Power transformer
Türkçe: Transformatör
A static machine that raises or lowers an AC voltage through electromagnetic induction without changing the frequency.
// EXPLANATION
A transformer has two (or more) windings on a common magnetic core; the voltage ratio equals the turns ratio. Types include power, distribution and customer-owned transformers. Losses split into copper (load) and iron (no-load) losses; in oil-filled types the oil provides cooling and insulation.
// ALSO KNOWN AS
transformertransformersdistribution transformerstep-up transformer
// RELATED TERMS
Generator step-up transformer (GSU)The transformer wired directly to a plant generator that raises its voltage (10-25 kV) to the level of the transmission grid.
Medium voltageThe voltage class, roughly 1 kV to 36 kV in Turkish practice, that feeds substations and large consumers on the distribution network.
Power gridThe whole of the transmission and distribution lines, substations and switching equipment that moves energy from generation to consumers.
MV switchgear cellA compartment where medium-voltage breakers, disconnectors, measuring and protection equipment are grouped inside a metal enclosure.
