Title
Comparative analysis between active and passive current transducers in sinusoidal and distorted conditions
Abstract
Current measurements are a critical item in the monitoring of modern electrical power plants, since the quantities to be measured often show high harmonic content. The current transducers should therefore guarantee a good accuracy even when they operate with distorted waveforms. In this paper, the behavior of some devices commonly used for current measurement is examined, considering either sinusoidal or distorted conditions. Traditional current transformers, transducers based on the Hall effect, and resistive shunts combined with isolation amplifiers have been considered. The comparison is performed by evaluating a synthetic error index, called composite error, which allows all the main causes of uncertainty (amplitude errors, time shifts, and distortion) to be taken into account. The proposed investigation aims to find out the main characteristics that make each transducer suitable or unsuitable in different practical situations
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1109/19.903889
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
Hall effect transducers,condition monitoring,current transformers,electric current measurement,harmonic distortion,measurement uncertainty,power system measurement,transducers,Hall effect transducers,active current transducers,amplitude errors,composite error,current measurements,distorted conditions,distorted waveforms,electrical power plant monitoring,high harmonic content,isolation amplifiers,passive current transducers,resistive shunts,sinusoidal conditions,synthetic error index,time shifts,traditional current transformers,uncertainty
Transducer,Total harmonic distortion,Current transformer,Isolation amplifier,Harmonic,Measurement uncertainty,Control engineering,Electronic engineering,Condition monitoring,Distortion,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
50
1
0018-9456
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
7.42
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Locci, N.177.42
C. Muscas22118.33