The invention belongs to the technical field of
transformer current limiting, and particularly relates to a
transformer and an
overcurrent suppression device and method. The method comprises the following steps: connecting a current-limiting reactor in series in each phase of the primary side of the
transformer, and connecting a switch in parallel with the current-limiting reactor in each phase; firstly, a first-phase switch is controlled to be switched on, and after the first-phase switch is switched on, a second-phase switch is controlled to be switched on when the
phase angle of line
voltage between a first phase and a second phase is 30 degrees or 210 degrees; after closing of the second-phase switch is completed, primary side and
secondary side currents of the transformer are detected, if the primary side and / or
secondary side currents exceed the corresponding
short circuit threshold value, the third-phase switch is not closed any more, other two-phase switches are controlled to be opened, and a
current limiting reactor is connected to the primary side of the transformer; if the primary side current and the
secondary side current do not exceed the corresponding short-circuit threshold values, the third-phase switch is controlled to be switched on when the
phase angle of the line
voltage between the first phase and the
third phase is 30 degrees or 210 degrees, and the short-circuit current can be limited while the switching-on surge current of the transformer is limited.