Problem Set No.

TRANSFORMER VOLTAGES AND GENERAL TRANSFORMER EQUATION

1. The 2,300-volt primary winding of a 60-

cycle transformer has 4,800 turns.
2. The maximum flux in the core of a 60-
Calculate:
cycle transformer that has 1,320
a. The mutual flux
primary turns and 46 secondary turns is
b. The number of turns in the 230-volt 3.76x108 maxwells. Calculate the
secondary winding primary and secondary induced
Given: Ep = 2,300 V, f = 60Hz, Np = 4,800 voltages.
Given: f = 60Hz, Np = 1320, Ns = 46, 3.76x10 8
Sol’n:
maxwell
a.)
Sol’n:
E = 4.44fNp∅ m
Ep = 4.44(60)(1320)(3.76x108)
2,300 = 4.44(60)(4,800)∅ m
Ep = 13.222 volts
∅ m = 1.8x103 maxwell

Es = 4.44(60)(46)(3.76x108)
Ep Ns 2,300 Ns
b.) = = =
Es Np 230 4,800 Es = 460 volts

Ep 2,300(4,800)
¿
Es 230
Ns = 48,000 turns
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3. The secondary winding of a 4,600/230-

volt transformer has 36 turns. How
many are there in the primary winding.
Given : Vp = 4600, Vs = 230, Ns = 36 turns
Sol’n:
4. The volts per turn in a 25-cycle
2,400/230-volt transformer is 8.
Calculate:
a. The primary and secondary turns
b. The maximum flux in the core.

Vp
Np= x Ns Given: f = 25Hz, Vp = 2400, Vs = 230
Vs
4,600 Sol’n:
(36)
230 2400
a.) Np =
Np = 720 turns 8
Np = 300 turns

230
Ns =
8
Ns = 29 turns

2400
b.)∅ m=
4.44 (25)( 300)
∅ m = 0.07 wb
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5. The secondary load current of a

2,300/115-volt transformer is 46
amperes. Calculate the primary current.
6. The primary and secondary currents of
Sol’n: a transformer were measured and
found to be 3.8 and 152 amp,
Ep Is respectively. If the secondary load is
=
Es Ip 116 volts, what is the primary emf?
115(46)
=
2,300 Sol’n:
Ip = 2.3 A Ip Es
=
Is Ep
152(116)
=
3.8
Ep = 4,640 volts
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7. The number of turns on the primary

and secondary windings of a 1-∅
transformer are 350 and 35 8. A 3,300/230-V, 50-Hz, 1-phase
respectively. If the primary is connected transformer is to be worked at a
to a 2.2kV, 50-Hz supply, determine the maximum flux density of 1.2wb/m 2. The
secondary voltage on no-load. effective cross-sectional area of the
transformer core is 150cm2. Calculate
Sol’n:
suitable values of primary and
Ep Ns secondary turns.
=
Es Np
Sol’n:
35
Es = ( 2.2 x 10 3) 3,300 = 4.44(50)(1.2)(150)(Np)
350
Np = 830
Es = 220 V

230 = 4.44(50)(1.2)(150)(Ns)
Ns = 58
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9. The maximum flux density in the core of

a 250/300-volts, 50-Hz single-phase
10. A 400/200-V, 1-phase transformer is
transformer is 1.2wb/m2. If the e.m.f
supplying a load of 25 A at a p.f of 0.866
per turn is 8 volts, determine
lagging. On no-load, the current and
a. Primary and Secondary turns
power factor are 2 A and 0.208
b. Area of the core.
respectively. Calculate the current
Sol’n: taken from the supply.

a.) Sol’n:

250
Np=
8
Np = 31 turn

3000
Ns=
8
Ns = 375 turn

b.) Ep = 4.44fNp∅ mA

3000 = 4.44(50)(375)(1.2)(A)

A = 0.03m2