All products have a high level of safety against explosion hazards and meet the latest international standards. Medium voltage switchgear products iso 9001 bureau veritas certification iso 14001. Medium voltage instrument transformers ritz instrument. The ratio of the primary to the secondary, the ratio of the input to the output, and the turns ratio of any given transformer will be the same as its voltage ratio.
Current and voltage instrument transformers input signals to protective supply relays. Protective relays provide a wide range of protection functions, including but not limited to shortcircuit protection. Cast resin transformers do not ensure contact insulation. Environmental protection agency epa outdoor activity noise guideline of 55 dba and are similar to the range.
Cts provide isolation from the high voltage primary, permit. Instrument transformers comprise a large category of current and potential transformers for. A general overview of abbs current and voltage transformers. Current transformer simplified model in matlabsimulink environment. Mersen pt fuses are current limiting fuses with high interrupting rating, used for the primary winding protection of potential transformer. Highvoltage transformers are some of the most important and expensive pieces of equipment. Current transformers oilpaper, gas and dry insulation range arteche current transformers are named with the letters ca topcore type, oilpaper, lb hairpin type, oilpaper, cg gas type or cx dry type followed by 2 or 3 numbers indicating the maximum service voltage for. The potential transformer is connected in parallel with the circuit.
Current transformers cts are instrument transformers that are used to supply a reduced value of current to me ters, protective relays, and other instruments. Current transformers, inductive voltage transformers, capacitive voltage transformers, combined current voltage transformers and station service voltage transformers are designed to transform high current and high voltage levels down to low current and low voltage outputs in a known and accurate. In addition to tap voltage ratio, a secondary tap current ratio test can be performed. Our voltage and current transformers are hermetically sealed. It is absolutely forbidden to touch the cast hv coils while the transformer is energised. Fiberoptic current and voltage sensors for highvoltage. Electrical substations can also be divided into public and. Omu compared to conventional oilfilled current and voltage transformers make the design particularly. Commercially available relays and meters used for protection and metering, are designed for low voltage. Potential environmental effects such as stormwater drainage, noise. Some other differences between the current and the potential transformer are explained below in the the comparison chart. Current transformer white paper the basics of current transformers ratio the ct ratio is the ratio of primary current input to secondary current output at full load. Current transformer basics and the current transformer. Follow instructions in the transformer manual carefully.
Three phase current transformer ground fault function optional common mode choke coil other current transformer features. All schneider electric instrument transformers are in conformity with iec. Oil leaks are serious maintenance and environmental. A current transformer is an instrument transformer, used along with measuring or protective devices, in which the secondary current is proportional to the primary current under normal conditions of operation and differs from it by an angle that is approximately zero. Therefore the transformer must always be installed in a metal enclosure,inside a cage or in a room with doors ena. Current transformers reduce high voltage currents to a much lower value and provide a convenient way of safely monitoring the actual electrical current flowing in an ac.
With more than 100 years of experience, ge offers a broad array of standard and high accuracy models for revenue metering and system protection applications. The trench group has a full portfolio of instrument transformers that is capable to meet any customers needs worldwide and can be installed in any environmental condition. Medium voltage technical guide electrical engineering portal. Other substations are very large and may be several acres in size with several transformers and dozens of switches. Read through the different types we supply below and use our instrument transformer rfq form to request a specific part to meet your requirements. They all have aluminuim casings and are available with silicone composite lsr or for oilpaper insulated transformers with porcelain c insulators if requested. Voltage transformer or potential transformer theory. Since 1928 knopp has been providing dependable and accurate products to electric utilities, government federal, state, and. Indoor instrument transformers schneider electric belgie. Knopp inc tesco the eastern specialty company about us. Voltage transformer or potential transformer a 120. Amrans product portfolio includes standard products as well as numerous custom products specifically designed and developed for oem specific.
