Technical gazette, Vol. 30 No. 3, 2023.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20221010215018
Analysis of Transitional Occurrences of Low Voltage Welding Transformer
Ivan Petrović
orcid.org/0000-0003-4440-1116
; Saint Jean Industries d.o.o., 35000 Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Marinko Stojkov
orcid.org/0000-0003-1727-1766
; University of Slavonski Brod, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Trg Ivane Brlić Mažuranić, 35000 Slavonski Brod
Damir Šljivac
; J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek, Kneza Trpmira 2B, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Mijat Samardžić
; University of Slavonski Brod, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Trg Ivane Brlić Mažuranić, 35000 Slavonski Brod
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate and analyse transition events that occur when the loaded transformer is turned on and off within the welding device. The purpose of the welder is to provide a high quality and stable voltage during the ignition of the arc, and often during the ignition of the arc the transformer comes from its no-load state to the work-load state, depending on the diameter of the electrode that the arc melts. The welding currents of the MIG/MAG (Metal Inert/Active Gas) process are not less than 100 A, about 350 A, at a voltage of the arc of 35 V (DC). In this paper, the MATLAB/PSB programme package is used to analyse the no-load inrush currents and the loaded inrush currents of welding transformers. Current and voltage waveforms were recorded on the primary side of the transformer, as well as the harmonic content of the transformer primary currents, with indicator calculation of the current waveform distortion - THDi.
Keywords
inrush currents; MATLAB; Numerical simulation; THDi; welding device transformer
Hrčak ID:
300694
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Publication date:
23.4.2023.
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