The Broken Delta configuration is used to protect against earth faults.

It is a
configuration that works by monitoring the vector sum of the phase voltages.
It consists of a delta connection on the secondary of a potential transformer that is
open at one point as in the figure. In such a construction, when a balanced three
phase voltage is present in the star connected primary, the voltage across the broken
point of the delta connection would be zero, as it would be a vector sum of all three
voltages. In the event of a ground fault in one phase, the phase-to-ground voltage in
the remaining two phases is now equal to the phase-to-phase voltage with a
displacement of 60 degrees. The voltage at the broken delta becomes 3Vo or three
times the phase-to-ground voltage.
This voltage can be measured by a relay and can be used to trip the power system. A
resistor is usually connected across the broken delta connection to
prevent Ferro resonance, a condition that occurs when the line capacitance and the
inductance in the potential transformers reach a state of resonance.
Broken delta transformers are usually marked as 11kV/3:110 volts. It means that the
transformer is designed that in the event of a ground fault in the primary side, the
secondary output will be 110 V.