Publication Date:
2018-01-27
Description:
The temperature drift of the current sensor with an air gap limits its measurement accuracy, so a ferromagnetic design is presented to improve the temperature characteristics of the current sensor by an air-gapped magnetic field intensity self-compensation. In this paper, the magnetostriction and thermal expansion are introduced into a hysteresis model within the temperature range from 258 to 358 K, and the relationship between the permeability and the air-gapped length of amorphous alloy is analyzed. The results show that the air-gapped length increases as the temperature increases, resulting in the air-gapped magnetic field intensity weakened. Moreover, the permeability of amorphous alloy increases as the temperature increases, resulting in the air-gapped magnetic field intensity strengthened. Hence, the air-gapped magnetic field intensity can be self-compensated with the amorphous alloy. The effectiveness of the design is verified experimentally with 1–10 mm air-gapped amorphous cores. In addition, in order to analyze the air-gapped magnetic field intensity changes more accurately, a new hysteresis modeling method is proposed, which can overcome the disadvantages of a J-A model for the minor hysteresis curve simulations and a Preisach model for the major hysteresis curve simulations.
Print ISSN:
1530-437X
Electronic ISSN:
1558-1748
Topics:
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
