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The neutral earthing transformer is used to create a neutral for the delta side (which does
not have a neutral point on its own). The reason you put a transformer in there instead of
directly creating a neutral point and grounding it, is that you get some impedance in
between due to the transformer, which would limit various imbalanced currents and fault
currents to a particular value. Note that this is usually a three-phase transformer.

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If they are used on the star side, they are usually single-phase, and connected between the
neutral and ground. Y ou don't need a three phase device here as the neutral point already
exists.

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Neutral earthing transformers are very common on large generators. They are used to
limit bolted fault currents for these machines. They essentially allow you to insert a very
small resistance (1-2 ohms) with an ampere rating of around 200A to restrict line-toground fault currents for the generators to around 1 - 2 A. They are indispensable for this
purpose.

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A Neutral Grounding Transformer is NOT a three phase transformer, but a single phase
transformer, with the primary (HV) rated voltage equal to the system phase-to-neutral
voltage and the secondary (LV) rated voltage either 110V or 240V.
Why is it required? For economic reasons. Let us see how. Supposing you have an 11kV
System, whose neutral you want to ground through a resistance. The desired ground fault
current, let us say, is 10A. Now, if you want to connect a resistor directly in the path
between the system neutral and earth, the value of the resistor would be (6350/10 = 635
Ohms) and the voltage rating of the resistor would be 6350V. A 6350V, 635 Ohms resistor
would not be cheap.
Now, if you opt for a single phase 6350V/240V, neutral grounding transformer, whose
6350V winding is connected in the neutral to ground path, you can connect a simple 0.9
Ohms resistor across the 240V secondary of this neutral grounding transformer. This 0.9
Ohms resistor at 240V side will reflect multiplied by the square of the turns ratio, at the
HV side (i.e.) 6350/240 is 26.45 whose square is 700. The 0.9 Ohms resistor connected
across the 240V secondary of the neutral grounding transformer would appear as (700 x

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0.9 = about 630 Ohms). And, the added advantage is that this resistor needs to be
insulated only for 240V. A reduced Ohmic value resistor, with a reduced insulation rating
is cheaper. And, the neutral grounding transformer can be short-time rated, to optimize on
the size & cost of the neutral grounding transformer.

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