autotransformer

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au·to·trans·form·er

 (ô′tō-trăns-fôr′mər)
n.
An electrical transformer in which the primary and secondary coils have some or all windings in common.
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autotransformer

(ˌɔːtəʊtrænsˈfɔːmə)
n
(Electrical Engineering) a transformer in which part of the winding is common to both primary and secondary circuits
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au•to•trans•form•er

(ˌɔ toʊ trænsˈfɔr mər)

n.
a transformer having a single coil that serves as both a primary coil and a secondary coil.
[1890–95]
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According to the report, starting from autumn 2018, the station took appropriate measures in the hydraulic units, replaced the spare parts at the second hydraulic unit, and completely repaired the 330-kilovolt block autotransformer.
According to available documents, the tender has been given to the third lowest bidder for the purchase of an autotransformer bank, who offered the bid of $8.89 million.
Various technologies are used in power conditioning services for instance; autotransformer, inverter, buck boost transformer, battery, isolation transformer etc.
This paper presents the design and analysis of a double zigzag-connected autotransformer based 24-phase ac-dc converter which supplies direct torque controlled induction motor drives (DTCIMD's) in order to have better power quality conditions at the point of common coupling.
A polygon autotransformer based 30-pulse ac-dc converter is introduced in [24] which has 5 inter-phase transformers in the dc link.
New chapters cover autotransformer design, common-mode inductor design, series saturable reactor design, self-saturating magnetic amplifier, and designing inductors for a given resistance.
The contract covered the building of a power supply system for a new high-speed railway link between London and the English Channel Tunnel, including three feeder substations and four autotransformer stations, ABB said.
An autotransformer with a 220/110 kilovolt voltage and a force of 200 megavolts has been installed at the power plant.
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