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Three Winding or Tertiary Winding Transformer

The document discusses the purpose and advantages of using a tertiary winding in transformers. A tertiary winding allows a transformer to supply an additional insulated load or phase compensation devices. It can interconnect multiple voltage systems and be used for testing. Key advantages include supplying additional loads, acting as a voltage source, permitting reactive power injection for voltage control, reducing impedance to zero sequence currents, and limiting voltage unbalance under fault conditions.

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Three Winding or Tertiary Winding Transformer

The document discusses the purpose and advantages of using a tertiary winding in transformers. A tertiary winding allows a transformer to supply an additional insulated load or phase compensation devices. It can interconnect multiple voltage systems and be used for testing. Key advantages include supplying additional loads, acting as a voltage source, permitting reactive power injection for voltage control, reducing impedance to zero sequence currents, and limiting voltage unbalance under fault conditions.

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Three Winding or Tertiary Winding

Transformer
• In addition to primary and secondary
windings, the transformer may be constructed
with third winding is called tertiary winding.
The normal two winding transformer can
converted into three winding transformer with
an additional secondary winding having
number of turns as per the requirements.
Purpose of Using Tertiary Winding
Why to use tertiary winding?
• If a two winding transformer has to supply an
additional load which has to be insulated from
the secondary windings for some reasons then 3
winding transformer is used with additional load .
• The phase compensating devices can be supplied
with 3 winding transformer which are not
operating at either primary or seconadry voltage
but at different voltage.
• This winding can be used as a voltage coil in a testing
transformer
• 3 supply systems operating at different voltages can be
interconnected using three winding transformer.
• The 3 winding transformer can be used to load large split
winding generators.
• The substation requirements can be met using three winding
transformer .
• This winding connected in delta reduces the impedance
offered to the zero sequence currents so a larger earth fault
current flows for proper operation of protective equipment.
For unbalanced load it limits the imbalance in voltage. It
permits the flow of 3rd harmonic current to reduce 3rd
harmonic voltage.
• When any fault or short circuit occurs on
primary or secondary, there will be large
unbalance of phase voltage which is
compensated by large tertiary winding
circulating current.
• The reactance of this winding is to limit the
circulating current to that can be carried by
copper to avoid overheating under fault
conditions.
Stabilization due to tertiary winding
• For unbalanced single phase load, the star – star
connection offers high reactance to flow of current. Any
unbalanced load current has 3 components viz +ve, -ve and
zero sequence components. The zero sequence
components on secondary cannot be balanced by primary
currents as zero sequence currents cannot flow in the
isolated neutral of star connected primary. On the
secondary side the zero sequence current sets up magnetic
flux in the core. The iron path is available for this flux and
the impedance offered to the zero sequence current is very
high. But in delta connection ths tertiary winding permits
circulation of 0 sequence current. So impedance offered to
flow the 0 sequence current is lowered. For this purpose
the tertiary winding is called stabilizing winding.
Advantages

1. It can supply additiohal load providing insulation


from secondary windings.
2. It can act as a source of voltage at substation to
meet the internal load demand of ss.
3. The reactive power injection into the system is
possible for voltage control by connecting
synchronous condensers to the tertiary winding
4. A delta connected tertiary winding offers less
impedance
5. It reduces voltage unbalance under unbalanced
loading conditions and permits third harmonic
current which reduces third harmonic voltages
• Three transmission lines at different voltage levels
can be interconnected.
• It can be used to serve purpose of measuring
voltage of HV testing transformer
Disadvantages:
Constriction is complex
High cost. Since more copper required

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