Electromagnetic Design and Modeling

Session: Electromagnetic Design and Modeling

Moderator: Markus Zahn

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems

Presented at the COMSOL Users Conference 2007 Boston

Electromagnetic Design and Modeling

Presented at the COMSOL Users Conference 2007 Boston

M. Zahn COMSOL Research Applications

1. Nonlinear magnetic fluid behavior in dc, ac, and rotating magnetic fields for MRI applications 2. Dielectrometry sensors to measure moisture diffusion processes 3. High voltage streamer initiation and propagation in electrical breakdown events
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Electromagnetic Design and Modeling

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Dielectrometry Sensors
Capacitive sensor for measuring material properties. 3 Sensor 6 Channel Sensor Measurement determines C12 and G12.

Use Laplaces equation to find theoretical field solution. Study more complex cases with Multiphysics.
Planar G Ground, D Drive, S Sense z periodic periodic

Sensors Conforms to various geometries

periodic

z periodic
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Electromagnetic Design and Modeling

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Moisture Diffusion
Estimated Moisture Profiles
Black, Experiment Red, Theory
Do = 1.3 x 10-8 m2/sec.

Sensors can be used to measure dielectric properties as temperature a moisture content change. Moisture Diffusion Experiments

Analysis of more sophisticated diffusion experiments made possible by Multiphysics

Moisture enters end of rod. 6 channel z periodic sensor used. Response determined by MC. Estimate diffusion from experiment.
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Video Clip: Concentration Diffusion

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High Voltage Streamer Initiation and Propagation in Electrical Breakdown Events

Needle-Sphere Electrode Structure Geometry Model and Meshing

Presented at the COMSOL Users Conference 2007 Boston

Electrical streamers are highly conductive structures that form in dielectric liquids prior to the formation of an arc. Much of this research on streamers has been empirical in nature and there does not exist a universally accepted breakdown theory, which describes the initiation and growth of streamers in dielectric liquids. Using COMSOL, an electro and thermo dynamic model which describes the development of such a general theory has been validated
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Electromagnetic Design and Modeling

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Surface Plots of Electric Field

t = 2s t = 10 s t = 20 s

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Electromagnetic Design and Modeling

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Video Clip: Electric Field Surface Distribution

Electromagnetic Design and Modeling

Presented at the COMSOL Users Conference 2007 Boston

Video Clip: Surface and Contour Plots of Charge Density Concentration