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OVERVIEW
INTRODUCTION
WORKING PRINCIPLE
APPLICATIONS
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
WORKING PRINCIPLE
Magnetic OCT measures the electric current by means of faraday effect.
Faraday effects comprises of two principles :
Polarization of light
Polarization is a property of certain types of waves that describes the
orientation of their oscillations.
Polarization of light are mainly of three types :
Linear polarization
Circular polarization
Elliptical polarization
Linear birefringerance
Circular birefringerance
FARADAY EFFECT :
Michael Faraday discovered that the
orientation of a linearly polarized light was rotated
under the influence of the magnetic field when the
light propagated in a piece of glass and the
rotation angle was proportional to the intensity of
the magnetic field
Intensity, I=I0 cos2 ( - 45)
I = current to be measured,
V=verdet constant,
P = permeability of the material,
N = number of turns of the optical path.
Two waves reflects of a mirror and circular polarization of two waves gets reversed .
Finally ,two waves again reach the quarter wave plate and linear polarisation gets regained.
Design of the electronics part again divided into analog model and digital model
The analog model of the electronics part is modelled with complex curve fitting method
The transfer function obtained is iterated by the Gauss-Newton method to increase the
accuracy
The above analog model is converted to the digital model by bilinear transformation
The bilinear transformation changes stable continuous time system to stable discrete time
system
Thus the digital model H(z) is obtained from the analog model H(s)
APPLICATIONS
The MOCT is designed to operate in a transparent manner with modern
electronic meters and digital relays, which have been adopted for a low energy
analog signal interface.
Makes the output signal insensitive to shock & vibration.
Most suited for outdoor type applications. Eg.substations
Accurate measurement of fault currents.
ADVANTAGES
No risks of fires & explosions.
High immunity to Electromagnetic interferences.
Wide frequency response.
Larger Dynamic Range.
Low voltage outputs-compatible with the inputs of digital to analog converters.
No need to use metallic wires to transfer the signal and so simpler insulation structure
than conventional current transformer.
OCT analog output may have significant white noise , but the white noise does not affect the
accuracy or protection performance.
Temperature up to 500c do not adversely affect the performance of the OCT.
No requirement for oil or gas insulation system , environmentally safe.
No magnetic core ferroresonance or saturation limits.
Total isolation from surges for microprocessor based meters and relays.
CONCLUSION
A new type of current transducer is introduced known as magneto optical
current transducer.
This magneto optical current transducer eliminates many of the drawbacks of
the conventional current transformers.
By applying Faradays principle this transducer provides an easier and more
accurate way of current measurements. This MOCT is widely used in power
systems and substations nowadays.
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