A transformer’s voltage ratio is expressed in polar form as ae, where a is the magnitude of the transformation and is its phase shift.
Each transformer is categorized by a nominal operating point, i.e. its nameplate primary and secondary voltage. The nominal magnitude of the voltage ratio is determined by examining the real part of Equation 1 at nominal operating conditions.
(11) |
where
Vp is the nominal primary voltage.
Vs is the nominal secondary voltage.
When voltages are expressed in per unit, the nominal value of a is always one.
In the general case, an arbitrary angular shift may be introduced by a multiphase transformer bank. However, omitting phase shifters (angle regulating transformers) from the system model, reduces the angle shifts across balanced transformer configurations to effects introduced by the connections of the windings. Table 2 describes the phase shift associated with common transformer connections.
Winding | ||
---|---|---|
Primary | Secondary | Phase Shift |
Wye | Wye | |
Wye | Delta | |
Delta | Wye | |
Delta | Delta |
When phase shifters are ignored, the user does not have to specify explicitly. It may be inferred from Table 2.