Q.What is a variable frequency transformer?

A.A variable frequency transformer is used to transmit electricity between two asynchronous alternating current domains. A variablefrequency transformer is a doubly-fed electric machine resembling a vertical shaft hydroelectric generator with a three-phase wound rotor, connected by slip rings to one external ac power circuit. A direct-current torque motor is mounted on the same shaft. Changing the direction of torque applied to the shaft changes the direction of power flow; with no applied torque, the shaft rotates due to the difference in frequency between the networks connected to the rotor and stator.The variablefrequency transformer behaves as a continuously adjustable phase-shifting transformer. It allows control of the power flow between two networks .