in particular to electromagnetic induction devices having foil windings.
  • Electromagnetic induction devices such as transformers and reactors, are used in power systems for voltage level control.
  • a transformer is an electromagnetic induction device used to step up and step down voltage in electric power systems in order to generate, transmit and utilize electrical power in a cost effective manner.
  • a transformer has two main parts, a magnetic circuit, the core, made of e.g. laminated iron and an electrical circuit, windings.
  • foil windings such as aluminium or copper foil windings have unique advantages compared to wire windings due to their simplicity of manufacturing, their improved transient voltage distribution and superior short circuit fault withstand-ability.
  • the usage of foil windings is limited to smaller rating power transformer due to uneven current distribution caused by fringing of the magnetic leakage flux at the ends of the foil winding. This results in high eddy losses and high temperature developments in the foil winding. The problem becomes worse with high leakage flux magnitude as the power rating increases.
  • GB990418 A discloses an electrically conducting shield structure for an electrical apparatus having a core and one or more foil windings to reduce current concentrations at the edges of the windings, caused by radial flux leakage, by establishing a magnetic field adjacent to the surface of each winding in opposition to the radial component of flux passing through the winding. Shields are arranged between the L.T. winding and core and surrounding the H.T. winding.
  • GB990418 may reduce eddy current losses, it would however be desirable to further reduce eddy current losses in foil windings to be able to increase power ratings for electromagnetic induction devices utilising foil windings.
  • WO 2005/096330 A1 discloses system and method which reduces AC losses in a magnetic coil with a magnetic core with one or more gaps.
  • a foil winding is formed with one or more cavities and is positioned about the magnetic core such that the cavities are adjacent to the gaps.
  • US 3 142 029 A discloses a shielding of foil wound electrical apparatus.
  • the flux is subjected to a counter magnetomotive force that causes it to move in a straight path. This reduces the amount of flux which cuts across the winding edges, and thus causes the relative current density at the edges of the foil winding to be closer to that at the interior portion of the winding.
  • US 3 996 444 A discloses a rotatable shaft that has a roller electrode mounted on it for rotation therewith.
  • a transformer and a rectifier are structurally integrated to form a unit which is also mounted on the shaft for rotation with it, and serve to convert high-voltage low-amperage net current into low-voltage high-amperage DC current.
  • Slip rings are mounted on the shaft to transmit electrical current to the unit for supply to the roller electrode.
  • US 3 826 967 A discloses a low leakage, secondary circuit, structure for the power transformer in a high frequency power inverter system.
  • the secondary circuit includes mutually insulated conductive strips which are placed in close proximity to one another, and which form the secondary winding of the power transformer, and which also form connections between the secondary winding and rectifying diodes included in the secondary circuit is minimized, thereby to minimize the leakage reactance in the circuit.
  • An object of the present inventive concept is to provide electromagnetic induction devices which solve or at least mitigate the problems with existing solutions.
  • an electromagnetic induction device comprising a magnetic core having a limb, a foil winding wound around the limb, wherein the foil winding has a first end portion at a first axial end of the foil winding and a second end portion at a second axial end, opposite to the first axial end, of the foil winding, wherein each of the first end portion and the second end portion of the foil winding is provided with a plurality of cut-outs along the circumference of the foil winding, wherein the first end portion and the second end portion each has a plurality of rows of cut-outs, wherein each row extends longitudinally along the circumferential direction of the foil winding, and wherein each pair of adjacent rows are overlapping axially and are displaced relative to each other in the circumferential direction of the foil winding.
  • An effect which may be obtainable thereby is that the current may be more evenly distributed in the foil winding. This may in particular be obtainable due to that the electrical resistance at the lateral ends of the foil winding is increased because of the cut-outs. The current distribution may thereby be more centred towards the middle section of the foil winding.
  • the foil of each turn of the foil winding is provided with the cut-outs.
  • This disclosure covers two main aspects of an electromagnetic induction device which has a magnetic core with a limb, and a foil winding wound around the limb. Both aspects provide a more even current distribution along the axial direction of the foil winding.
  • the first aspect obtains this effect by means of a subdivision of the foil winding in the axial direction, thus obtaining a plurality of main sections.
  • subdivided is here mean that the main sections are physically separated from each other, and may be seen as a plurality of discs arranged along the longitudinal direction of the limb.
  • the main sections are electrically parallel connected.
  • the second aspect obtains this effect by means of cut-outs provided in the foil winding, in particular in the foil constituting the foil winding, and which cut-outs are arranged along the tangential direction of the foil winding.
  • the cut-outs extend through the foil.
