Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
What is Transformer?
Advertisements
Solution
The transformer is an electrical device that converts low alternating voltage at high current to high alternating voltage at low current and vice-versa.
RELATED QUESTIONS
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.
Derive an expression for e.m.f. and current in terms of turns ratio
A power transmission line feeds input power at 2200 V to a step-down transformer with its primary windings having 300 turns. Find the number of turns in the secondary to get the power output at 220 V.
Express the turn ratio in terms of voltages.
Find the ratio of primary and secondary currents in terms of turn ratio in an ideal transformer.
Mention various energy losses in transformer device
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
What type of current is transmitted from the power station?
How is the e.m.f. across primary and secondary coils of a transformer related with the number of turns of the coil in them?
On which type of current do transformers work?
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.
State two factors on which the magnitude of induced e.m.f. depend.
Explain why an induced current must flow in such a direction so as to oppose the change producing it.
How are the e.m.f in the primary and secondary coils of a transformer related with the number of turns in these coils?
In a transformer, the frequency of A.C. voltage ______.
Name two kind of energy loss in a transformer. How is it minimized?
The primary coil of a transformed has 800 urns and the secondary coil has 8 turns. It is connected to a 220 V a.c. supply. What will be the output voltage?
The input and output voltage of a transformer are 220 V and 44 V respectively. Find: the turns ratio.
Describe briefly, with the help of labelled diagram, working of a step-up transformer.
A step-up transformer converts a low voltage into high voltage. Does it not violate the principle of conservation of energy? Explain.
The input and output voltages of a transformer are 220 V and 44V respectively. Find the current in input circuit if the output current is 2 A.
What is the turns ratio i.e., transformer ratio, ns: np, in an ideal transformer which in-creases ac voltage from 220 V to 33000 V?
State the factors on which the frequency of the alternating e.m.f. depends.
A transformer lowers e.m.f. 220 V to 12 volts. If the number of turns in primary are 8800, how many turns are in secondary coil?
A transformer lowers e.m.f. from 220 V to 15 V. If 400 W power is given in primary, calculate (i) the current in primary coil and (ii) the current in secondary coil.
The primary and secondary coils of a transformer each have an inductance of 200 x 10-6 H. The mutual inductance between the windings is 4 x 10-6 H. What percentage of the flux from one coil reaches the other?
A circular coil of 100 turns with a cross-sectional area of 1 m2 is kept with its plane perpendicular to the magnetic field of 1 T. The magnetic flux linkage is ______.
An ideal transformer has 100 turns in the primary and 250 turns in the secondary. The peak value of the AC is 28 V. The rms secondary voltage is nearest to ______
Distinguish between Step up and Step Down Transformer.
The primary of a transformer has 40 turns and works on 100 V and 100 W. Find a number of turns in the secondary to step up the voltage to 400 V. Also calculate the current in the secondary and primary.
Transformer works on ______.
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.
A step-down transformer reduces the supply voltage from 220 V to 11 V and increase the current from 6 A to 100 A. Then its efficiency is
What are step-up and step-down transformers?
Explain the working of the transformer.
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 ______.
A transformer works on the principle of ______.
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.
A power transmission line feeds input power at 2300 V to a step down transformer with its primary windings having 4000 turns. The number of turns in the secondary in order to get output power at 230 V are ______.
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 ______.
The primary winding of a transformer has 100 turns and its secondary winding has 200 turns. The primary is connected to an a.c supply of 120 V and the current flowing in its is 10 A. The voltage and the current in the secondary are ______.
A step-down transformer connected to an ac mains supply of 220 V is made to operate at 11 V, 44 W lamp. Ignoring power losses in the transformer, what is the current in the primary circuit?
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 ______.
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 ______.
An iron rod is placed parallel to magnetic field of intensity 2000 Am-1. The magnetic flux through the rod is 6 × 10−4 Wb and its cross-sectional area is 3 cm2. The magnetic permeability of the rod in Wb A-1m-1 is ______.
The primary coil having NP turns of an ideal transformer is supplied with an alternating voltage VP. Obtain an expression for the voltage VS induced in its secondary coil having NS turns.
Efficiency of transformer is the ratio of ______.
The self-inductance of a closely wound coil of 200 turns is 10 mH. Determine the value of magnetic flux through the cross-section of the coil when the current passing through the coil is 4 mA.
Derive the equation for a transformer.
How do the input and output powers in a transformer compare? State the assumption made.
A step down transformer connected to an ac mains supply of 220 V is made to operate at 11 V, 44 W lamp. Ignoring power losses in the transformer, what is the current in the primary circuit?
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 ______.
In an ideal transformer, the turns ratio is `N_p/N_s = 1/2`. The ratio Vs : Vp is equal to (the symbols carry their usual meaning):
