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Transformer's Theory question 2

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mackmaster

Electrical
Jul 28, 2008
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I have difficulty to understand the theory of how the transformer acually works and have a question regarding to that:

The primary winding of a transformer consists of two parts:

1- Primary leakage inductance Lp1

2-Primary coupling inductance L1

neglect the wiring resistance.

So the total primary inductance Lp=Lp1 + L1

The voltage across L1 must be constnat all the time = N1*d@m/dt

where @m is the mutual magnetizing flux, which is constant for all loads.

Now,if the primary is connected into a constant AC supply voltage V1 and the secondary is connected into resistive load,then:

V1 = Lp1*d i1/dt + N1*d@m/dt

V1 and N1*d@m/dt are constants while the first term of the equation Lp1*d i1/dt

is variable depends on the primary current !

Any one can explain that conflict in the equation ?

Thanks
 
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mackmaster,

Primary impedance changes the amount of voltage drop depending on the load current (VD= IL x Zp). Since Im is a function of Em (magnetizing voltage= Vsupply - VD), a bigger load current creates a larger VD, and therefore a lesser Em! Im changes with load current!
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