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Hysteresis parameters estimation using a modified harmony search

Leandro dos Santos Coelho (Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program (PPGEPS), Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil and Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Parana, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil)
Viviana Cocco Mariani (Mechanical Engineering (PPGEM), Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil and Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Parana, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil)
Marsil de Athayde Costa e Silva (Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA), São José dos Campos, Brazil)
Nelson Jhoe Batistela (GRUCAD-EEL-CTC, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil)
Jean Vianei Leite (GRUCAD-EEL-CTC, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil)
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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a chaotic harmony search (CHS) approach based on the chaotic Zaslavskii map to parameters identification of Jiles-Atherton vector hysteresis model.

Design/methodology/approach

In laminated magnetic cores when the magnetic flux rotates in the lamination plane, one observes an increase in the magnetic losses. The magnetization in these regions is very complex needing a vector model to analyze and predict its behavior. The vector Jiles-Atherton hysteresis model can be employed in rotational flux modeling. The vector Jiles-Atherton model needs a set of five parameters for each space direction taken into account. In this context, a significant amount of research has already been undertaken to investigate the application of metaheuristics in solving difficult engineering optimization problems. Harmony search (HS) is a derivative-free real parameter optimization metaheuristic algorithm, and it draws inspiration from the musical improvisation process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. In this paper, a CHS approach based on the chaotic Zaslavskii map is proposed and evaluated.

Findings

The proposed CHS presents an efficient strategy to improve the search performance in preventing premature convergence to local minima when compared with the classical HS algorithm. Numerical comparisons with results using classical HS, genetic algorithms (GAs), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and evolution strategies (ES) demonstrated that the performance of the CHS is promising in parameters identification of Jiles-Atherton vector hysteresis model.

Originality/value

This paper presents an efficient CHS approach applied to parameters identification of Jiles-Atherton vector hysteresis model.

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Citation

dos Santos Coelho, L., Cocco Mariani, V., de Athayde Costa e Silva, M., Jhoe Batistela, N. and Vianei Leite, J. (2013), "Hysteresis parameters estimation using a modified harmony search", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 32 No. 6, pp. 1974-1985. https://doi.org/10.1108/COMPEL-03-2012-0033

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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