ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

COLLAGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTERENGINEERING

COURSE TITLE: - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ELECTRICAL MACHINE

COURSE CODE: - ECEg4107

EXERCISES ON CHAPTER-3 (TRANSFORMER)

1. The maximum flux density in the core of 250/3000volts, 50Hz single phase transformer is 1.2
wb/m2 . If the e.m.f per turn is 8volt determine

a) Primary and secondary turns

b) Area of the core

2. A 25-KVAtransformer has 500turns on the primary and 50 turns on the secondary winding. The
primary is connected with 3000volts, 50Hz supply. Find the full load primary and secondary
current, the secondary e.m.f and the maximum flux in the core?

3. A 100-kVA, 2400/240-V, 60-Hz step-down transformer (ideal) is used between a transmission

line and a distribution system

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 a) Determine turns ratio.
b) What secondary load impedance will cause the transformer to be fully loaded, and what
is the corresponding primary current?
c) Find the load impedance referred to the primary.

4. Find out the efficiency of a 500KVA a single phase transformer at full load and power factor
of 0.8. The transformer is 6600/400v, having R1=0.42Ω, R2=0.0011Ω, iron loss=2.9kw.

5. The following are the test result of an open circuit and short circuit tests on a 50Hz, 11000V,
230V, 10KVA a single phase transformer. The tests are connected on the HV side.

Open circuit test: 11000V, 200W, 0.1A

Short circuit test: 900V, 0.9A, 400W.

Determine the parameters of the equivalent circuit?

6. A 50KVA, 4400/220V transformer has R1=3.45Ω, R2=0.009Ω.The value of reactance are

X1=5.2Ω and X2=0.015Ω, calculate for the transformer.

a) Equivalent resistance as referred to primary

b) Equivalent resistance as referred to secondary

c) Equivalent reactance as referred to both primary and secondary

d) Equivalent impedance as referred to both primary and secondary

e) Total copper loss individual resistance of the two windings

7. A 3-phase, 50-Hz transformer has a delta-connected primary and star-connected secondary, the
line voltages being 22,000 V and 400 V respectively. The secondary has a star connected balanced
load at 0.8 power factor lagging. The line current on the primary side is 5 A. Determine the current
in each coil of the primary and in each secondary line. What is the output of the transformer in
kW?

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8. A 3-ph, delta/star connected 11000/440V, 50Hz transformer takes a line current of 5Amp, when
secondary load of 0.8 lagging power factor is connected. Determine each coil current and power
out of transformer?

9. A600KVA single phase transformer when working at unity power factor has an efficiency of
92% at full load and also at half load. Determine its efficiency when it operates at unity factor and
60% of full load.

10. A 3-phase transformer is used to step-down the voltage of a 3-phase, 11kV feeder line. Per-
phase turns ratio is 12. For a primary line current of 20A, calculate the secondary line voltage, line
current and output KVA for the following Connections:

a) Star-delta (b) delta-star (c) delta-delta (d) star-star. Neglect losses

11. An 11000/415V, delta-star transformer feeds power to a 30 kW, 415V, 3- phase induction
motor having an efficiency of 90% and full-load pf 0.833. Calculate the transformer rating and
phase and line currents on both high and low voltage