EXP#1:THREEPHASETRANSFORMERCONECTIONS

EXPERIMENTOBJECTIVE
Whenyouhavecompletedthisexercise,youwillbeableto:
Connectthreephasetransformersindeltadelta,DeltaWyeconfigurations.
Measurewindingvoltagestoverifythatthesecondarywindingsareconnectedwiththe
properphaserelationships.
Verifythatthevoltagewithinadeltaequalszerobeforethedeltaisclosed.
Measuretheprimaryandsecondaryvoltagesandcheckthephaseshiftfordifferent
configurations.

PROCEDURE
CAUTION!
Highvoltagesarepresentinthislaboratoryexercise!Donotmakeormodifyanybananajack
connectionswiththepoweronunlessotherwisespecified!

PARTIDeltaDeltavoltagerelationship
1.InstallthePowerSupply,DataAcquisitionInterface,andThreePhaseTransformermodulesin
theEMSWorkstation.
2.ConnecttheThreePhaseTransformermoduleinthedeltadeltaconfigurationshowninFigure
below.Donotclosethedeltaonthesecondarysideofthetransformeruntilthevoltagesare
verified.

3.Takethereadingsfortheprimaryandsecondaryvoltages.

E12__________VE17______________VE112________________V
E35__________VE310_____________VE315_______________V

4.Dothemeasurementsconfirmthatthesecondarywindingsareconnectedwiththeproper
phaserelationships?
5.Arethevoltageswithinthesecondarydeltaequaltozero,thusconfirmingthatitissafetoclose
thedelta?

Note:ThevalueofE315willnotbeexactlyzerovoltsbecauseofsmallimbalancesinthethree
phaselinevoltages.Ifitismorethan5V,thewindingconnectionshavetobecheckedcarefully.

6.Whenthewindingconnectionsareconfirmedtobecorrect,closethedeltaonthesecondary
sideofthetransformer.
ConnectE1,E2,andE3tomeasurethelinevoltagesatthesecondary.
7.SettheprogrammablemeterAtomeasurethesummationofthevoltages.Isthevalueindicated
byprogrammablemeterAforthesumofthethreelinevoltagesapproximatelyequaltozero?
8.ObservethevoltagephasorsonthePhasorAnalyzer.
Phaseshift=degree.
9.ConnecttwovoltmeterstocomparethevoltagephasorofE12ontheprimarysideandE35onthe
secondaryside.
Thephaseshift=degree.

PARTIIDeltaWyevoltageandcurrentrelationship

1.TurnoffthepowerandconnecttheThreePhaseTransformermoduleinthedeltawye
configurationshownbelow.

2.Recordthevalueofthelinevoltages,aswellastheaveragevalue.
E12______________VE67_________________VE1112____________________V
AVG(E1,E2,E3)_________________________________V
3.Whatisthephaseshiftbetweenthevoltageandcurrent?
4.Usethevoltmeterstomeasurethethreephasevoltagesinthesecondarycircuit.
Whatisthephaseshiftbetweenthevoltagesandcurrents?
Note:Sincethecurrentsinthesecondaryareinphasewiththevoltagesintheprimary,thePhasor
Analyzerdisplayisequivalenttoobservingallvoltagephasorsatthesametime,exceptforthe
differenceinscalebetweentheparameters.
5.ReturntotheMeteringapplicationandrecordthemeasuredvaluesforthelinevoltagesat
thesecondary,andalsotheaveragevalue.

E38_________________VE813________________VE133_____________V
AVG(E1,E2,E3)_________________V
6.CalculatetheratioAVGESEC/AVGEPRIusingthevaluesrecordedinsteps15and18.Isit
approximatelyequalto1/3?
7.TurnoffthepowerandconnectI1andI2tomeasurethelineandphasecurrentsonthe
primarysideofthedeltawyeconfiguration.
8.TurnonthepowerandcalculatetheratioILINE/IPHASEfortheprimarycircuitusingthe
measuredcurrents.Istheratioapproximatelyequalto3?
9.Isthelinecurrentontheprimarysideapproximatelyequaltothelinecurrentonthe
secondaryside?
10.EnsurethatthePowerSupplyisturnedoff,thevoltagecontrolisfullyccw.