Development and field test evaluation of optical current and voltage transformers for gas insulated switchgear

Author

Kobayashi, S. ; Horide, A. ; Takagi, I. ; Higaki, M. ; Takahashi, G. ; Mori, E. ; Yamagiwa, T.

Author_Institution

Chubu Electr. Power Co. Inc., Japan

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

815

Lastpage

821

Abstract

An optical current transformer (CT) based on the Faraday effect and an optical potential divider (PD) based on the Pockels effect, for application to electric power systems, are described. This optical CT is suitable for highly reliable gas insulated switchgear (GIS), and has free space light transmission parts among the optical fiber signal transmission lines. The developed optical CT and PD were built into 77/√3 kV 1200 A single-phase prototype GIS. Their basic characteristics of current and voltage measurement conformed well with the standards of the JEC (Japan Electrotechnical Commission) 1201 for instrument transformers. A long-term field test of the prototype GIS was carried out at a substation for 20 months, during which time no significant variation of current and voltage measuring characteristics was observed

Keywords

Faraday effect; Pockels effect; current transformers; electro-optical devices; fibre optic sensors; potential transformers; switchgear; 1200 A; Faraday effect; Japan Electrotechnical Commission; Pockels effect; electric power systems; field test; free space light transmission; gas insulated switchgear; optical current transformer; optical fiber signal transmission lines; optical potential divider; voltage transformers; Current transformers; Faraday effect; Gas insulation; Geographic Information Systems; Optical fibers; Power system reliability; Prototypes; Switchgear; Testing; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.127085

Filename

127085