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JOM
Volume 70, Issue 6, Pages 879-891Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-018-2857-5
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- DOE Solar Energy Technology Office
- Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium through the SuNLaMP initiative [DE-EE-00031004]
- U S Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
- RES Contract [DE-FE0004000]
- Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, an agency of the United States Government
- AECOM
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Metal amorphous nanocomposite (MANC) alloys are an emerging class of soft magnetic materials showing promise for a range of inductive components targeted for higher power density and higher efficiency power conversion applications including inductors, transformers, and rotating electrical machinery. Magnetization reversal mechanisms within these alloys are typically determined by composition optimization as well as controlled annealing treatments to generate a nanocomposite structure composed of nanocrystals embedded in an amorphous precursor. Here we demonstrate the concept of spatially varying the permeability within a given component for optimization of performance by using the strain annealing process. The concept is realized experimentally through the smoothing of the flux profile from the inner to outer core radius achieved by a monotonic variation in tension during the strain annealing process. Great potential exists for an extension of this concept to a wide range of other power magnetic components and more complex spatially varying permeability profiles through advances in strain annealing techniques and controls.
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