DC sensor based on magnetic potential self-balance and feedback compensation

A new type of DC current sensor for 10 000 A, which integrates the advantages of DC measurement devices based on the open-loop and closed-loop principle, is presented. One magnetic core carrying two windings is designed as a magnetic potential self-balance loop. In order to detect and compensate the remaining ampere-turns except magnetic potential self-balanced, two feedback compensation detection magnetic cores are designed as a feedback compensation loop. Its operation principle and characteristics, including stability, error analysis and dynamic response, are analysed in detail. Finally, its validity is verified by experiment and the results show that the measuring accuracy of the proposed DC sensor can be enhanced up to 0.13% whereas the accuracy of a conventional DC sensor is only 0.5%.