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8 Protective relays applied to autotransformers

Two-winding transformers allow power transfer between two transmission networks or a

transmission network and a sub-transmission network while the two networks remain electrically
isolated from each other. Autotransformers perform the same function except that they do not
electrically isolate the two networks from each other. Autotransformers are less expensive than
multi-winding transformers at transmission network voltages and are, therefore, used more
frequently in power systems.
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protected by two numerical multi-function relays.

Figure 6  Protection of an autotransformer using two numerical relays

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