Abstract: In a method and a device for continuously adjusting, within a certain adjustment range, the turns ratio between the primary winding and the secondary winding of a power transformer provided with at least one regulating winding, a first tap is switched on during a portion of a cycle of the alternating voltage of the transformer and a second tap is switched on during another portion of the cycle of the alternating voltage. For this purpose, the device comprises electronic switches in the form of thyristors or transistors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 30, 1998
Date of Patent:
October 19, 1999
Assignee:
N.V. Eneco
Inventors:
Paulus G. J. M. Asselman, Jan Hendrik Griffioen, Pavol Bauer, Gerardus Chr. Paap, Sjoerd W. H. de Haan, Cornelis J. van de Water