The paper contains an overview of the most significant technical characteristics of converter transformers manufactured for modernization of Slovenian railways between years 1993 and 2014. Transformers are in service in the following power stations: Sava, Črnotiče, Divača, Dekani, and will be soon installed into all major stations on the Pragersko- Hodoš railway line. The main features and characteristics of this type of traction drives are described; the coupling factor as a geometric property of low voltage windings with different numbers of mutual axial crossings, the thermal loading as a consequence of cyclic overload and protection of the converter from transferred overvoltages from the network. The referenced projects include the first application of axial winding crossing, a technical innovation resolving the strict magnetic coupling requirement of low voltage windings. On the basis of the results of the type heat run test, a thermal profile was made corresponding to class VI overloading cycle. Between the high and low voltage windings an earthed screen was incorporated and the efficiency of the shielding with and without earthed was tested. The results were compared with the requirements of the SIST EN standards. Keywords: Converter Transformer, Coupling factor, Aaxial winding crossing, Eearthed screen, Thermal profile
The paper contains an overview of the most significant technical characteristics of converter transformers manufactured for modernization of Slovenian railways between years 1993 and 2014. Transformers are in service in the following power stations: Sava, Črnotiče, Divača, Dekani, and will be soon installed into all major stations on the Pragersko- Hodoš railway line. The main features and characteristics of this type of traction drives are described; the coupling factor as a geometric property of low voltage windings with different numbers of mutual axial crossings, the thermal loading as a consequence of cyclic overload and protection of the converter from transferred overvoltages from the network. The referenced projects include the first application of axial winding crossing, a technical innovation resolving the strict magnetic coupling requirement of low voltage windings. On the basis of the results of the type heat run test, a thermal profile was made corresponding to class VI overloading cycle. Between the high and low voltage windings an earthed screen was incorporated and the efficiency of the shielding with and without earthed was tested. The results were compared with the requirements of the SIST EN standards. Keywords: Converter Transformer, Coupling factor, Aaxial winding crossing, Eearthed screen, Thermal profile