ECE 525: Session 14, Page 1/10

Power Systems Protection and Relaying Fall 2018

CT and CVT Example

Test system

V
BUS1 CT1 I B151 BUSF
VS VR

50 m i 7 mi 30 m i 600 m i 232.1k V@-30

232.1 k V @ 0

Current transformer connections

S
1000:5, C400

U
P

P
R lead CT_A I

CT_B I

CT_C I
CT model
R_Relay
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Main dialog for CT

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Saturation Characteristic
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450

400 Nonlin
350

300

250

200

150

100
50
U [V]rms

-50

-100

-150
-200

-250
-300

-350

-400

-450

-70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

I [A]rms
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CVT model
Ferrorresonance
reactor VSECC
Filter
VMIDC

U
V P S
1000 ohm

40 ohm

Transformer dialog
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DLG fault on phases B and C:7 0 0

[A ]

440
CT phase A primary and
secondary currents (scaled
by 1000/5) 180

-8 0

-3 4 0

-6 0 0
0 .0 0 0 .0 5 0 .1 0 0 .1 5 0 .2 0 0 .2 5 [s ] 0 .3 0
( f ile C V T . p l 4 ; x - v a r t ) c :C T 1 A -B 1 5 1 A c :C T _ A -
fa c to rs : 1 1 200
o ffs e ts : 0 0 0

16
[k A ]
12

CT phase B primary and

8
secondary currents (scaled
by 1000/5) 4

-4

-8

-1 2
0 .0 8 0 .1 0 0 .1 2 0 .1 4 0 .1 6 0 .1 8 0 .2 0 0 .2 2 [s ] 0 .2 4
( f ile C V T . p l4 ; x - v a r t ) c :C T 1 B -B 1 5 1 B c :C T _ B -
fa c to r s : 1 1 200
o ffs e ts : 0 0 0
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1 5

[k A ]
CT phase C primary and 1 0
secondary currents (scaled
by 1000/5) 5

-5

-1 0

-1 5
0 .0 8 0 .1 0 0 .1 2 0 .1 4 0 .1 6 0 .1 8 0 .2 0 0 .2 2 [s ] 0 .2 4
( f ile C V T . p l4 ; x - v a r t ) c :C T 1 C -B 1 5 1 C c :C T _ C -
fa c to rs : 1 1 200
o ffs e ts : 0 0 0

CVT Capacitor divider ratio: 0.091887

 25.25
0.0036386

CVT transformer turns ratio: 5058

 43.98
115

 0.091887    5058   1110.71

CVT net transformation ratio   
 0.0036386   115 
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Phase A primary and 2 5 0

[k V ]
ratio secondary
2 0 0
voltage:
1 5 0
Note that they are in
phase with each other 1 0 0

5 0

-5 0

-1 0 0
3 8 4 2 4 6 5 0 5 4 5 8 [m s ] 6 2
( f ile C V T . p l4 ; x - v a r t ) v :B U S 1 A v :V S E C A -
fa c to r s : 1 1 1111
o ffs e ts : 0 0 0

Now add the 2 0 0

midpoint of the [k V ]

capacitor 1 5 0

That voltage is 1 0 0

shifted
5 0

-5 0

-1 0 0
3 8 4 2 4 6 5 0 5 4 5 8 [m s ] 6 2
( f ile C V T . p l4 ; x - v a r t ) v :B U S 1 A v :V S E C A - v : V M ID A
fa c to r s : 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 .2 5
o ffs e ts : 0 0 0 0
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300
CVT transient
on phase B [kV]

200

100

-100

-200
0.09 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 [s] 0.16
(file CVT.pl4; x-var t) v:BUS1B v:VSECB - v:VMIDB
factors: 1 1 1111 25.25
offsets: 0 0 0 0
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250
CVT transient
on phase C [kV]

160

70

-20

-110

-200
0.09 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 [s] 0.16
(file CVT.pl4; x-var t) v:BUS1C v:VSECC - v:VMIDC
factors: 1 1 1111 25.25
offsets: 0 0 0 0