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E A EB
I circulating
Z A ZB
Circulating Current load switch closed
Icirculating adds to the load current in one
transformer and subtracts from the load current
in the other transformer. At rated load, the
transformer with the higher secondary voltage
will be overloaded!
Example 3.4
• Determine
– the circulating current in the paralleled
secondaries
– the circulating current as a percent of the
rated current in transformer A
– the percent difference in secondary voltage
that caused the circulating current.
The rated low-side currents are
100kVA
IA 217.39 A
460V
100kVA
IB 222.22 A
450V
The equivalent resistance and reactance of each transformer
referred to the low side
I rated Req
RPU
Vrated
217.39 RAeq
0.0136 RAeq 0.0288
460
222.22 RBeq
0.0140 RBeq 0.0284
450
I rated X eq
X PU
Vrated
217.39 X Aeq
0.0350 X Aeq 0.0741
460
222.22 X Beq
0.0332 X Beq 0.0672
450
The impedance of the closed loop formed by the two secondaries
Z loop Z A Z B
Z loop 0.0288 j 0.0741 0.0284 j 0.0672
Z loop 0.0572 j 0.1413
Z loop 0.152467.97
E A EB
I circulating
Z A ZB
4600 4500
I circulating
0.15467.97
I circulating 65.6 68 A
The circulating current as a percent of the rated current in transformer A
I circulating 65.62
0.302 30.2%
I Arated 217.39
The percent difference in secondary voltage that caused the circulating current
VA VB 460 450
0.022 2.2%
VB 450