Effects of DC bias on magnetic performance of high grades grain-oriented silicon steels

When high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission adopting mono- polar ground return operation mode or unbalanced bipolar operation mode, the invasion of DC current into neutral point of alternating current (AC) transformer will cause core saturation, temperature increasing, and vibration acceleration. Based on the MPG200D soft magnetic measurement system, the influence of DC bias on magnetic performance of 0.23 mm and 0.27 mm series (P-1.7= 0.70-1.05 W/kg, B-8 > 1.89 T) grain-oriented (GO) silicon steels under condition of AC /DC hybrid excitation were systematically realized in this paper. For the high magnetic induction GO steels (core losses are the same), greater thickness can lead to stronger ability of resisting DC bias, and the reasons for it were analyzed. Finally, the magnetostriction and A- weighted magnetostriction velocity level of GO steel under DC biased magnetization were researched.