• DocumentCode
    1647234
  • Title

    A new optical current transducer

  • Author

    Miller, R.W. ; Taylor, B.K. ; Jones, R.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Lucas Control Syst. Products, Solihull, UK
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    6/29/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    42401
  • Lastpage
    42403
  • Abstract
    An optical fibre current sensor has been developed for use in power transformer tapchanger diagnostics systems. The sensor system employs the Faraday effect and commercially available instrumentation to give electrical current measurements in the range 50 to 2000 amps with AC resolution and accuracy of 16 amps. Careful design has realised a transducer with very compact dimensions of 130×90×90 mm. This sensor system is made commercially viable by using existing, generic optical fibre sensing instrumentation based on chromatic, or spectral, modulation
  • Keywords
    electric current measurement; fibre optic sensors; modulation; power system measurement; power transformers; 130 mm; 50 to 2000 A; 90 mm; Faraday effect; accuracy; current measurement; design; fibre optic sensors; modulation; optical current transducer; power system measurement; power transformer tapchanger diagnostics systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Instrumentation in the Electrical Supply Industry, IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    274554