Thermal modeling for magnetic components: a survey

This work presents a summary about the state of the art in thermal modeling for magnetic components. The thermal problem is formulated in terms of physical concepts and mathematical equations and the procedures for carrying out the analysis of the problem are outlined. Different magnetic thermal models are studied according to the thermal effects that are modeled, geometries, coupling of the thermal and magnetic effects and application scope. Finally the thermal topics that are not modeled are emphasized and the different thermal models are compared from a practical point of view.