Electromagnetic losses in magnetic shields for buried high voltage cables

The electromagnetic losses and shielding efficiency of shields for a buried three phase high voltage cable are studied for several shielding configurations. The shields are U-shaped gutters covered with plates, and the power cables are positioned either in trefoil or in flat configuration. The shielding efficiency and the losses are compared for shields with the same geometry but several shielding materials: aluminium, and two ferromagnetic steel grades. The numerical models are validated with experimental results. From the experiments, it is observed that the average reducing factor of the flux density is about 7 with the flat cable configuration while the average reducing factor of the flux density is about 5 with the trefoil cable configuration. But the power losses in the DX52 shield for trefoil configuration is about 40% lower compared to the flat configuration. In case of trefoil configuration, the losses are 12.14 W/m per meter length in the shield for a current of 750 A. Next to the shield material and the cable configuration, the paper investigates the influence of several parameters on both the shielding efficiency and the losses: the size of the shield, the current amplitude in the cable and the thickness of the shield

РАСЧЕТ МАГНИТНОГО ПОЛЯ ТРЕХФАЗНЫХ КАБЕЛЬНЫХ ЛИНИЙ ПРИ ДВУСТОРОННЕМ ЗАМЫКАНИИ СОБСТВЕННЫХ ЭКРАНОВ КАБЕЛЕЙ, ОХВАЧЕННЫХ ФЕРРОМАГНИТНЫМИ СЕРДЕЧНИКАМИ

In this paper we obtain compact expressions for the magnetic field shielding factor of a high-voltage three-phase cable line consisting of single-core cables with two-point bonded cable shields and ferromagnetic cores installed. To obtain these expressions we develop the analytical model of the cable line. Following assumptions are made to develop the model: the current distribution in each cable shield is uniform, cylindrical ferromagnetic cores covering the cables are not magnetized to saturation and their magnetic permeability is constant, each of the ferromagnetic cores is magnetized only by the core current and the shield current of the cable that it covers, the magnetic field inside ferromagnetic cores is axisymmetric, the magnetic field is plane-parallel over the entire cable line. We consider common cases of flat and trefoil cable lines. The proposed expressions for the magnetic field shielding factor are verified experimentally. The physical model is made of three cables of the type NA2XSF(L)2Y-110 1´240/70. It is shown that the difference between numerical simulation results and experimental data lays within 15 %.Получены компактные соотношения для расчета эффективности экранирования магнитного поля высоковольтной трехфазной кабельной линии, состоящей из одножильных кабелей, которые охвачены ферромагнитными сердечниками, при двустороннем замыкании собственных экранов. Рассмотрены кабельные линии с укладкой кабелей треугольником и в плоскости. Предложенные соотношения для расчета эффективности экранирования магнитного поля верифицированы экспериментально

Efficiency of Magnetostatic Protection Using Nanostructured Permalloy Shielding Coatings Depending on Their Microstructure

The effect of microstructure on the efficiency of shielding or shunting of the magnetic fluxby permalloy shields was investigated in the present work. For this purpose, the FeNi shieldingcoatings with different grain structures were obtained using stationary and pulsed electrodeposition.The coatings’ composition, crystal structure, surface microstructure, magnetic domain structure, andshielding efficiency were studied. It has been shown that coatings with 0.2–0.6μm grains have adisordered domain structure. Consequently, a higher value of the shielding efficiency was achieved,but the working range was too limited. The reason for this is probably the hindered movement of thedomain boundaries. Samples with nanosized grains have an ordered two-domain magnetic structurewith a permissible partial transition to a superparamagnetic state in regions with a grain size of lessthan 100 nm. The ordered magnetic structure, the small size of the domain, and the coexistenceof ferromagnetic and superparamagnetic regions, although they reduce the maximum value ofthe shielding efficiency, significantly expand the working range in the nanostructured permalloyshielding coatings. As a result, a dependence between the grain and domain structure and theefficiency of magnetostatic shielding was found

Compact Magnetic Shielding Using Thick-Film Electroplated Permalloy

Compact integration of clocks and inertial sensors using atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) technology is necessary to create a self-contained navigation system resistant to external interference. However, the trend in miniaturization of AMO systems places the magnetic field of particle traps, optical isolators, and vacuum pumps close to other system components. Stray fields and field fluctuations cause changes in atomic transition frequencies, raising the noise floor and reducing the valuable stability in these precision devices. Therefore, it is critical to shield these magnetic fields away from sensitive subsystems by shunting them through low reluctance paths. This is accomplished with high permeability magnetic materials which either surround the precision components or the source of the magnetic field itself. Current magnetic shields are conventionally machined single or multi-layer structures made of various iron alloys. At smaller size scales, these manufacturing methods are ineffective at accommodating the various device and interconnect shapes, making multi-system integration challenging.This work demonstrates batch fabricated high permeability magnetic shielding using permalloy electroplating techniques to simultaneously push the limits of minimum size, maximum shielding factor, and minimum cost. In particular, it presents the first experimental demonstration of electrodeposited high permeability, compact magnetic shielding at millimeter and sub-millimeter scales of fields exceeding 15 mT. Single layer shields of 300 μm permalloy with inner dimensions varying from 3 mm to 6.5 mm were fabricated on 3D printed polymer molds using a novel double-anode plating process to enable conformal deposition with uniform material properties. Multilayer shields of 10 μm permalloy and copper layers with inner dimensions of 1.5 mm to 6 mm were microfabricated using a bulk micromachining technique. The electroplated shields were designed with appropriate thickness to avoid saturation at the specified fields and with shapes to allow sophisticated interconnect extraction – a task that is challenging for conventional machining yet simple for microfabrication and electroplating. The size and shielding factor of these structures can enable compact integration of magnetic devices for AMO microsystems and other magnetic microelectronics, such as magnetic random-access memory and haptic actuators