 A CT for operation on a 110 kV grid A current transformer (CT) is a type of instrument transformer designed to provide a current in its secondary winding proportional to the current flowing in its primary. They are commonly used in metering and protective relaying in the electrical power industry where they facilitate the safe measurement of large currents, often in the presence of high voltages. The current transformer safely isolates measurement and control circuitry from the high voltages typically present on the circuit being measured. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 244 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (785 × 1930 pixel, file size: 67 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Leistungsschalter für 110 KV Wieso gibt es nur einen Isolator? Handelt es sich vielleicht um ein Multimeter (mit Spannungswandler=transformer)? File history Legend: (cur) = this...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 244 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (785 × 1930 pixel, file size: 67 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Leistungsschalter für 110 KV Wieso gibt es nur einen Isolator? Handelt es sich vielleicht um ein Multimeter (mit Spannungswandler=transformer)? File history Legend: (cur) = this...
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Design
The most common design of CT consists of a length of wire wrapped many times around an annular silicon steel ring passed over the circuit being measured. The CT's primary circuit therefore consists of a single 'turn' of conductor, with a secondary of many hundreds of turns.
The CT acts as a constant-current series device with an apparent power burden a fraction of that of the high voltage primary circuit. Hence the primary circuit is largely unaffected by the insertion of the CT. Usually hidden to the unaided eye, the 60Hz blinking of (non-incandescent) lighting powered by AC mains is revealed in this motion-blurred long exposure of city lights. ...
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Common secondaries are 1 or 5 amperes. For example, a 4000:5 CT would provide an output current of 5 amperes when the primary was passing 4000 amperes. The secondary winding can be single ratio or multi ratio, with five taps being common for multi ratio CTs.
Usage Current transformers are used extensively for measuring current and monitoring the operation of the power grid. The CT is typically described by its current ratio from primary to secondary. Often, multiple CTs are installed as a "stack" for various uses (for example, protection devices and revenue metering may use separate CTs). Transmission towers Transmission lines in Lund, Sweden Electric power transmission, or more accurately Electrical energy transmission, is the second process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. ...
Connections Typically, the secondary connection points are labelled as 1s1, 1s2, 2s1, 2s2 and so on. The multi ratio CTs are typically used for current matching in current differential protective relaying applications.
For a three-stacked CT application, the secondary winding connection points are typically labelled Xn, Yn, Zn.
Safety precautions Care must be taken that the secondary of a current transformer is not disconnected from its load while current is flowing in the primary, as this will produce a dangerously high voltage across the open secondary, and may permanently affect the accuracy of the transformer.
Accuracy The accuracy of a CT is directly related to a number of factors including: The electromagnetic field is a physical field that is produced by electrically charged objects and which affects the behaviour of charged objects in the vicinity of the field. ...
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Burden The burden in a CT metering circuit is essentially the amount of impedance (largely resistive) present. Typical burden ratings for CTs are B-0.1, B-0.2, B-0.5, B-1.0, B-2.0 and B-4.0. This means a CT with a burden rating of B-0.2 can tolerate up to 0.2 Ω of impedance in the metering circuit before its output current is no longer a fixed ratio to the primary current. Items that contribute to the burden of a current measurement circuit are switch blocks meters and intermediate conductors. The most common source of excess burden in a current measurement circuit is the conductor between the meter and the CT. Often, substation meters are located significant distances from the meter cabinets and the excessive length of small gauge conductor creates a large resistance. This problem can be solved by using CT with 1 ampere secondaries which will produce less voltage drop between a CT and its metering devices. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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Rating factor Rating factor is a factor by which the nominal full load current of a CT can be multiplied to determine its absolute maximum measurable primary current. Conversely, the minimum primary current a CT can accurately measure is "light load," or 10% of the nominal current (there are, however, special CTs designed to measure accurately currents as small as 2% of the nominal current). The rating factor of a CT is largely dependent upon ambient temperature. Most CTs have rating factors for 35 degrees Celsius and 55 degrees Celsius. A CT usually demonstrates reduced capacity to maintain accuracy with rising ambient temperature. It is important to be mindful of ambient temperatures and resultant rating factors when CTs are installed inside pad-mounted transformers or poorly ventilated mechanical rooms. Recently, manufacturers have been moving towards lower nominal primary currents with greater rating factors. This is made possible by the development of more efficient ferrites and their corresponding hysteresis curves. This is a distinct advantage over previous CTs because it increases their range of accuracy. For example, a 200:5 CT with a rating factor of 4.0 is most accurate between 20A (light load) and 800A (4.0 times the nominal rating, or "full load," of the CT) of primary current. While previous revisions of CTs were on the order of 500:5 with a rating factor of 1.5 yielding an effective range of 50A to 750A. This is an 11% increase in effective range for two CTs that would be used at similar services. The relative cost of a 500:5 CT is significantly greater than that of a 200:5. Current transformers used as part of metering equipment for three-phase 400Amp electricity supply. ...
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Physical configuration Physical CT configuration is another important factor in reliable CT accuracy. While all electrical engineers are quite comfortable with Gauss' Law, there are some issues when attempting to apply theory to the real world. When conductors passing through a CT are not centered in the circular (or oval) void, slight inaccuracies may occur. It is important to center primary conductors as they pass through CTs to promote the greatest level of CT accuracy. In an electric metering circuit, the most inaccurate component is the CT.
Special designs Specially constructed wideband current transformers are also used (usually with an oscilloscope) to measure waveforms of high frequency or pulsed currents within pulsed power systems. One type of specially constructed wideband transformer provides a voltage output that is proportional to the measured current. Another type (called a Rogowski coil) requires an external integrator in order to provide a voltage output that is proportional to the measured current. Unlike CTs used for power circuitry, wideband CTs are rated in output volts per ampere of primary current. Wideband is a relative term used to describe a wide range of frequencies in a spectrum. ...
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References - Guile, A.; Paterson, W. (1977). Electrical Power Systems, Volume One. Pergamon, p331. ISBN 0-08-021729-X.
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