Instrument Transformer

instrument transformer

[′in·strə·mənt tranz‚fȯr·mər] (electricity) A transformer that transfers primary current, voltage, or phase values to the secondary circuit with sufficient accuracy to permit connecting an instrument to the secondary rather than the primary; used so only low currents or low voltages are brought to the instrument.

Instrument Transformer

an electrical transformer in which the current or voltage being measured acts on the primary winding of the transformer; the secondary (step-down) winding is connected to measuring instruments and protective relays. Instrument transformers are used primarily in power switchboards and in high-voltage AC circuits to ensure safety in measuring current intensity, voltage, power, and energy. One of the terminals of the secondary winding is grounded, as a protective measure in cases of insulation breakdown on the high-voltage side. Instrument transformers make possible the measurement of various magnitudes of electrical quantities with devices whose range of measurement extends to 100 watts (W) and 5 amperes (A).

A distinction is made between instrument potential (used with voltmeters, frequency meters, parallel circuits of wattmeters, energy meters, phase meters, and voltage relays) and instrument current transformers (used with ammeters, series circuits of wattmeters, energy meters, phase meters, and current relays). Connection diagrams of instrument transformers in electric circuits are shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 1. Connection diagram of an instrument potential transformer

Figure 2. Connection diagram of an instrument current transformer

In an instrument potential transformer (Figure 1), the voltage U₁ being measured is fed to the terminals of the primary winding; the winding W₁ is connected in parallel with the load. A secondary voltage U₂ is fed from the winding W₂ to a voltmeter or to the voltage circuits of measuring instruments and protective relays. The accuracy of measurement is defined by a percentage error, which determines the accuracy of reproduction for the amplitude of the voltage being measured, and by the angle error in degrees. The angle error is equal to the angle between the vector of primary voltage and to the vector of secondary voltage, rotated by 180°; it determines the accuracy of phase reproduction. Most instrument voltage transformers for high voltages are manufactured in a sectionalized, oil-filled design.

The primary winding W₁ of an instrument current transformer (Figure 2) is connected in series with the control circuit, which carries an alternating current I₁ the secondary winding W₂ is connected in series with an ammeter or other measuring instrument. The accuracy of an instrument current transformer is defined by a percentage ratio between the difference of the value of the reduced secondary current and the value of the actual primary current to the value of the actual primary current.

For measurements of power in high-voltage circuits both current and voltage instrument transformers are required if a wattmeter is used (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. Connection diagram of a wattmeter in a single-phase high-voltage circuit across instrument current and potential transformers: (V) voltmeter, (A) ammeter, (W) wattmeter

Direct-current transformers of special design are used in high-voltage DC circuits or in circuits carrying direct current of great magnitude (Figure 4). The operation of such an instrument transformer is based on the saturation of a core made from a ferromagnetic material at low magnetic field intensities. As a result the average value of alternating current in the auxiliary winding becomes dependent on the direct current being measured.

Figure 4. Diagram of a DC instrument transformer: (1) core, (2) bus (DC conductor), (3) auxiliary winding, (4) diodes of rectifier bridge; (F) magnetic flux, (R) rectifier, (A) ammeter, (W) primary winding (bus), (U∽) auxiliary AC source, (I) current being measured

REFERENCES

Elektricheskie izmereniia: Obchshii kurs, 2nd ed. Edited by A. V. Fremke. Moscow-Leningrad, 1954.
Arutiunov, V. O. Elektricheskie izmeritel’nye pribory i izmereniia. Moscow-Leningrad, 1958.

Instrument transformer

A device that serves as an input source of currents and voltages from an electric power system to instruments, relays, meters, and control devices. The basic design is that of a transformer with the primary winding connected to the power system, and the secondary winding to the sensing and measuring equipment. Data from these devices are necessary for the operation, control, and protection of the power system. The primary reason for setting up the instrument-transformer interface is to provide analog information at low voltage levels, insulated from the higher system voltages. The range of use is from 480 V through the maxima of the 765–1000-kV power systems. See Electric power systems, Transformer

Current transformers are connected in series with the power conductor. In many cases this conductor serves as the one-turn primary. The principal types are the window type, where the power conductor is passed through a hole in the center of the current transformer; the bar type, where the power conductor is fastened to a one-turn bar which is part of the current transformer; and the bushing type, a toroidal core and winding that is slipped over the insulating bushings of circuit breakers, transformers, and so forth.

Voltage transformers and coupling capacitor voltage transformers are connected in parallel from one conductor to another or to ground. The coupling capacitor voltage transformer is widely used at the higher system voltages of 115 kV and above. It is a voltage transformer tapped across part of a capacitor unit connected from the conductor to ground.

