DESIGN AND CALIBRATION OF ROGOWSKI COILS

TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION OF ROGOWSKI COILS

RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION
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a
b
h N M ln
2
2
0
21
a
b h N
L ln
2
2
2 0
2
t

=
( )
2
2
2
2 2
L R Z e + =
CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION
( ) ab b a
N
M 2
2
2 0
21
+

=
( ) ab b a
N
L 2
2
2
2 0
2
+

=
OVAL CROSS-SECTION
( )
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+ +

=
a
b h
ab b a
N
M ln 2
2
2 0
21
( )
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+ +

=
a
b h
ab b a
N
L ln 2
2
2
2 0
2
THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE MUTUAL INDUCTANCE
( ) ( ) ( )
2 2
u u
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c
+
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= b
b
M
a
a
M
M u ( )
b a
a b b a b a N
M
) u u )( 2 (
2
u
2
b
2
a 2 0
+ +
=
( )
b a
a b b a b a N
M
) )( 2 (
2
u
u
2 0
+ +
= ( ) M u
b a
b a b a b a
u o
+
+
=
) 2 (
DEPENDENCE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE M ON THE
UNCERTAINTY OF THE RC DIMENSIONS
0.92 0.092 0.0092 U
2
(a
2
,b
2
) (mm)
0.76 0.076 0.0076 U
1
(a
1
,b
1
) (mm)
10 1 0.1 ou(M) (%)
Power and Energy Workshop
22-23 March 2011, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
ROGOWSKI COIL DESIGN
ROGOWSKI COIL CALIBRATION
USING A CURRENT LOOP
MAIN WINDOW OF THE SOFTWARE FOR ROGOWSKI COIL DESIGN
Current loop for RC calibration up to 30 kA
RC 340/310 mm RC 275/250 mm
RESULT RESULTS OF S OF MEASUREMENTS MEASUREMENTS
Rogowski coil with diameter 310/340 mm
0,200 0,260 0,230 0,0220 0,0210 - - - - - U(k
S2
) (mV/kA)
999,776 998,854 998,840 99,8970 99,9100 - - - - - k
S2
1 turn (mV/kA)
0,220 0,260 0,230 0,0220 0,0210 0,0220 0,0299 0,0249 0,0028 0,0025 U(k
S1
) (mV/kA)
999,352 999,158 999,286 99,8907 99,8784 99,8805 99,7373 99,7580 9,9874 9,9893 k
S1
10 turns (mV/kA)
1 000 1 000 1 000 100 100 100 100 100 10 10
integrator constant
(mV/kA)
1 2 3 4 5 10 15 25 15 25 Calibrated value (kA)
Rogowski coil with diameter 250/275 mm
0,65 0,55 0,53 0,28 0,28 - - - - - - - - U(k
S2
) (mV/kA)
1994,00 1995,50 1996,80 998,1 998,3 - - - - - - - - k
S2
1 turn (mV/kA)
0,74 0,55 0,53 0,28 0,27 0,14 0,16 0,14 0,06 0,06 0,04 0,06 0,03 U(k
S1
) (mV/kA)
1989,80 1989,70 1989,60 995,40 995,50 497,80 497,30 497,60 199,50 199,20 199,0 199,2 99,80 k
S1
10 turns (mV/kA)
2 000 2 000 2 000 1 000 1000 500 500 500 200 200 200 200 100
integrator const.
(mV/kA)
1 2,5 4 4 6,5 9 13 17 20 22 25 30 30 Calibrated value (kA)
Y
CURRENT
COMPARATOR
CURRENT
REGULATOR
V2
INTEGRATOR
V1
U2 RN
U1
SUPPLY
TRANSFORMER
I

EXT
SYNCHRO
Ui
X Z
3x380 V 50 Hz
RC
CURRENT LOOP
I2
OUTPUT VOLTAGE
I M j u
i
e =
I
U
kS
1
=
THE LAYOUT FOR ROGOWSKI COIL CALIBRATION AT 50 HZ
CURRENT PASSING THROUGH RC
N
I
R
U
p N I N I
2
= ' =
RELATIVE TYPE B UNCERTAINTY
( )
2 2 2 2
2 1 I N S p R U U K
u u u u B u + + + =
COMBINED UNCERTAINTY
( ) ( ) ( )
2 2
B u A u C u
S S k S k k
+ =
CONSTANT OF THE COMPLETE SYSTEM
I
N
S
p N
R
U
U
I
U
k
2
1 1
= =
EXPANDED UNCERTAINTY
( ) ( ) ( )
2 2
2 B u A u C u
S S k S k k + =
USING 1 CONDUCTOR
Karel Draxler
Czech Technical University
Faculty of electrical engineering
Technick 2
166 27 Prague 6
E-mail: draxler@fel.cvut.cz
Renata Styblkov
Czech Metrology Institute
Laboratory of fundamental metrology
V Botanice 4
150 72 Prague 5
E-mail: rstyblikova@cmi.cz
CALIBRATION AT WIDER FREQUENCY RANGE
OUT
COAXIAL
SHUNT R
B
U
1
IN
LOCK-IN
AMPLIFIER
POWER
AMPLIFIER
SUPPLY
TRANSFORMER
RC
V
1
PC
V
2 SWITCH
VOLTAGE
FOLLOWER
IEEE/USB
I
U
2
1,82
1,84
1,86
1,88
1,90
1,92
1,94
1,96
10 100 1000 10000 100000
f [Hz]
KRC [mV/A]
Frequency dependence of the K
RC
constant
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100
10 100 1000 10000 100000
f [Hz]
F[ ]
Frequency dependence of phase displacement u
between measured current and induced voltage