Electric Power ›› 2015, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (4): 127-130.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.10.11930.2015.4.127

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Development of Capacitive Current Measuring Instrument Based on PLC for Power Distribution System

YANG Yunyang1, XIA Bin1, ZHANG Yu1, ZHOU Da1, ZHANG Chunhui2   

  1. 1. College of Electrical & Information Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410076, China;
    2. Xinchang Power Technology Co., Ltd., Changsha 410076, China
  • Received:2015-02-28 Online:2015-12-03 Published:2015-04-25

Abstract: Accurate measurement of capacitive current of resonant grounding system determines the compensation effect of Petersen coil. However, key to distribution system capacitive current measurement by maximum displacement voltage method is to find the neutral point maximum displacement voltage accurately. A capacitive current measuring device is designed based on Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The ideas of automatic system operation tracking, capacitance current measuring by close-loop control are explained. The experimental results show that proposed measurement device is able to measure system capacitive current accurately. The device is also able to monitor system neutral point displacement voltage, arc suppression coil loop current and number of energized feeders in real time. Based on current system operation condition, the device can track system operation closely and improve compensation effect of Petersen coil in system.

Key words: PLC controller, power distribution system, capacitive current, measuring instrument, design

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