RESIDUAL VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER is used to detect unbalanced voltage in three phase system and to supply voltage to directional earth fault relay.
For directional full earth relay.It is necessary that the voltage applied to voltage coil of the relay corresponds in phase to that of current in current coil. Such voltage will be the Residual Voltage of the system and will be the phasor sum of the three line-to-earth voltages.
Residual Voltage can be acheived by connecting secondaries of three phase V.Ts. Connected in three phase in open-delta fashion.It is,however,economical to use three phase V.Ts. instead of three no.s single phase V.Ts. AE manufactures three phase R.V.Ts.suitable upto 33KkV system voltage.
In normal three phase limb V.T. when one phase experiences earth fault, the resultant flux due to two healthy lines return through transformer limb of faulty line, including a heavy short circuit current in the winding on the limb.Also th voltage included in the secondary open -delta winding is not true residual voltage. To overcome this difficulty two seperate limbs are provided in the magnetic circuit of three phase voltage Transformer to form Five limb Voltage Transformer as shown in fig.No.4.
Use of an open-delta connected winding to give true residual voltage in the demonstrated in fig.No.5 with three cases:
Principle Dimensions of Oil Cooled Voltage Transformers
5A) Under healthy condition all three phases will be balanced and hence residual voltage VR will be Zero.
5B) In system with unearthed neutral.It here is earth fault on one line,neutral of V.T will be shifted, such that each healthy phase winding will have line-to-line voltage with 60° phase difference.The resultant open delta voltage shall be therefore three times phase voltage(VR=3VS)
5C) In solidedly earthed system,neutaral of the V.T.does not get shifted due to earth-fault one line.Therefore,the resultant open-delta residual voltage remains phase voltage only(VR=VS)
Primary winding of R.V.T.is connected in stars.The secondary winding is connected in open delta.sometimes additional secondary winding is provideded in R.V.T. for measuring purpose and is connected in Star.Ratio of R.V.T.is generally specified as line-to-line primary voltage to open delta residual voltage.It,therefore,becomes necessary to mention system neutral condition so as to select phase voltage of the open-delta winding correctly.When R.V.Ts. are used along with capacitor Bank ,capacitor bank gets discharged through primary winding ‘AE’ makes R.V.Ts.are suitable for such applications also.
