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Winding eddy-current heating from the 5th, 7th and 13th harmonics relative to the fundamental at equal RMS current; it scales with harmonic order squared

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ScopeCovers winding eddy-current loss only, not total transformer heating. Other stray losses rise more slowly, roughly with harmonic order to the power 0.8.
As of2026-10
SourceGuide derivation: winding eddy-current loss proportional to harmonic order squared at equal RMS current (IEEE C57.110 method)
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