An algorithm for calculating no-load losses of large single-phase transformer core with step-lap joints was proposed. Equivalent magnetic property method was employed to obtain the equivalent material properties of joints. A cycle was divided according to the equal time interval
and then the static magnetic flux density distribution was calculated at each instant moment. Spline-interpolated method was chosen to draw up the temporal curve of magnetic flux density. FFT analysis was used to determine the each harmonic amplitude of magnetic flux density. The losses were evaluated by linear interpolation from loss curves with corresponding frequency
and the total transformer core loss was gotten by summing losses of all elements. A large single-phase transformer used in practical project was taken as the object
and the proposed algorithm and the traditional scheme without considering joint structure were used to calculate no-load losses. The comparison with the result of no-load transformer test shows that the result from the proposed algorithm gets closer to the test data
which enables to improve the accuracy by 9.8% in the rated voltage range of 50% to 100%.
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