Modelling eddy currents and hysteresis in a transformer laminate

A Cauer circuit model of a transformer laminate is presented. It considers saturation, eddy currents and hysteresis. The simulation results agree to experiments with an Epstein frame in the 10-200 Hz range. The paper includes a description of a computationally fast hysteresis model with few adjustable parameters and a physical approach to derive the Cauer circuit. The model can be used under various time-transient conditions and can easily be implemented into a larger system in a circuit simulation package, such as Saber, to study a transformers interaction with switching overvoltages, for example.