Flyback SMPS core loss

The ferroxcube charts also show that 3C94 or even 3C90 would be fine for this application........wow!...who needs resonant converters to reduce size.....45W hard switching flyback with an EFD25 !!!

LOL - 600mW min as a starting point for something the size of a large bug

add in wire losses - and please tell me what the temp tops out at in your enclosed space at full power .....

Thanks, pri is two strands of 7/0.1mm TEX-ELZ (Litz).
So is sec.
But sec is two parallel interleaving coils.
i^2R loss is low, so too will be skin effect losses as we use Litz.
i^2R is 0.5W for pri, and 0.7W for sec
....when you think that 600mW could be handled by three 1206 resistors.

The enclosure has big vent holes.
Are you suggesting their kw/m^3 graphs are incorrect?

please let us all know how long it takes for the xfmr to reach 150 deg C @ full power

my guess is 6 minutes

Thanks, you must believe the ferroxcube provided graphs are wrong....admittedly its triangle flux and not sine. And then theres the fringing field..but we are using Litz.

Your prediction of 150degC can only be due to the fact that the core flux is triangular….even if I take the full B(pkpk) of 0.105T at 150kHz, then for 3F3, the kW/m^3 is only 150Kw/m^3. With the EFD25 core volume of 3300mm^3, this gives just 0.495W of core loss…easily dissipated by this shallow, skeletal core. The only way your prediction of 150degC could come to fruition is…

1…the Ferroxcube graphs are incorrect.

2….The difference for triangular flux is so much that the ferroxcube graphs (based on sines) are irrelevant

The following shows how there is not much difference between sine and triangular excitation, for purposes of calculating core loss.

The following shows how there is not much difference between sine and triangular excitation, for purposes of calculating core loss.

" Your prediction of 150degC can only be due to the fact that the core flux is triangular "

assumptive - and not even close - let us know when it is running

cupoftea said:

Thanks, you must believe the ferroxcube provided graphs are wrong....admittedly its triangle flux and not sine. And then theres the fringing field..but we are using Litz.

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Your prediction of 150degC can only be due to the fact that the core flux is triangular….even if I take the full B(pkpk) of 0.105T at 150kHz, then for 3F3, the kW/m^3 is only 150Kw/m^3. With the EFD25 core volume of 3300mm^3, this gives just 0.495W of core loss…easily dissipated by this shallow, skeletal core. The only way your prediction of 150degC could come to fruition is…

1…the Ferroxcube graphs are incorrect.

2….The difference for triangular flux is so much that the ferroxcube graphs (based on sines) are irrelevant

--- Updated Nov 22, 2023 ---

The following shows how there is not much difference between sine and triangular excitation, for purposes of calculating core loss.

Ridley Engineering | - [091] Core Loss Modeling - Part III Sinewave Versus Triangle Wave Losses

ridleyengineering.com

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The flyback case isn't like a symmetric triangle wave; excitation has net DC component, and that flyback event
has a steep slope, probably higher harmonic frequency content. The copper losses are also growing fast
when the drive current nears saturation.

Temperature measurement of a prototype would be prudent, or one should allow a generous margin of core size to avoid nearing saturation.

The copper losses are also growing fast
when the drive current nears saturation.

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Thanks, though we have "straight line" primary current , no ski sloping.

please let us all know how long it takes for the xfmr to reach 150 deg C @ full power

Thanks, i'd rather choose a bigger core, but there is not space or cost approval for that....The core loss calc is genuine, and gives it green light

Recently I ran an E25/13/7 offline Flyback at 62W output from 373VAC input for many hours. Also ran it for considerable periods of hours at 42W from 90VAC input.
It was 84:19 Pri = 1.06mH. Frequency was 60kHz.
Bpk and Bpkpk were significantly greater than what it would be in the aforementioned 150kHz EFD25 example.
Also, even though it was run on the prototype PCB in “open air lab ambient”, the transformer was tightly encased in a potted plastic container.
Sec was 0.7mm TEX-E, pri was ECW.

So getting 48W, from an EFD25, which has greater core area than E25, doesn’t sound quite so out-of-this-world.

Though admittedly the frequency is greater, but coilcraft graphs show that this is OK.

We shall see . . . . I note you didn't mention any hot spot temperatures in your monologue above