🔗 Autotransformer

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Auto · 400/220 kV interconnecting · YNa0(d) · series + common winding share one magnetic circuit · buried delta tertiary

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Click any part to identify it. An autotransformer shares one winding between HV and IV — that is why it is smaller and cheaper than a two-winding unit at close ratios, but offers no galvanic isolation.
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The IV terminal taps the junction of the common and series windings — HV = series + common in series.

Autotransformer design check

First-cut check for a two-winding autotransformer (series + common, no galvanic isolation). Tender / estimation grade — verify with the manufacturer.

Method (step-down autotransformer): series voltage = HV−LV, common = LV; series:common turns = (HV−LV):LV. Common-winding current Ic = ILV − IHV. Self (transformer) rating = S·(HV−LV)/HV — the autotransformer only processes this fraction of throughput, which is why it is smaller. Short-circuit currents use the assumed %Z; the autotransformer's actual %Z is lower than an equivalent two-winding, and the exact IEC 60076-5 value needs the coupled-winding equivalent circuit — treat the impedance figures as first-cut.