ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Controllable Magnetic Cores for Transformers and Electrical Machines
Ferromagnetic cores are used in transformers and electrical machines to allow producing a large magnetic flux with a small electric current. These cores have been traditionally designed for guiding a predefined magnetic flux to a predefined location, leaving them uninvolved with the actual control of the energy conversion process. As the consequence, there are millions of power and distribution transformers and variable-speed electrical motors in the EU alone whose performance, compactness and robustness are limited due to need of complex mechanical arrangements or excessive current and voltage requirements. SMARTMAG will advance the transition towards active and smart magnetics, where the…
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