  • the cut-outs are arranged only along the two end portions of the foil winding. Due to the cut-outs the electrical resistance is increased in the two end portions of the foil winding, where eddy current losses are the greatest, and the current distribution in the foil winding may become more uniform.
  • Fig. 1 schematically shows a general electromagnetic induction device 1 comprising a tank or housing 3, a magnetic core 5 having a limb 7, and a foil winding 9 wound around the limb 7.
  • the foil winding 9 is subdivided into a plurality of main sections.
  • the exemplified foil winding 9-1 is subdivided into a plurality of main sections 11 which include a first main end section 11b, a central main section 11a and a second main end section 11c.
  • the main sections 11 are electrically parallel connected.
  • the electromagnetic induction device 1 may further comprise a busbar B, first connectors C1, second connectors C2 and third connectors C3 schematically shown in the circuit diagram in Fig. 2b which shows the parallel connection of the main sections 11a, 11b and 11c.
  • the central main section 11a is connected to the busbar B by means of the first connectors C1, which is schematically shown in the circuit diagram in Fig. 2b .
  • the first main end section 11b is connected to the busbar B by means of the second connectors C2.
  • the second main end section 11c is connected to the busbar B by means of the third connectors C3.
  • the first main end section 11b and the second connectors C2 have a total impedance Z1.
  • the second main end section 11c and the third connectors C3 have a total impedance Z3.
  • the central main section 11a and the first connectors C1 have a total impedance Z2.
  • Each of the impedances Z1 and Z3 is larger than the impedance Z2. With the size of the impedances is here meant the magnitude of the impedances, i.e. their absolute value.
  • Fig. 3a shows an example of a foil winding 9-2 in which these main sections 11 are further subdivided.
  • the first main end section 11b may be subdivided into a plurality of first end sections 13a, 13b.
  • the plurality of first end sections 13a, 13b are electrically parallel connected, as can be seen in Fig. 3b .
  • the total impedance Z1 of the first end sections 13a, 13b and the second connectors C2 is larger than the total impedance Z2 of the central main section 11a and the first connector C1.
  • the second main end section 11c may be subdivided into a plurality of second end sections 15a, 15b.
  • the plurality of second end sections 15a, 15b are electrically parallel connected.
  • the total impedance Z3 of the second end sections 15a, 15b and the third connectors C3 is larger than the total impedance Z2 of the central main section 11a and the first connector C1.
  • the first main end section 11b and the second main end section 11c could according to one variation be further subdivided into more than two first end sections and second end sections, respectively.
  • the first main end section and the second main end section may be made of a foil that has higher resistivity than the central main section.
  • the first main end section and the second main end section may for example be made of aluminium, and the central main section may be made of copper.
  • the foil winding of all of these examples has a first end portion at a first axial end of the foil winding and a second end portion at a second axial end, opposite to the first axial end, of the foil winding.
  • Each of the first end portion and the second end portion of the foil winding is provided with cut-outs.
  • the cut-outs are distributed along the circumference of the foil winding.
  • the cut-outs increase the impedance in the first end portion and in the second end portion of the foil winding, relative to the impedance of the central portion of the foil winding, which is not provided with cut-outs.
  • the central portion of the foil winding hence has a continuous surface.
  • Fig. 4a shows an example of a foil winding 9-3 having a first end portion 17 at a first axial end of the foil winding 9-3 and a second end portion 19 at a second axial end, opposite to the first axial end, of the foil winding 9-3.
  • Each of the first end portion 17 and the second end portion 19 of the foil winding 9-3 is provided with cut-outs 21, which according to the example in Fig. 4a are provided in the form of a plurality of through-holes extending radially through the foil of the foil winding 9-3.
  • the through-openings are arranged in rows along the circumference of the foil winding 9-3.
  • the through-openings may be arranged along the entire length unwound length of the foil winding 9-3 such that each turn of the foil winding 9-3 is provided with the through-openings.
  • Fig. 4b shows a portion of the foil winding in an unwound state, i.e. when it is a foil 10.
  • the through-openings are arranged in a plurality of rows 23-27. The rows extend in the circumferential direction of the foil winding 9-3 parallel with each other.
  • the dimension of the through-openings decreases for each row inwards towards the centre of the foil winding 9-3 in the axial direction thereof.
  • the impedance of the foil winding 9-3 is hence gradually decreased in the axial direction inwards towards the centre of the foil winding 9-3.
  • the dimension of the through-openings could increase for each row inwards towards the centre of the foil winding in the axial direction thereof, or the dimension may remain constant in each row, depending on the density of the rows.
  • the through-openings may for example be circular, elliptical or any other rounded shape.
