Alright, thanks a lot once again! Now I should be able to model tap 
transformers as well! 

Regards,

Cansu



On 29.08.2012, at 20:30, "Carlos Murillo" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, although the default value of 0 (meaning no tap switching capability)
> actually means a 1.0 tap, that is, a nominal ratio.
> 
> carlos.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Cansu Yildirim <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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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