Design of Double-Loop Current Transformer Based on Magnetic Field Incomplete Cancellation

Electromagnetic current transformer is one of the important pieces of equipment used in AC power system measurement. Due to continuous improvement of current level to be measured in the power system, ordinary single-loop magnetic core structure cannot meet industrial needs of wide measuring range wi...

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Main Authors: Wenbo Li, Xiaojun Tang, Youshui Lu, Ling Yan, Yi Wu, Mingzhe Rong
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Published: China electric power research institute 2025-01-01
Series:CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10246176/
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Xiaojun Tang
Youshui Lu
Ling Yan
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Mingzhe Rong
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description Electromagnetic current transformer is one of the important pieces of equipment used in AC power system measurement. Due to continuous improvement of current level to be measured in the power system, ordinary single-loop magnetic core structure cannot meet industrial needs of wide measuring range with high accuracy, while it even has a magnetic saturation problem when measured current is reaching the limit. Most existing methods expand measuring range and increase antisaturation ability of the magnetic core by either opening an air gap in the magnetic core or increasing number of turns of primary and secondary windings, but it will bring additional problems such as volume and heat dissipation of the transformer. To solve such issues, in this paper, we proposed a magnetic core structure of double-loop current transformer based on incomplete magnetic field cancellation principle. Calculation formula of air gap size and theoretical error are analyzed. We provide a theo-retical analysis of working characteristics, amplitude error and phase error throughout a three-dimensional simulation model of transformer. In addition, we evaluate performance through a series of comparison experiments. Results demonstrate our double-loop current transformer can maintain good linear relationship between primary and secondary current while ensuring measurement accuracy at 0.2 level. With the same volume, it has a wider range of rated current measurements and a certain anti-saturation ability.
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spelling doaj-art-c17b7f4a2b8c4cff8d72548ff2341e022025-08-20T03:18:24ZengChina electric power research instituteCSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems2096-00422025-01-0111277278210.17775/CSEEJPES.2022.0840010246176Design of Double-Loop Current Transformer Based on Magnetic Field Incomplete CancellationWenbo Li0Xiaojun Tang1Youshui Lu2Ling Yan3Yi Wu4Mingzhe Rong5School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University,Department of Measurement and Control Technology & Instrumentation,Xi'an,China,710000School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University,Department of Measurement and Control Technology & Instrumentation,Xi'an,China,710000School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University,Department of Measurement and Control Technology & Instrumentation,Xi'an,China,710000School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University,Department of Measurement and Control Technology & Instrumentation,Xi'an,China,710000School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University,State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation & Power Equipment,Xi'an,China,710000School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University,State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation & Power Equipment,Xi'an,China,710000Electromagnetic current transformer is one of the important pieces of equipment used in AC power system measurement. Due to continuous improvement of current level to be measured in the power system, ordinary single-loop magnetic core structure cannot meet industrial needs of wide measuring range with high accuracy, while it even has a magnetic saturation problem when measured current is reaching the limit. Most existing methods expand measuring range and increase antisaturation ability of the magnetic core by either opening an air gap in the magnetic core or increasing number of turns of primary and secondary windings, but it will bring additional problems such as volume and heat dissipation of the transformer. To solve such issues, in this paper, we proposed a magnetic core structure of double-loop current transformer based on incomplete magnetic field cancellation principle. Calculation formula of air gap size and theoretical error are analyzed. We provide a theo-retical analysis of working characteristics, amplitude error and phase error throughout a three-dimensional simulation model of transformer. In addition, we evaluate performance through a series of comparison experiments. Results demonstrate our double-loop current transformer can maintain good linear relationship between primary and secondary current while ensuring measurement accuracy at 0.2 level. With the same volume, it has a wider range of rated current measurements and a certain anti-saturation ability.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10246176/Current difference coefficientdouble-loop coreincomplete magnetic field cancellation
spellingShingle Wenbo Li
Xiaojun Tang
Youshui Lu
Ling Yan
Yi Wu
Mingzhe Rong
Design of Double-Loop Current Transformer Based on Magnetic Field Incomplete Cancellation
CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
Current difference coefficient
double-loop core
incomplete magnetic field cancellation
title Design of Double-Loop Current Transformer Based on Magnetic Field Incomplete Cancellation
title_full Design of Double-Loop Current Transformer Based on Magnetic Field Incomplete Cancellation
title_fullStr Design of Double-Loop Current Transformer Based on Magnetic Field Incomplete Cancellation
title_full_unstemmed Design of Double-Loop Current Transformer Based on Magnetic Field Incomplete Cancellation
title_short Design of Double-Loop Current Transformer Based on Magnetic Field Incomplete Cancellation
title_sort design of double loop current transformer based on magnetic field incomplete cancellation
topic Current difference coefficient
double-loop core
incomplete magnetic field cancellation
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10246176/
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