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Principles
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Construction
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Classification parameters
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- Component type
- Passive
- Invention year
- 1831
- Inventor
- Michael Faraday
- Working principle
- Electromagnetic induction
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Overview
- Electrical engineering
- Passive component
- Electrical energy
- Circuits Electrical network
- Magnetic flux
- Electromotive force
- Faraday's law of induction
- AC Alternating current
- Galvanic isolation
- Constant-potential transformer
- Transmission Electric power transmission
- Distribution Electric power distribution
- RF
- Power grid
- Hysteresis Magnetic hysteresis
- Eddy currents Eddy current
- Joule losses Joule heating
- Inductor
- Classification parameters Transformer
- Leakage inductance
- Series Series and parallel circuits
- Voltage regulation
- Short-circuit
- Negative resistance
- Electric arcs Electric arc
- Mercury- Mercury-vapor lamp
- Sodium- Sodium-vapor lamp
- Neon signs Neon sign
- Electric arc welders Arc welding
- Air gaps Air gap (magnetic)
Principles
- Linear
- Coupled Inductive coupling
- Magnetic permeability
- Inductance
- Magnetomotive force
- Lenz's law
- Voltage source
- Rms Root mean square
- Dot convention
- Phasor
- Skin effect
- Railway electrification systems Railway electrification system
- Electric traction motors Traction motor
- Protective relays Protective relay
- Electric multiple unit
- High-speed High-speed rail
- Switched-mode power supplies
- Ferrite Ferrite core
- No-load loss
- Energy efficient transformers Energy efficient transformer
- Amorphous steel Electrical steel
- Trade-off
- Resistance Electrical resistance
- Proximity effect Proximity effect (electromagnetism)
- Core losses
- Magnetic domains Magnetic domain
- Magnetic core
- Steinmetz's equation
- Magnetostriction
- Mains hum
Construction
- Enameled magnet wire Enameled wire
- Pressboard Transformerboard
- Litz wire
- Tap changers Tap changer
- Arc furnace
- Center-tapped transformer
- Amplifier
- Push-pull circuit Push-pull converter
- AM Amplitude modulation
- Operating temperature
- Arrhenius equation
- Radiation
- Transformer oil
- Mineral oil
- Paper Electrical insulation paper
- Transformer oil testing
- Dissolved gas analysis
- Heat exchangers
- Buchholz relay
- Polychlorinated biphenyls Polychlorinated biphenyl
- Dielectric coolant Coolant
- Environmental persistence Persistent organic pollutant
- Silicone
- Fluorinated hydrocarbons
- Nitrogen
- Sulfur hexafluoride
- Liquid nitrogen
- Helium Liquid helium
- Superconducting
- Bushings Bushing (electrical)
Classification parameters
- Power rating
- Audio-frequency
- Radio-frequency
- Pulse Pulse transformer
- Power distribution Electricity distribution
- Rectifier
- Isolation Isolation transformer
- IEC vector group Vector group
- Zigzag Zigzag transformer
- Autotransformer
- Scott-T Scott-T transformer
- K-factor K-factor (electrical engineering)
Applications
- Switch mode power supply
- Microphones Microphone
- Record players Record player
- Telephone
- Two-way conversation Hybrid coil
- Balun
- Balanced voltages to ground Balanced line
History
- Electromagnetic induction
- Michael Faraday
- Joseph Henry
- Webers Weber (unit)
- Toroidal Toroid (geometry)
- Induction coil
- Nicholas Callan
- Maynooth College
- Direct current (DC) Direct current
- Electrical contacts Electrical contact
- Generators Electric generator
- Interrupter
- Pavel Yablochkov
- Electric candles Electric candle
- Ganz Works
- Lucien Gaulard
- John Dixon Gibbs
- Westinghouse Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Károly Zipernowsky
- Ottó Bláthy
- Miksa Déri
- Parallel shunt connections Shunt (electrical)
- Power station
- George Westinghouse
- Westinghouse Electric
- Edison Electric Light Company
- William Stanley William Stanley, Jr.
- Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
- Three-phase
- Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft
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Nodes193
Edges192
Triples369
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010363
Components1
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Top relations
related to Bibliography · 182
Transformer → Ahuja, AIEEPAS, American Institute, Analysis, Anthony, April, Archived, Baltimore, Basics, Beatty, Beeman, Bertrand, Bibcode, Boca Raton, Brenner, Calvert, CEGB, Central Electricity Generating Board, Chapman, Chapter
related to Westinghouse improvements · 25
Transformer → AC, Building, Company, EMF, Europe, February, Gaulard, George Westinghouse, Gibbs, He, January, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pre-wound, Stanley, Stanley's, The, The Edison Electric Light, This, United States
related to Classification parameters · 21
Transformer → Application, Basic, By IEC, Constant-potential, Continuous, Cooling, Core, Dry, Duty, Frequency, From, General, K-factor, MVA, Power, Power-frequency, Scott-TRectifier, Step-up, Transformers, VA
related to Closed-core transformers and parallel power distribution · 21
Transformer → AC, Bláthy, Déri, Ganz Works, Gaulard, Gibbs, Hungarian, Hz, In, Károly Zipernowsky, Miksa Déri, Ottó Bláthy, September, The, The Ganz, The ZBD, This, Toroidal, When, ZBD
related to Induction coils · 12
Transformer → AC, Between, DC, EMF, He, Induction, Ireland, Irish-Catholic Rev, Maynooth College, Nicholas Callan, Since, The
related to Effect of frequency · 10
Transformer → Aircraft, At, By, Consequently, Conversely, However, Hz, Operation, The EMF, Transformers
related to Cooling · 8
Transformer → Arrhenius, As, It, Large, Prolonged, Small, The, With
related to Other early transformer designs · 8
Transformer → Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft, General Electricity Company, Germany, In, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Nikola Tesla, Russian-born, Tesla
related to First alternating current transformers · 7
Transformer → AC, By, In, Pavel Yablochkov, Russian, The, Yablochkov
related to Windings · 7
Transformer → Each, For, High-frequency, Large, Larger, Litz, The
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Important terminology
transformers power core current winding used windings voltage flux magnetic electric losses circuit coils primary secondary may electrical isbn distribution
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Transformer | Component type | Passive | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transformer | Invention year | 1831 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transformer | Inventor | Michael Faraday | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transformer | Working principle | Electromagnetic induction | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transformer | is a | passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit | 0.90 | text |
| Transformer | is a | reasonable approximation for a typical commercial transformer | 0.90 | text |
| electric arc welders.Air gaps are also used to keep a transformer from saturating | instance of | mercury- and sodium- vapor lamps and neon signs or for safely handling loads that become periodically short-circuited | 0.80 | text |
| especially audio-frequency transformers in circuits that have a DC component flowing in the windings | instance of | mercury- and sodium- vapor lamps and neon signs or for safely handling loads that become periodically short-circuited | 0.80 | text |
| core loss | instance of | properties | 0.80 | text |
| conductor skin effect also increase with frequency | instance of | properties | 0.80 | text |
| fuses must be selected to allow this harmless inrush to pass.On transformers connected to long | instance of | Overcurrent protection devices | 0.80 | text |
| overhead power transmission lines | instance of | Overcurrent protection devices | 0.80 | text |
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