Power and Energy Workshop

22-23 March 2011, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

DESIGN AND CALIBRATION OF ROGOWSKI COILS

Renata Styblíková Karel Draxler
Czech Metrology Institute Czech Technical University
Laboratory of fundamental metrology Faculty of electrical engineering
V Botanice 4 Technická 2
150 72 Prague 5 166 27 Prague 6
E-mail: rstyblikova@cmi.cz E-mail: draxler@fel.cvut.cz

TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION OF ROGOWSKI COILS

RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION OVAL CROSS-SECTION

0 b
M 21  N 2 h ln   0 N2
2 a M 21 
2

a  b  2 ab  N
M 21  0 2

  h  b  

 a  b  2 ab   ln   
2     a  
2
0 N 2 h b  N
2
L2 
2
ln
a
L2  0 2 a  b  2 ab
2
  N
L2  0 2
2

  h  b  

 a  b  2 ab   ln   
2     a  
Z 2  R2  L2 
2 2

THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE MUTUAL INDUCTANCE ROGOWSKI COIL DESIGN

( a  b  2 a b )(b u a2  a u 2b )
2 2
 M   M  0 N 2 MAIN WINDOW OF THE SOFTWARE FOR ROGOWSKI COIL DESIGN
u M   
 u a   
  u b  u M  
 a   b  2 ab

 0 N 2 u (a  b  2 a b )(b  a) a b (a  b  2 a b )
u M   u  u M 
2 ab a b

DEPENDENCE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE M ON THE

UNCERTAINTY OF THE RC DIMENSIONS

u(M) (%) 0.1 1 10

U1(a1,b1) (mm) 0.0076 0.076 0.76

U2(a2,b2) (mm) 0.0092 0.092 0.92

ROGOWSKI COIL CALIBRATION USING A CURRENT LOOP

THE LAYOUT FOR ROGOWSKI COIL CALIBRATION AT 50 HZ
CURRENT LOOP CONSTANT OF THE COMPLETE SYSTEM
I2
I´
U 1 U 1 RN COMBINED UNCERTAINTY
kS  
CURRENT
I U 2 N pI
RN U2 V2 uk S C   u k  A2  uk S B 2
REGULATOR RC S
CURRENT PASSING THROUGH RC
U2
SUPPLY Ui CURRENT I  N I   N pI EXPANDED UNCERTAINTY
X Y Z
TRANSFORMER COMPARATOR RN
3x380 V 50 Hz
u k S C   2 u k  A  u k S B 
2 2
INTEGRATOR RELATIVE TYPE B UNCERTAINTY S

OUTPUT VOLTAGE U1
V1
EXT u K S B   uU2 1  uU2 2  u R2 N  u 2p I
SYNCHRO
U
ui  j  M I kS  1
I
RC 340/310 mm RC 275/250 mm

USING 1 CONDUCTOR

Current loop for RC calibration up to 30 kA

RESULTS OF MEASUREMENTS
Calibrated value (kA) 25 15 25 15 10 5 4 3 2 1 Calibrated value (kA) 30 30 25 22 20 17 13 9 6,5 4 4 2,5 1
integrator constant integrator const.
10 10 100 100 100 100 100 1 000 1 000 1 000 100 200 200 200 200 500 500 500 1000 1 000 2 000 2 000 2 000
(mV/kA) (mV/kA)
kS1 10 turns (mV/kA) 9,9893 9,9874 99,7580 99,7373 99,8805 99,8784 99,8907 999,286 999,158 999,352 kS1 10 turns (mV/kA) 99,80 199,2 199,0 199,20 199,50 497,60 497,30 497,80 995,50 995,40 1989,60 1989,70 1989,80
U(kS1) (mV/kA) 0,0025 0,0028 0,0249 0,0299 0,0220 0,0210 0,0220 0,230 0,260 0,220 U(kS1) (mV/kA) 0,03 0,06 0,04 0,06 0,06 0,14 0,16 0,14 0,27 0,28 0,53 0,55 0,74
kS2 1 turn (mV/kA) - - - - - 99,9100 99,8970 998,840 998,854 999,776 kS2 1 turn (mV/kA) - - - - - - - - 998,3 998,1 1996,80 1995,50 1994,00
U(kS2) (mV/kA) - - - - - 0,0210 0,0220 0,230 0,260 0,200 U(kS2) (mV/kA) - - - - - - - - 0,28 0,28 0,53 0,55 0,65
Rogowski coil with diameter 310/340 mm Rogowski coil with diameter 250/275 mm

CALIBRATION AT WIDER FREQUENCY RANGE

RC 1,96
KRC [mV/A] 100
F[°]
IEEE/USB 1,94
LOCK-IN POWER I 80
V1 OUT 1,92
AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER
1,90 60

IN SUPPLY 1,88 40
TRANSFORMER COAXIAL
PC SHUNT RB 1,86
20
1,84 f [Hz] f [Hz]
VOLTAGE 1,82 0
V2 SWITCH U1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
FOLLOWER
10 100 1000 10000 100000-20

U2 Frequency dependence of phase displacement 

Frequency dependence of the KRC constant
between measured current and induced voltage