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Neutral Grounding Transformer

03/02/2012 4:47 AM

I am working in a power station which have two main units of 34 MW each and one Auxilliary unit of 4 MW.The two main units have step up transformers 11KV/132 KV Delta Star.While the aux unit is directly connected to an 11 KV bus.Also from the 132 Kv bus we use a step down transformer for our power house supply.This transformer is 132KV(Delta)/11KV Star.All the generators are Star(as normal).

The problem is when we run the Auxunit with the neutral grounding transformer connected the neutral transformer gets heated,it got damaged once.The designer says it is because of the star connection of the step down transformer and says we should run aux unit without the neutral gronding transformer.

Can any one help as to what difference will it makeThey say only 5 % of the protection will be effected.

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Re: Neutral grounding transformer

03/02/2012 5:21 AM

You using 3 phase 3 wire or 3 phase 4wire...

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Re: Neutral Grounding Transformer

03/02/2012 11:09 AM

All of you generators are star configuration, and yet you convert delta/star up to 132kV then run through another delta/star back to 11kV...which is what you started with (11 kV generator output)...and then run your powerhouse from that...

Why wouldn't you connect your hotel power directly to the generator bus from the get go?

Anyway...neutral grounding transformer...are your transformers grounded/bonded directly or are you using a zigzag? What is your overall PF? Have you done an in-house power quality survey recently? Load/phase balancing? Harmonics?

Whether you call it an "auxiliary" generator or not it should be connected in the same fashion as the other generators in order to maintain a healthy system. Otherwise, does it feed an auxiliary dedicated bus?

Why is the system not being operated as the designer (engineer?) desires? If you change it to match his/her desires what effect will that have on safety? When you say 5% of the protection...what does that relate to?

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Re: Neutral Grounding Transformer

03/03/2012 12:35 AM

the problem is with the auxilary alternators design whcich is differnt from other two creating high neutral current & harmonics.

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