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Inductor

The Inductor model represents a inductor with a fixed inductance.

Usage

  • The input design parameters that must be specified by the modeler when creating an instance of this Inductor component is inductance, H, in Henries.

  • This component supports DC and AC (single or multiphase) power. At instantiation, this component's power type is unspecified. NPSS Power System Components need to have a power type in order to correctly run power calculations. For this component, the power type is typically set by calling the findSourcesAndPropagate() method at the top level assembly (see ElectricPort).

  • Note that, as an inductor, this component will act as an short circuit to DC. Because this component does not include dynamics, expect it to act as a short in DC systems.

  • This component does not contain a node, and so starts each iteration with its port voltages unknown. The NPSS Power System Library requires that all components that contain nodes all have a prePass() method specified that pushes node voltage information, via their ports to all components that do not contain nodes and so do not know their voltages. The intent is that after all component prePass methods are automatically called, all components in the system will then have port voltages specified. Then during the normal iteration, components that don't contain nodes such as this one, will execute first. These components typically transmit power from one node to another and do not transform it from one kind to another (e.g. cables and breaker). These execute first in the solver sequence, and inside their calculate() methods, they calculate their currents, which are then passed via the ports, to all other components in the circuit. So after these nodeless transmission components execute, all electric port voltages and currents should be specified, and so all other components are free to run.

  • This component is a circuit component and, at this time, has not been set up to include thermal models.

  • Solver independents and dependents are not used in the Inductor component, and there is no sizing logic included in this component.

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