Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Transformer Losses
Transformer Losses
Transformer Losses
Efficiency
Efficiency is normally expressed as a percentage
Transformer Efficiency
Power In
Power Out
Transformer Losses
Copper Losses (Cu)
Varies with load current
Produces HEAT Created by resistance of windings Short circuit test supplies copper losses
PCu = 25 W
Cu Losses (W)
% Load
Transformer Losses
Fixed
Eddy Currents
Reduced by laminations Produces HEAT
Hysteresis
Reduced by using special steels in laminations
The core of a transformer is usually constructed of some type of ferromagnetic material because it is a good conductor of magnetic lines of flux.
To minimize the loss resulting from eddy currents, transformer cores are LAMINATED. Since the thin, insulated laminations do not provide an easy path for current, eddy-current losses are greatly reduced.
Hence by using these methods we can reduce the iron losses in transformers.