Electrical – Transformer exercise problem

three phasetransformer

The transformer of the picture is connected to a transmission line of 230kV.enter image description here

As you can see the transformer is delta-star connected. Its turns ratio is a=1:10. I had a go at the solution but when checking the solution manual I found something wrong.

In my solution for the right side of the transformer and for single phases the voltage is $$E_{ph}=\frac{E_l}{\sqrt 3}=230/\sqrt 3=132.8kV$$

The solution manual does the same but when it comes to drawing the equivalent circuit of the single phase the following is drawn enter image description here
Note that Va'n' is the E_{ph} of my calculations. As you can see in the transformer 'box' appart from the 30 degree shift and the ratio 1/10 the voltage is also divided by the square root of 3.

Why is that? The left side is delta connected and we've already converted the voltage.

Idea: Could the voltage ratio be for the whole system? Meaning that this is not true $$a=\frac{Van}{Va'n'}$$ but this is instead $$a=\frac{Van}{\sqrt 3 Va'n'}$$

Best Answer

This is a modified version of my answer to A-C delta-wye phase shift. In that question the voltage was stepped down. In this one it is stepped up.

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simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

Figure 1. A delta-wye (delta-star) transformer connection and phasor diagrams.

  • Figure 1 shows a standard delta-wye 3-phase transformer connection. The useful aspect of showing it wired this way is that it is very easy to see that each of XFMR1 primary and secondary pairs must be in phase as they are on the same core.
  • Figure 1(i) shows the primary and secondary phasors. Note that we join the phasors wherever they are electrically connected. The secondaries are smaller (representing a step-down in voltage) for clarity and haven't been connected yet. Note that 'a' is in-phase with 'A', etc.
  • When we wye-connect the secondaries we join the secondary phasors at the neutral point. This is shown in Figure 1(ii). Note that the phase-neutral voltages are in still phase with the primaries.
  • Figure 1(iii) shows the phase to phase phasors in black. Note that these are 30° out of phase with the phasors in Figure 1(i). This is the phase-shift you will be interrogated on.

I think that since the transfer function includes the term \$ e^{-j30°} \$ that all voltages are either phase to phase or phase to neutral. (That would be the large triangle of (i) and the black of (iii).) This would also account for the \$ \sqrt{3} \$ in the transfer function.

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