This book is a collection of information on different power components and techniques, describing the design of power circuits and the characteristics of power semiconductor devices. 428 p. Revised 2nd Edition, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1988. 432p. Colonel McLyman is responsible for design review of all magnetics used in NASA's unmanned space program. Through books, papers, seminars, and core vendors providing Kg data, the method has become widely known and used and some familiarity with this method is useful even if other design methods are used. The books provide a cook book design procedure for magnetic design using the method.
Computer programs are available to implement to method.
Topics include magnetic materials selection for static inverters and converter transformers, transformer design tradeoffs, power supply transformer design, simplified cut core inductor design, toroidal powder core selection with dc current, window utilization factor, transformer-inductor efficiency and regulation and temperature rise, inductor design with no dc flux, current transformer design, and magnetic component test circuits. Supplements McLyman's first book . Includes expanded information on core characteristics in table form with Kg factors. Some manufacturers now make this material available on diskettes for use on personal computers. Topics include magnetic-core power handling ability, transformer output circuits, transformer and inductor design examples, magnetic core material tradeoff, conversion data for magnetic wire, cased toroids, MPP and iron powder cores, ferrite cores, laminations, C cores, caseless toroids, E cores, and transformer mounting brackets.