Transformer Voltage Regulation: Mastering the Drop

Demonstrative Video


\(\bullet\) Transformer with resistance and leakage reactance

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\[\begin{aligned} Z_{1} & =\sqrt{\left(R_{1}^{2}+X_{1}^{2}\right)}\\ Z_{2} & =\sqrt{\left(R_{2}^{2}+X_{2}^{2}\right)}\\ V_{1} & =E_{1}+I_{1}\left(R_{1}+jX_{1}\right)=E_{1}+I_{1}Z_{1}\\ E_{2} & =V_{2}+I_{2}\left(R_{2}+jX_{2}\right)=V_{2}+I_{2}Z_{2} \end{aligned}\]
\[\begin{array}{ccc} X_{2}^{'}=X_{2}/K^{2} & \mbox{and} & X_{1}^{'}=K^{2}X_{1}\\ X_{01}=X_{1}+X_{2}^{'} & \mbox{and} & X_{02}=X_{2}+X_{1}^{'} \end{array}\]
Leakage reactance can also be transferred from one winding to the other in the same way as resistance
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\[\begin{aligned} Z_{01} & =\sqrt{\left(R_{01}^{2}+X_{01}^{2}\right)}\\ Z_{02} & =\sqrt{\left(R_{02}^{2}+X_{02}^{2}\right)} \end{aligned}\]
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Voltage Drop in a Transformer

\[\begin{aligned} V_{1} & \thickapprox E_{1}\\ E_{2} & =KE_{1}=KV_{1}\\ E_{2} & =_{0}V_{2} \end{aligned}\]
At no load:
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\[I_{2}R_{02}\cos\Phi\pm I_{2}X_{02}\sin\Phi\]
\(-\)\(+\)The approximate voltage drop is:
\[I_{1}R_{01}\cos\Phi\pm I_{1}X_{01}\sin\Phi\]
\[\begin{aligned} v_{r} & =\dfrac{I_{2}R_{02}}{_{0}V_{2}}\times100=\dfrac{I_{1}R_{01}}{V_{1}}\times100=\mbox{percentage resistive drop}\\ v_{x} & =\dfrac{I_{2}X_{02}}{_{0}V_{2}}\times100=\dfrac{I_{1}X_{01}}{V_{1}}\times100=\mbox{percentage reactive drop} \end{aligned}\]
\[\begin{aligned} = & \dfrac{I_{2}R_{02}cos\Phi\pm I_{2}X_{02}sin\Phi}{_{0}V_{2}}\times100\\ = & v_{r}cos\Phi\pm v_{x}sin\Phi \end{aligned}\]
Similarly, approximate voltage drop referred to primary is

Equivalent Circuit of a Transformer

Equivalent circuit is basically a diagram in which the resistance and leakage reactance of the transformer are imagined to be external to the winding

The equivalent circuit diagram of transformer is given below:-

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The secondary circuit and its equivalent primary value

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The total equivalent circuit is obtained by adding in the primary impedance

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It can be simplified

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At last, the circuit is simplified by omitting \(I_0\) altogether

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\[\begin{aligned} Z & =Z_{1}+Z_{m}||\left(Z_{2}^{'}+Z_{L}^{'}\right)\\ & =Z_{1}+\dfrac{Z_{m}\left(Z_{2}^{'}+Z_{L}^{'}\right)}{Z_{m}+\left(Z_{2}^{'}+Z_{L}^{'}\right)} \end{aligned}\]
\[V_{1}=I_{1}\left[Z_{1}+\dfrac{Z_{m}\left(Z_{2}^{'}+Z_{L}^{'}\right)}{Z_{m}+\left(Z_{2}^{'}+Z_{L}^{'}\right)}\right]\]
The total impedance between the input terminal: