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The primary and secondary windings of a transformer can be connected in different configuration as shown to meet practically any requirement.
In the case of three phase transformer windings, three forms of connection are possible: star (wye), delta (mesh) and interconnected-star
(zig-zag).
The combinations of the three windings may be with the primary delta-connected and the secondary star-connected, or star-delta, star-star or
delta-delta, depending on the transformers use. When transformers are used to provide three or more phases they are generally referred to as a
Polyphase Transformer.
Symbols are generally used on a three phase transformer to indicate the type or types of connections used with upper case Y for star connected, D
for delta connected and Z for interconnected star primary windings, with lower case y, d and z for their respective secondaries. Then, Star-Star
would be labelled Yy, Delta-Delta would be labelled Dd and interconnected star to interconnected star would be Zz for the same types of
connected transformers.
Primary Winding
Secondary Winding
Delta
Star
Interconnected
We now know that there are four ways in which three single-phase transformers may be connected together between primary and secondary
three-phase circuits. The configurations are delta-delta, star-star, star-delta, and delta-star. Transformers for high voltage operation with the star
connections has the advantage of reducing the voltage on an individual transformer, reducing the number of turns required and an increase in the
size of the conductors, making the coil windings easier and cheaper to insulate than delta transformers.
The delta-delta connection nevertheless has one big advantage over the star-delta configuration, in that if one transformer of a group of three
should become faulty or disabled, the two remaining ones will continue to deliver three-phase power with a capacity equal to approximately two
thirds of the original output from the transformer unit.
In a delta connected ( Dd ) group of transformers, the line voltage, VL is equal to the supply voltage, VL = VS. But the current in each phase
winding is given as: 1/3 IL of the line current, where IL is the line current.
One disadvantage of delta connected three phase transformers is that each transformer must be wound for the full-line voltage, (in our example
above 100V) and for 57.7 per cent, line current. The greater number of turns in the winding, together with the insulation between turns,
necessitate a larger and more expensive coil than the star connection. Another disadvantage with delta connected three phase transformers is that
there is no neutral or common connection.
In the star-star arrangement ( Yy ), (wye-wye), each transformer has one terminal connected to a common junction, or neutral point with the three
remaining ends of the primary windings connected to the three-phase mains supply. The number of turns in a transformer winding for star
connection is 57.7 per cent, of that required for delta connection.
The star connection requires the use of three transformers, and if any one transformer becomes fault or disabled, the whole group might become
disabled. Nevertheless, the star connected three phase transformer is especially convenient and economical in electrical power distributing
systems, in that a fourth wire may be connected as a neutral point, ( n ) of the three star connected secondaries as shown.
The voltage between any line of the three-phase transformer is called the line voltage, VL, while the voltage between any line and the neutral
point of a star connected transformer is called the phase voltage, VP. This phase voltage between the neutral point and any one of the line
connections is 1/3 VL of the line voltage. Then above, the primary side phase voltage, VP is given as.
The secondary current in each phase of a star-connected group of transformers is the same as that for the line current of the supply, then IL = IS.
Then the relationship between line and phase voltages and currents in a three-phase system can be summarised as:
Phase Voltage
Line Voltage
Phase Current
Line Current
Star
VP = VL 3
VL = 3 VP
IP = IL
IL = IP
Delta
VP = VL
VL = VP
IP = IL 3
IL = 3 IP
Where again, VL is the line-to-line voltage, and VP is the phase-to-neutral voltage on either the primary or the secondary side.
Other possible connections for three phase transformers are star-delta Yd, where the primary winding is star-connected and the secondary is
delta-connected or delta-star Dy with a delta-connected primary and a star-connected secondary.
Delta-star connected transformers are widely used in low power distribution with the primary windings providing a three-wire balanced load to
the utility company while the secondary windings provide the required 4th-wire neutral or earth connection.
When the primary and secondary have different types of winding connections, star or delta, the overall turns ratio of the transformer becomes
more complicated. If a three-phase transformer is connected as delta-delta ( Dd ) or star-star ( Yy ) then the transformer could potentially have a
1:1 turns ratio. That is the input and output voltages for the windings are the same.
However, if the 3-phase transformer is connected in stardelta, ( Yd ) each star-connected primary winding will receive the phase voltage, VP of
the supply, which is equal to 1/3 VL.
