Power frequency magnetic field interference suppression method for
online frequency response analysis of power transformers
Abstract
Frequency response analysis is widely used for the offline diagnosis of
winding deformations in power transformers. To apply it to a working
transformer, the magnitude of signals of the response current, which is
of the order of microamperes, needs to be measured by using Rogowski
coil sensors against the load current of the order of thousands of
amperes. The saturation of the power frequency magnetic field in current
sensors must be inhibited to ensure the accurate measurement of response
currents with such a small magnitude. The authors of this paper propose
a method to suppress the power frequency magnetic field by using a
sensing system involving a special connection of three-phase current
sensors based on the rule that the sum of the three-phase power
frequency load currents of the transformer is close to zero. Each sensor
consists of two secondary-side coils: a measuring coil and an
anti-saturation coil. The anti-saturation coils are connected in
parallel with one anothes through small inductors to eliminate the power
frequency magnetic field in the cores of the sensors. We use theoretical
analysis to derive the solution to this system. The results of
experiments to verify the proposed method showed that it enables the
sensors to function with a transformer carrying a load current of 2333
A, while incurring a relative error in the response current that is
smaller than 2%.