Thank you very much for your quick answer Carlos!

So in my case, since I have just a normal transformer, this would mean that the 
tap parameter is zero right? 

Regards,

Cansu



On 29.08.2012, at 19:57, "Carlos Murillo" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Matpower uses the one line network representation in the  per unit
> system. One of the main ideas behind the per unit system is to get rid
> of all the transformers and instead represent all voltages normalized
> to the nominal voltage of the branch/bus in question.  Variable tap
> transformers are special transformers that can be tapped at points off
> the nominal ratio. That is what the tap parameter represents; it does
> not represent the turns ratio of the transformer.  Please refer to any
> textbook on power systems to see how the per unit system is employed.
> 
> carlos.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Cansu Yildirim <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm currently trying to get familiar with matpower. I have following problem
>> with the 'transformer off nominal ratio'.
>> 
>> I need to model a transformer. The values given are following one:
>> 
>> U1:                                 20 kV
>> U2:                                 0.4 kV
>> rated power:                400 kVA
>> no load losses:             0.61
>> no load current (%):    0.1525
>> u_k:                                3.85
>> Cu losses:                      4.6 kW
>> switching group:          Dy5
>> 
>> I have following questions:
>> 
>> 1) how do I calculate the TAP? When I look into the casefiles, I can see
>> that the value fpr the tap is most time between 0.8 and 1.5
>>     I would have calculated by dividing 20kV/0.4KV=25 which does not seem
>> to be the correct value for the tap.
>> 
>> 2) How do I identify the BR_X and BR_B ? When I look into the equivalent
>> circuit diagram I know that there are more components that need to be
>> calculated. So what
>>    do these parameters mean for the transformer?
>> 
>> I would be grateful for any help.
>> 
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Cansu Yildirim
>> 
>> 
> 


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