Then each corresponding secondary winding will then have this same voltage induced in it, and since these windings are delta-connected, the
voltage 1/3 VL will become the secondary line voltage. Then with a 1:1 turns ratio, a stardelta connected transformer will provide a 3:1
step-down line-voltage ratio.
Likewise, for a deltastar ( Dy ) connected transformer, with a 1:1 turns ratio, the transformer will provide a 1:3 step-up line-voltage ratio. Then
for a delta-star connected transformer the turns ratio becomes:
Then for the four basic configurations of a three-phase transformer, we can list the transformers secondary voltages and currents with respect to
the primary line voltage, VL and its primary line current IL as shown in the following table.
Line Voltage
Line Current
Configuration
Primary or Secondary
Primary or Secondary
Delta Delta
Delta Star
Star Delta
Star Star
Where: n equals the transformers turns ratio (T.R.) of the number of secondary windings NS, divided by the number of primary windings
NP. ( NS/NP ) and VL is the line-to-line voltage with VP being the phase-to-neutral voltage.
Then the secondary side of the transformer supplies a line voltage, VL of about 35v giving a phase voltage, VP of 20v at 1.44 amperes.
The three-limb core-type three-phase transformer is the most common method of three-phase transformer construction allowing the phases to be
magnetically linked. Flux of each limb uses the other two limbs for its return path with the three magnetic fluxs in the core generated by the line
voltages differing in time-phase by 120 degrees. Thus the flux in the core remains nearly sinusoidal, producing a sinusoidal secondary supply
voltage.
The shell-type five-limb type three-phase transformer construction is heavier and more expensive to build than the core-type. Five-limb cores are
generally used for very large power transformers as they can be made with reduced height. A shell-type transformers core materials, electrical
windings, steel enclosure and cooling are much the same as for the larger single-phase types.
Current transformers reduce high voltage currents to a much lower value and provide a convenient way
of safely monitoring the actual electrical current flowing in an AC transmission line using a standard
ammeter. The principal of operation of a current transformer is no different from that of an ordinary
transformer.
Toroidal current transformers These do not contain a primary winding. Instead, the line that
carries the current flowing in the network is threaded through a window or hole in the toroidal
transformer. Some current transformers have a split core which allows it to be opened, installed,
and closed, without disconnecting the circuit to which they are attached.
Bar-type current transformers This type of current transformer uses the actual cable or busbar of the main circuit as the primary winding, which is equivalent to a single turn. They are fully
insulated from the high operating voltage of the system and are usually bolted to the current
carrying device.
Current transformers can reduce or step-down current levels from thousands of amperes down to a
standard output of a known ratio to either 5 Amps or 1 Amp for normal operation. Thus, small and
accurate instruments and control devices can be used with CTs because they are insulated away from any
high-voltage power lines. There are a variety of metering applications and uses for current transformers
such as with Wattmeters, power factor meters, watt-hour meters, protective relays, or as trip coils in
magnetic circuit breakers, or MCBs.
Current Transformer
Generally current transformers and ammeters are used together as a matched pair in which the design of
the current transformer is such as to provide a maximum secondary current corresponding to a full-scale
deflection on the ammeter. In most current transformers an approximate inverse turns ratio exists between
the two currents in the primary and secondary windings. This is why calibration of the CT is generally for
a specific type of ammeter.
Most current transformers have a the standard secondary rating of 5 amps with the primary and secondary
currents being expressed as a ratio such as 100/5. This means that the primary current is 100 times greater
than the secondary current so when 100 amps is flowing in the primary conductor it will result in 5 amps
flowing in the secondary winding, or one of 500/5 will produce 5 amps in the secondary for 500 amps in
the primary conductor, etc.
By increasing the number of secondary windings, N2, the secondary current can be made much smaller
than the current in the primary circuit being measured because as N2 increases, I2 goes down by a
proportional amount. In other words, the number of turns and the current in the primary and secondary
windings are related by an inverse proportion.
We know from our tutorial on double wound voltage transformers that its turns ratio is equal to:
As the primary usually consists of one or two turns whilst the secondary can have several hundred turns,
the ratio between the primary and secondary can be quite large. For example, assume that the current
rating of the primary winding is 100A. The secondary winding has the standard rating of 5A. Then the
ratio between the primary and the secondary currents is 100A-to-5A, or 20:1. In other words, the primary
current is 20 times greater than the secondary current.
