Name: K Vinay Kumar Course: T4.

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Date: 01-08-2018 Assignment: I

1. What is Generator Transformer?

Ans:

The Generator transformers (GT’s) are employed in generating stations

to connect the power station to the transmission system. This is a step up
transformer of high voltage capacity. Generator Transformer step up the
generator output at low voltage to the voltage at which the transmission system
operates (GT’s connected after the generator to step up voltage from 11kv to
400kv.) The main function of the generator transformer is to step up voltage so
as to reduce transmission losses, line drop and to increase Transmission
efficiency. Rating of the generation transformers will be almost equal to the
rating of the generator transformers

Voltage is usually stepped up from the power plant output voltage to the
transmission line transmission voltage. And is stepped back down from the
transmission voltage to a lower more manageable voltage at electrical
substations and stepped down further before reaching the consumer. Power
plant output has to be transmitted to the consumers, and one plant can be
responsible for supplying hundreds of homes and businesses, hundreds of miles
away, with electricity. This translates to a grid systems comprising of miles of
cables connecting the plant to its consumers. Energy is lost when transmitting
electricity over long distances; however, at higher voltages (greater than 120
kV) less energy is lost than at lower voltages, for this reason, the plant output
voltage is stepped up before being transmitted.

Another important distinction between the generator transformer and

transmission transformer practice concerns security of the supply. For
transmission transformers, particularly with bulk supply point transformers, the
security of the supply is achieved by employing two or more transformers
operating in parallel. If a generator transformer fails in service, the output of the
associated generator is lost to the system. Therefore excellent reliability of
generator transformers is required for the availability of the generated output of
the power station.