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5 kVA 220/400 V efficiency and regulation

Short answer

Voltage regulation at full load, 0.9 pf lagging, is approximately 8.85%. Efficiency = 4500 / (4500 + Pi + 240.5), which gives 92.97% for an assumed iron loss Pi = 100 W.

Open circuit and Short circuit test on 5 kVA, 220/400 V, 50 Hz, single phase transformer gave the following results. Short circuit test (on H.V. side): 40 V, 11.4 A, 200 watts [Open circuit test data is not printed in the paper] Determine the efficiency and the voltage regulation of the transformer at full load at 0.9 pf lagging.

Given: 5 kVA, 220/400 V. The SC test is on the HV side: 40 V, 11.4 A, 200 W. The open circuit data is not printed, so the core loss PiP_i cannot be calculated from the question. I derive the voltage regulation (which needs only the SC test) and give the efficiency with PiP_i left as a symbol, followed by a worked value for an assumed PiP_i.

Equivalent impedance from the SC test (HV side)

Zeq=4011.4=3.509 ΩReq=20011.42=1.539 ΩXeq=3.5092−1.5392=3.153 Ω\begin{aligned} Z_{eq} &= \frac{40}{11.4} = 3.509\ \Omega \\ R_{eq} &= \frac{200}{11.4^2} = 1.539\ \Omega \\ X_{eq} &= \sqrt{3.509^2 - 1.539^2} = 3.153\ \Omega \end{aligned}

Voltage regulation at full load, 0.9 pf lagging

Rated HV current: I=5000400=12.5I = \dfrac{5000}{400} = 12.5 A, cos⁡ϕ=0.9\cos\phi = 0.9, sin⁡ϕ=0.4359\sin\phi = 0.4359.

I(Reqcos⁡ϕ+Xeqsin⁡ϕ)=12.5(1.385+1.374)=34.49 VI(Xeqcos⁡ϕ−Reqsin⁡ϕ)=12.5(2.838−0.671)=27.09 V\begin{aligned} I(R_{eq}\cos\phi + X_{eq}\sin\phi) &= 12.5(1.385 + 1.374) = 34.49\ \text{V} \\ I(X_{eq}\cos\phi - R_{eq}\sin\phi) &= 12.5(2.838 - 0.671) = 27.09\ \text{V} \end{aligned}

Taking the no-load voltage as 400 V, the full-load terminal voltage V2V_2 follows from 4002=(V2+34.49)2+27.092400^2 = (V_2 + 34.49)^2 + 27.09^2, which gives V2=364.6V_2 = 364.6 V, so

VR=400−364.6400×100=8.85%\text{VR} = \frac{400 - 364.6}{400}\times100 = 8.85\%

(The approximate formula gives 34.49/400=8.62%34.49/400 = 8.62\%.)

Efficiency at full load, 0.9 pf lagging

The SC test current (11.4 A) is slightly below the rated 12.5 A, so the full-load copper loss is

Pcu,fl=12.52×1.539=240.5 WP_{cu,fl} = 12.5^2\times1.539 = 240.5\ \text{W} Pout=5000×0.9=4500 W,η=45004500+Pi+240.5P_{out} = 5000\times0.9 = 4500\ \text{W},\qquad \eta = \frac{4500}{4500 + P_i + 240.5}

For example, if the OC test had given Pi=100P_i = 100 W, then η=45004840.5×100=92.97%\eta = \dfrac{4500}{4840.5}\times100 = 92.97\%. For any other core loss, substitute it in the formula above.

Answer: voltage regulation ≈8.85%\approx 8.85\% (lagging); efficiency =45004740.5+Pi= \dfrac{4500}{4740.5 + P_i}, which is 92.97% for Pi=100P_i = 100 W

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