It should be noted however, that a current transformer rated as 100/5 is not the same as one rated as 20/1
or subdivisions of 100/5. This is because the ratio of 100/5 expresses the input/output current rating and
not the actual ratio of the primary to the secondary currents. Also note that the number of turns and the
current in the primary and secondary windings are related by an inverse proportion.
But relatively large changes in a current transformers turns ratio can be achieved by modifying the
primary turns through the CTs window where one primary turn is equal to one pass and more than one
pass through the window results in the electrical ratio being modified.
So for example, a current transformer with a relationship of say, 300/5A can be converted to another of
150/5A or even 100/5A by passing the main primary conductor through its interior window two or three
times as shown. This allows a higher value current transformer to provide the maximum output current
for the ammeter when used on smaller primary current lines.
We can see above that since the secondary of the current transformer is connected across the ammeter,
which has a very small resistance, the voltage drop across the secondary winding is only 1.0 volts at full
primary current. If the ammeter is removed, the secondary winding becomes open-circuited and the
transformer acts as a step-up transformer due to the very large increase in magnetising flux in the
secondary core. This results in a high voltage being induced in the secondary winding equal to the ratio
of: Vp(Ns/Np) being developed across the secondary winding.
So for example, assume our current transformer from above is used on a 480 volt three-phase power line.
Therefore:
This 76.8kV is why a current transformer should never be left open-circuited or operated with no-load
attached when the main primary current is flowing through it. If the ammeter is to be removed, a shortcircuit should be placed across the secondary terminals first to eliminate the risk of shock.
This is because when the secondary is open-circuited the iron core of the autotransformer operates at a
high degree of saturation, which produces an abnormally large secondary voltage, and in our simple
example above, this was calculated at 76.8kV!. This high secondary voltage could damage the insulation
or cause electric shock if the CTs terminals are accidentally touched.
There are many specialized types of current transformers now available. A popular and portable type
which can be used to measure circuit loading are called clamp meters as shown.
Clamp meters open and close around a current carrying conductor and measure its current by determining
the magnetic field around it, providing a quick measurement reading usually on a digital display without
disconnecting or opening the circuit.
As well as the handheld clamp type CT, split core current transformers are available which has one end
removable so that the load conductor or bus bar does not have to be disconnected to install it. These are
available for measuring currents from 100 up to 5000 amps, with square window sizes from 1 to over
12 (25-to-300mm).
Then to summarise, the Current Transformer, (CT) is a type of instrument transformer used to convert
a primary current into a secondary current through a magnetic medium. Its secondary winding then
provides a much reduced current which can be used for detecting overcurrent, undercurrent, peak current,
or average current conditions.
A current transformers primary coil is always connected in series with the main conductor giving rise to it
also being referred to as a series transformer. The nominal secondary current is rated at 1A or 5A for ease
of measurement. Construction can be one single primary turn as in Toroidal, Doughnut, or Bar types, or a
few wound primary turns, usually for low current ratios.
Current transformers are intended to be used as proportional current devices. Therefore a current
transformers secondary winding should never be operated into an open circuit, just as a voltage
transformer should never be operated into a short circuit.
Very high voltages will result from open circuiting the secondary circuit of an energized CT so their
terminals must be short-circuited if the ammeter is to be removed or when a CT is not in use before
powering up the system.
In the next tutorial about Transformers we will look at what happens when we connect together three
individual transformers in a star or delta configuration to produce a larger power transformer called a
Three Phase Transformer used to supply 3-phase supplies.
UnderstandingVectorGroupofTransformer
Introduction
Three phase transformer consists of three sets of primary windings, one for each phase, and three sets of secondary
windings wound on the same iron core.
Separate single-phase transformers can be used and externally interconnected to yield the same results as a 3-phase
unit.
The primary windings are connected in one of several ways. The two most common configurations are the delta, in
which the polarity end of one winding is connected to the non-polarity end of the next, and the star, in which all
three non-polarities (or polarity) ends are connected together. The secondary windings are connected similarly. This
means that a 3-phase transformer can have its primary and secondary windings connected the same (delta-delta or
star-star), or differently (delta-star or star-delta).
Itsimportanttorememberthatthesecondaryvoltagewaveformsareinphasewiththeprimarywaveformswhen
theprimaryandsecondarywindingsareconnectedthesameway.Thisconditioniscallednophaseshift.
But when the primary and secondary windings are connected differently, the secondary voltage waveforms will
differ from the corresponding primary voltage waveforms by 30 electrical degrees. This is called a 30 degree phase
shift. When two transformers are connected in parallel, their phase shifts must be identical; if not, a short circuit will
occur when the transformers are energized.
