Browsing SINTEF Open by Author "Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred"
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A 2D FEM Model For Impedance and Loss Calculation of Armored Three-Core Cables With Inclusion of 3D Pitching Effects
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A method is introduced for impedance and loss calculation of three-core power cables with steel armoring, based on 2D finite element method (FEM) computations. The pitching effect of the cores and armor wires is taken into ... -
A Damping Factor-Based White-Box Transformer Model for Network Studies
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Portillo, Alvaro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Transformer manufacturers make routine use of white-box detailed transformer models for ensuring that the transformer will pass the lightning impulse test. For use in general simulation studies, the model should additionally ... -
Apparent impedance analysis: A new method for power system stability analysis
Rygg, Atle; Amin, Mohammad; Molinas Cabrera, Maria Marta; Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred (IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, COMPEL;2016, Chapter, 2016)In this paper a new method for power system stability analysis is introduced. The method is based on injection of a small voltage or current in an arbitrary point of the system. The apparent impedance is defined as the ... -
Eliminating Measurement Cable Effects From Transformer Admittance Measurements
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Admittance frequency-sweep measurements is an accepted procedure for characterizing transformer terminal behavior for the purpose of frequency-dependent black-box modeling. The errors introduced by the measurement cables ... -
High-Frequency Modeling for Determination of Motor Voltage Stresses in a 6.6 kV Variable Speed Drive
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Knutsen, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Variable speed drives (VSDs) cause motor overvoltage stresses to result from fast-front voltage waveforms emerging from the converter, in particular when filters are not installed at the converter output terminals. This ... -
High-Frequency Resonant Overvoltages in Transformer Regulating Winding Caused by Ground Fault Initiation on Feeding Cable
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Portillo, Alvaro; Ronchi, Rodrigo; Mjelve, Asgeir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Transformer terminal equivalents obtained via admittance measurements are suitable for simulating high-frequency transient interaction between the transformer and the network. This paper augments the terminal equivalent ... -
Inclusion of Wire Twisting Effects in Cable Impedance Calculations
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Høyer-Hansen, Martin; Triverio, Piero; Patel, Utkarsh R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Cable-series impedance modeling is widely applied in electromagnetic transients simulations and power-loss calculations. The calculations are usually performed in a 2-D frame using the finite-element method or alternative ... -
Measurements for validation of manufacturer’s white-box transformer models
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Portillo, Alvaro; Ronchi, Rodrigo; Mjelve, Asgeir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Modelling of non-uniform lines using rational approximation and mode revealing transformation
Lima, Antonio Carlos Siqueira; Moura, Rodolfo A. R.; Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Schroeder, Marcon Aurelio Oliveira (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The authors present a methodology to improve the rational modelling of non-uniform lines (NuLs). First, they formulate a segmented chain matrix representation of the NuL, which is converted into a nodal admittance formulation ... -
Multi-Conductor Cable Modeling With Inclusion of Measured Coaxial Wave Propagation Characteristics
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The prediction of voltage stresses in transformer and machine windings requires the ability to calculate pulse propagation effects on the feeding cable with sufficient accuracy. The use of commonly available cable models ... -
Optimal Time Delay Extraction for Transmission Line Modeling
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Frequency-dependent transmission line modeling by the traveling wave method requires to approximate the propagation function with a delayed rational function. Some approaches are based on modal decomposition where scalar ... -
Rational Function Approximation of Transformer Branch Impedance Matrix For Frequency-Dependent White-Box Modeling
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Transformer white-box models are used by the manufacturers to calculate internal winding voltages during the lightning impulse test. The model can also be applied in general network studies, but the model accuracy should ... -
Relaxed Nonlinear Vector Fitting for Calculation of Rational Approximation of Systems Defined by Input/Output Responses in the Frequency Domain
Ramirez, Abner; Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The so-called non-linear vector fitting (NL-VF) technique was recently introduced as a new method for rational function approximation in the frequency domain (FD). While the classical vector fitting (VF) fits a rational ... -
Time Domain Implementation of Damping FactorWhite-Box Transformer Model for Inclusion in EMT Simulation Programs
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Martin, Cesar; Portillo, Alvaro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)White-box detailed transformer models are used by manufacturers for predicting internal overvoltages in transformer windings during the lightning impulse test. One such model is the d-factor model which is based on a ... -
Variable Transmission Voltage for Loss Minimization in Long Offshore Wind Farm AC Export Cables
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Mo, Olve (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Connection of offshore wind farms to shore requires the use of submarine cables. In the case of long HVAC connections, the capacitive charging currents limit the transfer capability and lead to high losses. This paper shows ... -
Voltages and AC Corrosion on Metallic Tubes in Umbilical Cables Caused by Magnetic Induction From Power Cable charging Currents
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Høyer-Hansen, Martin; Hatlo, Marius; Midttveit, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Offshore umbilical cables often include both power cables and elements such as metallic tubes and signal cables. It was concluded from a recent failure of stainless tubes that AC corrosion was the failure cause. This paper ... -
Wide-Band Transformer Modeling Including Core Non-Linear Effects
Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Wide-band, black-box transformer models can be obtained via frequency sweep measurements on transformer terminals followed by rational model extraction via passive curve fitting. These models do however not include core ... -
Wind Power Plant Transmission System Modelling for Harmonic Propagation and Small-signal Stability Analysis
Kocewiak, Lukasz; Gustavsen, Bjørn Alfred; Holdyk, Andrzej (Chapter, 2017)