AnExampleofTransformerTapchangerCorrect

Adjustment

AnExampleofTransformerTapchangerCorrectAdjustment

Example
A13800V/4160Vtransformerhasfivetapsontheprimarywindinggiving5%,21/2%,
nominal,+21/2%and+5%turns.If,onload,thesecondaryvoltagereducesto4050
Vthen,whichtap,shouldbeusedtomaintain4160Vonload(assumingthesupply
voltageremainsconstant)?
Thefollowinganswerresults:

Tokeepthesecondaryvoltageat(orascloseaspossibleto)4160V,either
primarysupplyvoltageortheHVwindingtappositionmustbealtered.

Examiningtherelationship:
V1/V2=N1/N2orV1N2=V2N1indicatesthat,tokeeptheequationinbalancewith
primaryvoltageandsecondarywindingturnsfixed,eitherV2orN1mustbeadjusted.
SincetheobjectiveistoraiseV2backtonominal,thenN1mustbereduced.
ToraiseV2from4050to4160Vrequiresanincreaseinsecondaryvolts
of:4160/4050=1.027or102.7%.N1mustbereducedto1/1.027=0.974

Figure1Basictapchanger

ThereforeN1mustbereducedby(10.974)=0.026or2.6%.ReducingN1by
2.6%willaccomplishtheincreaseinsecondaryvoltageoutput.

Thenearesttaptoselectis21/2%(seeFigure1).

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