  • the through-openings could alternatively have angular or edgy shapes such as a rectangular or polygonal shape.
  • Fig. 5a shows another example of a foil winding.
  • Foil winding 9-4 also has a first end portion 17 at a first axial end of the foil winding 9-4 and a second end portion 19 at a second axial end, opposite to the first axial end, of the foil winding 9-4.
  • Each of the first end portion 17 and the second end portion 19 of the foil winding 9-4 is provided with cut-outs 21.
  • the cut-outs 21 are in the form of a plurality of cuts made in the edges of the foil winding 9-4, i.e. at the first axial end and at the second axial end of the foil winding 9-4.
  • the cut-outs 21 are distributed along the circumference of the foil winding 9-4.
  • the cut-outs 21 extend from the edge of the first axial end towards the centre of the foil winding 9-4, and from edge of the second axial end towards the centre of the foil winding 9-4.
  • a close-up perspective view of the foil winding 9-4 is shown in the upper right corner of Fig. 5a .
  • the cut-outs 21 may for example be triangular-shaped, trapezoidal-shaped, or define a wave-like pattern in the circumferential direction of the foil winding.
  • a foil winding 9-4' with a wave-like pattern created by the cut-outs 21 is shown in Fig. 5b .
  • the wave crests may be folded radially inwards towards the limb 7 so as to control the flux path of the leakage flux.
  • the cut-outs 21 may be made by cutting the entire foil when the foil has been wound around the limb 7 thus forming the foil winding 9-4 or when the foil is still in an unwound state.
  • the cut-outs 21 may for example be made by means of laser cutting. This applies to any of the examples of foil windings having cut-outs presented herein.
  • Fig. 6 shows a top view of a foil winding, in particular a variation of the foil winding 9-4 in Fig. 5a .
  • the cut-outs 21 extend radially from the outermost foil turn to the innermost foil turn of the foil winding.
  • Figs 7a and 7b show a foil winding according to the present invention.
  • Foil winding 9-5 also has a first end portion 17 at a first axial end of the foil winding 9-5 and a second end portion 19 at a second axial end, opposite to the first axial end, of the foil winding 9-5.
  • Each of the first end portion 17 and the second end portion 19 of the foil winding 9-5 is provided with cut-outs 21.
  • the cut-outs 21 extend longitudinally in the circumferential direction of the foil winding 9-5.
  • the cut-outs 21 form a plurality of rows parallel to each other.
  • each row of cut-outs 21 comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending cut-outs 21 arranged one after the other in the circumferential direction of the foil winding 9-5.
  • the longitudinally extending cut-outs 21 of subsequent or adjacent rows are displaced relative to each other in the circumferential direction such that an alternating cut-out pattern is obtained. This design prevents or at least reduces the generation of eddy currents.
  • the electromagnetic induction devices presented herein may beneficially be medium voltage or high voltage electromagnetic induction devices.
  • the magnetic core may comprise one or more limbs, with each limb being provided with a foil winding according to any of the examples provided herein. However, all of the foil windings of an electromagnetic induction device are preferably of the same type.

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  1. Dispositif d'induction électromagnétique (1) comprenant :
    un noyau magnétique (5) ayant une branche (7),
    un enroulement de feuille (9 ; 9-5) enroulé autour de la branche (7),
    dans lequel l'enroulement de feuille (9 ; 9-5) a une première partie d'extrémité (17) à une première extrémité axiale de l'enroulement de feuille (9 ; 9-5) et une deuxième partie d'extrémité (19) à une deuxième extrémité axiale, à l'opposé de la première extrémité axiale, de l'enroulement de feuille (9 ; 9-5),
    dans lequel la première partie d'extrémité (17) et la deuxième partie d'extrémité (19) de l'enroulement de feuille (9 ; 9-5) sont chacune pourvues de découpes (21) le long de la circonférence de l'enroulement de feuille (9 ; 9-5),
    caractérisé en ce que la première partie d'extrémité (17) et la deuxième partie d'extrémité (19) ont chacune une pluralité de rangées de découpes (21), chaque rangée s'étendant longitudinalement le long de la direction circonférentielle de l'enroulement de feuille (9-5), et dans lequel chaque paire de rangées adjacentes se chevauchent axialement et sont déplacées l'une par rapport à l'autre dans la direction circonférentielle de l'enroulement de feuille (9-5).
  2. Dispositif d'induction électromagnétique (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la feuille de chaque tour de l'enroulement de feuille est pourvue des découpes (21).
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PL15180387T PL3131105T3 (pl) 2015-08-10 2015-08-10 Urządzenie indukcji elektromagnetycznej z uzwojeniem foliowym
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