High voltage devices such as dry-type air-core reactors are subjected to environmental noise standards. Their excitation is due to Lorentz forces originated from the magnetic field, created by the coil itself, combined with the feed current. The objective of this paper is to show how spectral components present in the supply current of industrial dry-type air-core reactors is likely to produce a significant acoustic radiation. First, the multi-component distribution of the Lorentz forces is established. Then, the multi-physics computation process allowing to determine the acoustic pressure induced by each force component is presented. Finally, two industrial reactors are studied: a single and a multi-layer coil. It is pointed out that significant acoustic emergence can be induced by the interaction between small current spectral components with the fundamental or with each other.
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