单词	instrument transformer
释义	Instrument Transformer instrument transformer [′in·strə·mənt tranz‚fȯr·mər] (electricity) A transformer that transfers primary current, voltage, or phase values to the secondary circuit with sufficient accuracy to permit connecting an instrument to the secondary rather than the primary; used so only low currents or low voltages are brought to the instrument. Instrument Transformer an electrical transformer in which the current or voltage being measured acts on the primary winding of the transformer; the secondary (step-down) winding is connected to measuring instruments and protective relays. Instrument transformers are used primarily in power switchboards and in high-voltage AC circuits to ensure safety in measuring current intensity, voltage, power, and energy. One of the terminals of the secondary winding is grounded, as a protective measure in cases of insulation breakdown on the high-voltage side. Instrument transformers make possible the measurement of various magnitudes of electrical quantities with devices whose range of measurement extends to 100 watts (W) and 5 amperes (A). A distinction is made between instrument potential (used with voltmeters, frequency meters, parallel circuits of wattmeters, energy meters, phase meters, and voltage relays) and instrument current transformers (used with ammeters, series circuits of wattmeters, energy meters, phase meters, and current relays). Connection diagrams of instrument transformers in electric circuits are shown in Figures 1 and 2. Figure 1. Connection diagram of an instrument potential transformer Figure 2. Connection diagram of an instrument current transformer In an instrument potential transformer (Figure 1), the voltage U₁ being measured is fed to the terminals of the primary winding; the winding W₁ is connected in parallel with the load. A secondary voltage U₂ is fed from the winding W₂ to a voltmeter or to the voltage circuits of measuring instruments and protective relays. The accuracy of measurement is defined by a percentage error, which determines the accuracy of reproduction for the amplitude of the voltage being measured, and by the angle error in degrees. The angle error is equal to the angle between the vector of primary voltage and to the vector of secondary voltage, rotated by 180°; it determines the accuracy of phase reproduction. Most instrument voltage transformers for high voltages are manufactured in a sectionalized, oil-filled design. The primary winding W₁ of an instrument current transformer (Figure 2) is connected in series with the control circuit, which carries an alternating current I₁ the secondary winding W₂ is connected in series with an ammeter or other measuring instrument. The accuracy of an instrument current transformer is defined by a percentage ratio between the difference of the value of the reduced secondary current and the value of the actual primary current to the value of the actual primary current. For measurements of power in high-voltage circuits both current and voltage instrument transformers are required if a wattmeter is used (see Figure 3). Figure 3. Connection diagram of a wattmeter in a single-phase high-voltage circuit across instrument current and potential transformers: (V) voltmeter, (A) ammeter, (W) wattmeter Direct-current transformers of special design are used in high-voltage DC circuits or in circuits carrying direct current of great magnitude (Figure 4). The operation of such an instrument transformer is based on the saturation of a core made from a ferromagnetic material at low magnetic field intensities. As a result the average value of alternating current in the auxiliary winding becomes dependent on the direct current being measured. Figure 4. Diagram of a DC instrument transformer: (1) core, (2) bus (DC conductor), (3) auxiliary winding, (4) diodes of rectifier bridge; (F) magnetic flux, (R) rectifier, (A) ammeter, (W) primary winding (bus), (U∽) auxiliary AC source, (I) current being measured REFERENCES Elektricheskie izmereniia: Obchshii kurs, 2nd ed. Edited by A. V. Fremke. Moscow-Leningrad, 1954. Arutiunov, V. O. Elektricheskie izmeritel’nye pribory i izmereniia. Moscow-Leningrad, 1958. Instrument transformer A device that serves as an input source of currents and voltages from an electric power system to instruments, relays, meters, and control devices. The basic design is that of a transformer with the primary winding connected to the power system, and the secondary winding to the sensing and measuring equipment. Data from these devices are necessary for the operation, control, and protection of the power system. The primary reason for setting up the instrument-transformer interface is to provide analog information at low voltage levels, insulated from the higher system voltages. The range of use is from 480 V through the maxima of the 765–1000-kV power systems. See Electric power systems, Transformer Current transformers are connected in series with the power conductor. In many cases this conductor serves as the one-turn primary. The principal types are the window type, where the power conductor is passed through a hole in the center of the current transformer; the bar type, where the power conductor is fastened to a one-turn bar which is part of the current transformer; and the bushing type, a toroidal core and winding that is slipped over the insulating bushings of circuit breakers, transformers, and so forth. Voltage transformers and coupling capacitor voltage transformers are connected in parallel from one conductor to another or to ground. The coupling capacitor voltage transformer is widely used at the higher system voltages of 115 kV and above. It is a voltage transformer tapped across part of a capacitor unit connected from the conductor to ground.
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