Insulation MaterialTypically Made Of Oil-impregnated Paper Or Epoxy Resin
PhaseSingle
ArrangementSpecific Arrangements For Bus-bar And Cooling System
Cooling SystemWater Cooled For Furnace Bus-bars
Secondary CurrentsHigh
Resistive LossesHigh
Bus-bar LengthLimited Due To Layout
FrequencyTypically 50-60 Hz
Winding MaterialCopper Or Aluminum
Single phase transformer are specified with very specific arrangements to suit the bus-bar arrangement and cooling system. Furnace bus-bars are mostly water cooled. Due to the high secondary currents and resistive losses the furnace layout is such as to limit the bus-bar length.