Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Roorkee EEN-112: Electrical Science Tutorial Sheet - 05
Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Roorkee EEN-112: Electrical Science Tutorial Sheet - 05
Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Roorkee EEN-112: Electrical Science Tutorial Sheet - 05
2. A 20 KVA, 2500/250 V, 50 Hz, single-phase transformer gave the following test result:
Open circuit test (on LV side) - 250V, 1.4A, 105 Watts.
Short circuit test (on HV. side) - 104 V, 8A, 320 Watts.
Compute the parameters of the approximate equivalent circuit referred to high-voltage and low-
voltage sides.
Answer: Referred to LV R = 595 Ω, X = 187 Ω, r = 0.05 Ω, x = 0.12 Ω
Referred to HV R = 59500 Ω, X = 18700 Ω, r=5 Ω, x = 12 Ω
HV Winding LV Winding
R1 = 8 Ω R2 = 0.3 Ω
X1 = 17 Ω X2 = 0.7 Ω
Find the voltage regulation and the secondary terminal voltage at full load for a p.f of (a) 0.8lag (b)
0.8 lead. The primary voltage held constant at 2500V.
Answer: 10.59%, 447.04 V, -2.656%, 513.28 V
4. A 10KVA , 2500/250 V, single phase transformer gave the following test results:
Open circuit test: 250V, 0.8 A, 50 W
Short Circuit test: 60V, 3A, 45 W
(a) Calculate the efficiency at ¼, ½, 1 of full load at 0.8 p.f.
(b) Calculate the load (KVA output) at which maximum efficiency occurs and also the value of
maximum efficiency at 0.8 p.f.
Answer: 97.32%, 98.28%, 98.4%, 7.9 KVA, 98.443%
5. A 220 V, 60Hz, single phase transformer has hysteresis loss of 340 watts and eddy current loss of
120 watts. If the transformer is operated from 230V, 50Hz supply mains, compute its total core
loss. Assume Steinmetz’s constant equal to 1.6.
Answer: Core loss = 539.3 W
6. The efficiency of 20 KVA, 2500/250 V, single phase transformer at unity p.f is 98% at rated load
also at half load. Determine the transformer core loss and ohmic losses.
Answer: 136 W, 272 W