Measurement of Circulating Currents in Split-Winding Transformer and Comparison with Numerical Calculation

Abstract

Split-winding transformer is a one of the common transformer types with one low-voltage winding placed above the other low-voltage winding and with the jointly high-voltage and regulation winding. The paper investigates circulating currents that occur in high-voltage and regulation windings in case of nonsymmetric load. In addition, measurement of circulating currents for a case of 240MVA, 220 kV transformer is presented along with a numerical calculation of circulating currents and compared with the measurement.