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What is Transformer?

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What is Transformer?

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The transformer is an electrical device that converts low alternating voltage at high current to high alternating voltage at low current and vice-versa. 

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पाठ 12: Electromagnetic Induction - Short Answer II

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State the principle on  which transformer works.


Explain the construction and working of the transformer. 


Write the function of a transformer.


A group of students while coming from the school noticed a box marked "Danger H.T. 2200 V" at a substation in the main street. They did not understand the utility of a such a high voltage, while they argued, the supply was only 220 V. They asked their teacher this question the next day. The teacher thought it to be an important question and therefore explained to the whole class.

Answer the following questions:

(i) What device is used to bring the high voltage down to low voltage of a.c. current and what is the principle of its working ?

(ii) Is it possible to use this device for bringing down the high dc voltage to the low voltage? Explain

(iii) Write the values displayed by the students and the teacher.


A transformer converts 240 V AC to 60 V AC. The secondary has 75 turns. The number of turns in primary are _______.

(A) 600

(B) 500

(C) 400

(D) 300

 


State the principle of the step-down transformer and its working.


Express the turn ratio in terms of voltages.


How much current is drawn by the primary of a transformer connected to 220 V supply when it delivers power to a 110 V − 550 W refrigerator?


The primary coil of an ideal step-up transformer has 100 turns and the transformation ratio is also 100. The input voltage and power are 220 V and 1100 W, respectively. Calculate the 

(a) number of turns in secondary
(b) current in the primary
(c) a voltage across secondary
(d) current in secondary
(e) power in secondary


Name the transformer used in the power transmitting station of a power plant.


What type of current is transmitted from the power station?


Why is the core of a transformer laminated?


You are required to make an electromagnet from a soft iron bar by using a cell, an insulated coil of copper wire and a switch. (a) Draw a circuit diagram to represent the process. (b) label the poles of the electromagnet.


The adjacent diagram shows a coil would around a soft iron bar XY. (a) State the polarity at the end X and Y as the switch is pressed. (b) Suggest one way increasing the strength of electromagnet so formed.


Name the phenomenon ?


For what purpose are the transformers used? Can they be used with a direct current source?


How are the e.m.f in the primary and secondary coils of a transformer related with the number of turns in these coils?


The secondary windings of a transformer in which the voltage is stepped down are usually made of thicker wire than the primary. Explain why.


What is the function of a transformer in an a.c. circuit? How do the input and output powers in a transformer compare?


Given the input current 15 A and the input voltage of 100 V for a step-up transformer having 90% efficiency, find the output power and the voltage in the secondary if the output current is 3 A.  


Mention the two characteristic properties of the material suitable for making core of a transformer.


State the underlying principle of a transformer. How is the large scale transmission of electric energy over long distances done with the use of transformers?


Draw a labeled diagram of a full wave rectifier circuit. State its working principle. Show the input-output waveforms ?


What is the ideal transformer? 


State the factors on which the frequency of the alternating e.m.f. depends.


(i) Draw a clear labelled diagram of an electric bell.
(ii) Explain in brief, its working.
(iii) What material is used for the core of an electric bell? State the reason.


Devices which is used to convert high alternating current to low alternating current is ______.


State whether true or false. If false, correct the statement.

A transformer can step up direct current.


What are step-up and step-down transformers?


A 200V/120V step-down transformer of 90% efficiency is connected to an induction stove of resistance 40 Ω. Find the current drawn by the primary of the transformer.


The 300 turn primary of a transformer has resistance 0.82 Ω and the resistance of its secondary of 1200 turns is 6.2 Ω. Find the voltage across the primary if the power output from the secondary at 1600V is 32 kW. Calculate the power losses in both coils when the transformer efficiency is 80%


A transformer having efficiency of 80% is working on 200 V and 6 kW power supply. If the current in the secondary coil is 6 A, the voltage across the secondary coil and the current in the primary coil respectively are ____________.


A 100% efficient transformer has 100 turns in the primary and 50 turns in its secondary coil. If the current in the secondary coil is 6 A, then the current in the primary coil is ______.


The core of transformer is laminated to reduce ______.

Eddy currents in the core of transformer can't be developed by ______.

For an ideal step-down transformer, the quantity which is constant for both the coils is ______.


Which among the following, is not a cause for power loss in a transformer?


Read the following paragraph and answer the question:


Long distance power transmissions

The large-scale transmission and distribution of electrical energy over long distances is done with the use of transformers. The voltage output of the generator is stepped up. It is then transmitted over long distances to an area sub-station near the consumers. There the voltage is stepped down. It is further stepped down at distributing sub-stations and utility poles before a power supply of 240 V reaches our homes.

Which of the following statement is true?


A transformer is essentially an a.c. device. It cannot work on d.c. It changes alternating voltages or currents. It does not affect the frequency of a.c. It is based on the phenomenon of mutual induction. A transformer essentially consists of two coils of insulated copper wire having different numbers of turns and wound on the same soft iron core.

The number of turns in the primary and secondary coils of an ideal transformer is 2000 and 50 respectively. The primary coil is connected to a main supply of 120 V and secondary coil is connected to a bulb of resistance 0.6 Ω.

Power in primary coil is ______.


Name one electrical device which works on Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction principle.


Define a Transformer.


1 MW power is to be delivered from a power station to a town 10 km away. One uses a pair of Cu wires of radius 0.5 cm for this purpose. Calculate the fraction of ohmic losses to power transmitted if

  1. power is transmitted at 220 V. Comment on the feasibility of doing this.
  2. a step-up transformer is used to boost the voltage to 11000 V, power transmitted, then a step-down transfomer is used to bring voltage to 220 V. (ρCu = 1.7 × 10–8 SI unit)

A transformer consisting of 300 turns in the primary and 150 turns in the secondary gives output power of 2.2 kW. If the current in the secondary coil is 10 A, then the input voltage and current in the primary coil are ______.


In a transformer, number of turns in the primary coil are 140 and that in the secondary coil are 280. If current in primary coil is 4 A, then that in the secondary coil is ______.


The magnetic flux through a coil perpendicular to its plane is varying according to the relation Φ = (5t3 + 4t2 + 2t - 5) Weber. If the resistant of the coil is 5 ohm, then the induced current through the coil at t = 2 sec will be ______.


Two coils P and Q are kept near each other. When no current flows through coil P and current increase in coil Q at the rate 10A/s, the emf in coil P is 15mV. When coil Q carries no current and current of 1. 8A flows through coil P, the magnetic flux linked with the coil Q is ______.


Magnetic flux passing through a coil is initially 4 × 10-4 Wb. It reduces to 10% of its original value in t second. If the emf induced is 0. 72 mV then t in second is ______.


The large scale transmission of electrical energy over long distances is done with the use of transformers. The voltage output of the generator is stepped-up because of ______.


Efficiency of transformer is the ratio of ______.


The primary coil of a transformer has 60 turns whereas its secondary coil has 3000 turns.

If a current of 5A flows in the primary coil, how much current will flow in a load in the secondary coil? State the assumption you have made regarding the transformer, in this calculation.


A 12 V, 60 W lamp is connected to 220 V AC via an ideal transformer. Find the primary current.


An ideal transformer converts 170 V a.c. to 1.70 KV a.c. to transmit a power of 3.4 KW. If primary coil has 500 turns then alternating current in secondary coil is ______.


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