TRANSFORMER PART 2



Schematic of an Ideal Transformer

Beside the conductors in the network, the second most contributors to the power loss in the Power System are the transformers. Two known types of losses that go with this device are the copper or also known as the winding loss and the core loss. While the core loss can still broken down into two components namely, the eddy current loss and the hysteresis loss. We all know from our academics that an ideal transformer must have an incoming power equals the outgoing. In reality however, the electrical nature of the transformers components still prevails. Since its winding and the core is all made up of earthly materials, they are also subjected to resistance and reactance. A small amount of power is still dissipated in these materials during operation and this is what we generally consider as the transformer loss.

Like any other device, transformers are also categorized to many types. Different types of connection and construction makes them unique in their one way not only to their function but also to their operational output. The beauty of this is one can be creative enough to come up with a certain application to a certain situation using any of all of these available types.

In a three-phase network, different connections are used in dealing with three-phase transformers; some are connected delta-wye, delta-delta, wye float-wye float, etc. Of course each is with their own advantage and disadvantage. Whether these connections affects our system’s loss analysis or not, this is of course is what we are going to explore in the later part of this study.


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