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Ideal Transformer
Introduction
Transformers are one of the most important components of any power system. It basically changes the level of voltages from one value to the other at constant frequency. Being a static machine the efficiency of a transformer could be as high as 99%.
Big generating stations are located at hundreds or more km away from the load center (where the power will be actually consumed). Long transmission lines carry the power to the load centre from the generating stations. Generator is a rotating machines and the level of voltage at which it generates power is limited to several kilo volts only – typical value is 11 kV. To transmit large amount of power (several thousands of mega watts) at this voltage level means large amount of current has to flow through the transmission lines. The cross sectional area of the conductor of the lines accordingly should be large. Hence cost involved in transmitting a given amount of power rises many folds. Not only that, the transmission lines has their own resistances. This huge amount of current will cause tremendous amount of power loss or I2r loss in the lines. This loss will simply heat the lines and becomes a wasteful energy. In other words, efficiency of transmission becomes poor and cost involved is high.
The above problems may addressed if we could transmit power at a very high voltage say, at 200 kV or 400 kV or even higher at 800 kV. But as pointed out earlier, a generator is incapable of generating voltage at these level due to its own practical limitation. The solution to this problem is to use an appropriate step-up transformer at the generating station to bring the transmission voltage level at the desired value as depicted in figure 23.1 where for simplicity single phase system is shown to understand the basic idea. Obviously when power reaches the load centre, one has to step down the voltage to suitable and safe values by using transformers. Thus transformers are an integral part in any modern power system. Transformers are located in places called substations. In cities or towns you must have noticed transformers are installed on poles – these are called pole mounted distribution transformers. These type of transformers change voltage level typically from 3-phase, 6 kV to 3-phase 440 V line to line.
Analysis of ideal transformer
Let us assume a sinusoidally varying voltage is impressed across the primary with secondary winding open circuited. Although the current drawn Im will be practically zero, but its position will be 90° lagging with respect to the supply voltage. The flux produced will obviously be in phase with Im. In other words the supply voltage will lead the flux phasor by 90°. Since flux is common for both the primary and secondary coils, it is customary to take flux phasor as the reference.
No load phasor diagram
A transformer is said to be under no load condition when no load is connected across the secondary i.e., the switch S in figure 23.2 is kept opened and no current is carried by the secondary windings. The phasor diagram under no load condition can be drawn starting with φ as the reference phasor as shown in figure 23.4.
Transformer under loaded condition
In this lesson we shall study the behavior of the transformer when loaded. A transformer gets loaded when we try to draw power from the secondary. In practice loading can be imposed on a transformer by connecting impedance across its secondary coil. It will be explained how the primary reacts when the secondary is loaded. It will be shown that any attempt to draw current/power from the secondary, is immediately responded by the primary winding by drawing extra current/power from the source. We shall also see that mmf balance will be maintained whenever both the windings carry currents. Together with the mmf balance equation and voltage ratio equation, invariance of Volt-Ampere (VA or KVA) irrespective of the sides will be established.
We have seen in the preceding section that the secondary winding becomes a seat of emf and ready to deliver power to a load if connected across it when primary is energized. Under no load condition power drawn is zero as current drawn is zero for ideal transformer. However when loaded, the secondary will deliver power to the load and same amount of power must be sucked in by the primary from the source in order to maintain power balance. We expect the primary current to flow now. Here we shall examine in somewhat detail the mechanism of drawing extra current by the primary when the secondary is loaded. For a fruitful discussion on it let us quickly review the dot convention in mutually coupled coils.
Dot convention
The primary of the transformer shown in figure 23.2 is energized from a.c source and potential of terminal 1 with respect to terminal 2 is v12 = Vmaxsinωt. Naturally polarity of 1 is sometimes +ve and some other time it is –ve. The dot convention helps us to determine the polarity of the induced voltage in the secondary coil marked with terminals 3 and 4. Suppose at some time t we find that terminal 1 is +ve and it is increasing with respect to terminal 2. At that time what should be the status of the induced voltage polarity in the secondary – whether terminal 3 is +ve or –ve? If possible let us assume terminal 3 is –ve and terminal 4 is positive. If that be current the secondary will try to deliver current to a load such that current comes out from terminal 4 and enters terminal 3. Secondary winding therefore, produces flux in the core in the same direction as that of the flux produced by the primary. So core flux gets strengthened in inducing more voltage. This is contrary to the dictate of Lenz’s law which says that the polarity of the induced voltage in a coil should be such that it will try to oppose the cause for which it is due. Hence terminal 3 can not be –ve.