The Design and Construction of a Current Transformer

Author

Henry A. Schmitz Jr., Marquette University
Jas. W. Murphy, Marquette University

Date of Award

6-1915

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract

The transformer is a piece of apparatus used to transform alternating current power, from high voltage and low current to low voltage and high current or vice versa. It consists of a magnetic circuit of laminated iron linking two separate and distinct coils of wire. Alternating current is supplied to one of these coils, called the primary, and this alternating current causes rapid reversals of magnetic flux through the magnetic circuit, these reversals of flux induce an alternating electromotive force in the other coil, called the secondary, which delivers alternating current to a receiving circuit. The laminated iron which forms the magnetic circuit is called the transformer core.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the faculty of Marquette University for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Recommended Citation

Schmitz, Henry A. Jr. and Murphy, Jas. W., "The Design and Construction of a Current Transformer" (1915). Bachelors’ Theses. 2207.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/2207