Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 693081, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/693081
Research Article

Flux Reflection Model of the Ferroresonant Circuit

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Osijek, Kneza Trpimira 2b, 31000 Osijek, Croatia

Received 10 March 2009; Revised 20 May 2009; Accepted 5 June 2009

Academic Editor: José Roberto Castilho Piqueira

Copyright © 2009 Kruno Miličević et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

The paper presents a linear model of ferroresonant circuit with flux reflection. The proposed model—flux reflection model—derives from observations of typical flux waveforms of nonlinear coil during ferroresonant steady states. Simulation results of the flux reflection model are compared with simulation results of the usual nonlinear model as well as with measurements carried out on the physical model of the ferroresonant circuit. The flux reflection model enables a novel comprehension of the ferroresonant circuit behavior and simplifies the modeling of the nonlinear coil in the ferroresonant circuit.