Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) are working towards developing computer modeling methods and data sheets that are required to optimize soft magnetic components and improve the power grid, reports Daily Energy Insider.
To modernize components and secure the operational quality of the electrical grid, researchers need to predict and design improved performance of the equipment like transformers, inductors and rotating electrical machinery.
The results have been posted on the NETL website for use in the power electronics and transformer industry. The available data sheets tackle five representative core materials, addressing magnetic characteristics linked to the performance of such soft magnetic components in a variety of power electronics applications and can be used as input data for designs, optimizations and simulation techniques being developed by others.
More data sheets are planned for the future, while current releases will have additional data added to them over time.
Source: DEI