SixWaystowireStarWinding
SixWaystowireDeltaWinding
Polarity
An AC voltage applied to a coil will induce a voltage in a second coil where the two are linked by a magnetic path.
The phase relationship of the two voltages depends upon which way round the coils are connected. The voltages
will either be in-phase or displaced by 180 deg.
When 3 coils are used in a 3 phase transformer winding a number of options exist. The coil voltages can be in phase
or displaced as above with the coils connected in star or delta and, in the case of a star winding, have the star point
(neutral) brought out to an external terminal or not.
Additiveandsubstractivepolarityof
transformer
When Pair of Coil of Transformer have same direction than voltage induced in both coil are in same direction from
one end to other end. When two coil have opposite winding direction than Voltage induced in both coil are in
opposite direction.
FirstSymbol:forHighVoltage:Alwayscapitalletters.
D=Delta,S=Star,Z=Interconnectedstar,N=Neutral
SecondSymbol:forLowvoltage:AlwaysSmallletters.
d=Delta,s=Star,z=Interconnectedstar,n=Neutral.
ThirdSymbol:Phasedisplacementexpressedastheclockhournumber(1,6,11)
Example Dyn11
Transformer has a delta connected primary winding (D) a star connected secondary (y) with the star point brought
out (n) and a phase shift of 30 deg leading (11).
The point of confusion is occurring in notation in a step-up transformer. As the IEC60076-1 standard has stated, the
notation is HV-LV in sequence. For example, a step-up transformer with a delta-connected primary, and starconnected secondary, is not written as dY11, but Yd11. The 11 indicates the LV winding leads the HV by 30
degrees.
Transformers built to ANSI standards usually do not have the vector group shown on their nameplate and instead a
vector diagram is given to show the relationship between the primary and other windings.
The digits (0, 1, 11 etc) relate to the phase displacement between the HV and LV windings using a clock face
notation. The phasor representing the HV winding is taken as reference and set at 12 oclock. Phase rotation is
always anti-clockwise. (International adopted).
Use the hour indicator as the indicating phase displacement angle. Because there are 12 hours on a clock, and a
circle consists out of 360, each hour represents 30.Thus 1 = 30, 2 = 60, 3 = 90, 6 = 180 and 12 = 0 or 360.
The minute hand is set on 12 oclock and replaces the line to neutral voltage (sometimes imaginary) of the HV
winding. This position is always the reference point.
Example
Digit0=0thattheLVphasorisinphasewiththeHVphasor
Digit1=30lagging(LVlagsHVwith30)becauserotationisanticlockwise.
Digit11=330laggingor30leading(LVleadsHVwith30)
Digit5=150lagging(LVlagsHVwith150)
Digit6=180lagging(LVlagsHVwith180)
When transformers are operated in parallel it is important that any phase shift is the same through each. Paralleling
typically occurs when transformers are located at one site and connected to a common bus bar (banked) or located at
different sites with the secondary terminals connected via distribution or transmission circuits consisting of cables
and overhead lines.
PhaseShift(Deg)
Connection
Yy0
Dd0
Dz0
30lag
Yd1
Dy1
Yz1
Dd2
Dz2
Dd4
Dz4
60lag
120lag
150lag
Yd5
Dy5
Yz5
180lag
Yy6
Dd6
Dz6
150lead
Yd7
Dy7
Yz7
120lead
Dd8
Dz8
Dd10
Dz10
Dy11
Yz11
60lead
30lead
Yd11
The phase-bushings on a three phase transformer are marked either ABC, UVW or 123 (HV-side capital, LV-side
small letters). Two winding, three phase transformers can be divided into four main categories
Group
Oclock
TC
GroupI
0oclock,0
delta/delta,star/star
GroupII
6oclock,180
delta/delta,star/star
GroupIII
1oclock,30
star/delta,delta/star
GroupIV
11oclock,+30
star/delta,delta/star
MinusindicatesLVlaggingHV,plusindicatesLVleadingHV
ClockNotation0(PhaseShift0)
ClockNotation1(PhaseShift30)
ClockNotation2(PhaseShift60)
ClockNotation4(PhaseDisplacement
120)
ClockNotation5(PhaseDisplacement150)
ClockNotation6(PhaseShift+180)
ClockNotation7(PhaseShift+150)
ClockNotation11(PhaseShift+30)