We also offer specially designed and custombuilt solutions for your specific applications. Located along the beautiful san franciso bay, knopp offers a variety of products that compliment the tesco brand. Instrument transformers application guide abb group. Change alternating current to direct current or direct current to alternating current. Tpl10 type current transformer case study confirmed the adequacy of the. This transformer step down the voltage to a safe limit value which can be easily measured by the ordinary low voltage instrument like a voltmeter, wattmeter and watthour meters, etc. Currentvoltage sensing products table of contents 120618 type description page 57p current sense inductors for 50 to 120 hz applications 1 57p current sense inductors 5 57p current sense transformers 7 57p current sense transformers 9 57p 11 vc 57p93 15 57p94 17 57p95 19 57p96 21 57p97 23 57p 25 current sense inductors and transformers. To start with, both are instrument transformers basically used for measurement and protection purpose in power systems. Knopp is primarily known for transformer test equipment, precision voltage and current transformers, and electrical instruments. Potential transformers used primarily in a step down environment to monitor voltage.
When the circuit burden gets too large, the ct secondary voltage becomes distorted. Amran instrument transformers is a leading manufacturer of low voltage and medium voltage instrument transformers current and voltage transformers with multiple manufacturing plants in usa and india. Pdf the mexican grid has been severely affected by numerous failures on 230. National grid current transformers for protection and general use technical specification ts 3. Available from 25 kv to 800 kv for measurement, protection and control. A current transformer is a device which is used for the transformation of current at a higher value to a lower value with respect to the earth potential. Instrument transformer basic technical information and. The ratio of an instrument transformer is the relationship of its primary rating to its secondary rating. The primary windings of the potential transformer are directly connected to the power circuit whose voltage is to be measured. Supreme immunity to external dc magnets application 0. The current transformers reduce the level of current to the instrument or relay operating range, whereas potential transformers transforms the high voltage to a circuit operating low voltage. In mv electrical distribution, the high current and voltage values mean that they. Pdf saturation of current transformers and its impact on. In the following, we will consider optical current.
Potential transformer or voltage transformer gets used in electrical power system for stepping down the system voltage to a safe value which can be fed to low ratings meters and relays. Fiberoptic current and voltage sensors for high voltage substations k. Pdf abnormal failure rate on high voltage current transformers. It is used with the ac instruments for measuring the high value of current. This paper describes experience in the introduction of online monitoring techniques for current transformers and bushings. They are small dimension ferrule type fuses and mount in standard clips. Potential transformer pt definition the potential transformer may be defined as an instrument transformer used for the transformation of voltage from a higher value to the lower value. A power transformer is a static piece of equipment with two or more windings which, by electromagnetic induction, transforms a system of alternating voltage and current into another system of voltage and current usually of different values and at the same frequency for the purpose of transmitting electrical power. What is a voltage transformer and a current transformer. The basics of current transformers nk technologies.
Saturation of current transformers and its impact on digital overcurrent relays conference paper pdf available september 2006 with 7,895 reads how we measure reads. It includes current transformers, voltage transformers and combis in oil, gas and clean air insulation as well as special instrument transformers e. Basics, maintenance, and diagnostics vii contents continued page 4. One of the major difference between them is that the current transformer convert the high value of current into low value whereas the potential or voltage transformer convert the high value of voltages into low voltage. Pdf current transformer simplified model in matlab. Current transformers play an important role in the monitoring and protection of electrical power systems. All merlin gerin instrument transformers are in conformity with iec standards. Cts are instrument transformers used for converting primary current into a reduced secondary current for use with meters, relays, control equipment and other instruments the importance of instrument transformer tests is often underestimated. It employed in electrical energy power system for stepping down the voltage of the system to some protected value which is often provided to low rating meter. Due to the covid19 outbreak, people in ohio have been ordered to shelter in place until april 6, 2020. For example, the potential transformer mentioned above having a rating of 480.
In this article we are going to discuss in detail about the potential transformers. Circuit breaker ratings a primer for protection engineers. Changes in monitoring practices for high voltage assets have been influenced by external environment and legislative changes including a more competitive national electricity market in australia. The threshold can be lowered during energization of the transformer as indicated either by breaker contact, current or voltage sensing, and will last for a settable time delay. Corona and induced current effects approximately 46. Lv transformer electrical substation consists, therefore, of the set of devices dedicated to the transformation of the voltage supplied by the distribution network at medium voltage e. The potential transformer may be defined as an instrument transformer used for the transformation of voltage from a higher value to the lower value. Instrument transformers for low voltage applications are produced according national and international standards. Ge is an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of high, medium and low voltage instrument transformers.
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