Question 3.14: A transformer has 900 turns on its primary winding and 300 t...
A transformer has 900 turns on its primary winding and 300 turns on its secondary. A voltage of 230 V at 50 Hz is connected across its primary winding. The cross-sectional area of the core is 64 cm². Calculate the magnitude of the induced EMF in the secondary winding. Also calculate the value of maximum flux density in the core.
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Given V_{1} = 230 V.
The induced EMF in the primary windings is E_{1}. E_{1} is slightly less than V_{1} because there will be some voltage drop in the winding.
V_{1} > E_{1}, V_{1} − E_{1} = Voltage drop in the primary winding due to current, I_{0} flowing through it.
The no-load current, I_{0} is very small as compared to the current that would flow when some electrical load is connected across the secondary winding. Here, the transformer is on no-load, i.e., no load has been connected to its secondary winding.
If we neglect the no-load voltage drop in the winding, we can write V_{1} = E_{1}.
E_{1}= 4.44 Φ_{m} f N_{1}
and E_{2}= 4.44 Φ_{m} f N_{2}
therefore, \frac{E_{1}}{E_{2}}=\frac{N_{1}}{N_{2}}
or, E_{2} = E_{1}\left( \frac{N_{2}}{N_{1}}\right) =230 \left(\frac{300}{900}\right) = 76.7 V
Again, E_{1}= 4.44 Φ_{m} f N_{1}
= 4.44 B_{m} A f N_{1}
when B_{m} is the maximum flux density and A is the cross-sectional area of the core.
Substituting values
230 = 4.44 B_{m} × \frac{64}{10^{4}} × 50 × 900
or, B_{m} = \frac{230 × 10^{4}}{4.44 × 64 × 45000} = \frac{2300}{4.44 × 64 × 45}
or, B_{m} = 0.18 Wb/m^{2}
