ECT Evaluation by an Error Measurement System According to IEC 60044-8 and 61850-9-2

A high-accuracy error measurement system for calibration of digital-output equipped electronic current transformers (ECTs) is described. The system has been developed in conformity with the requirements for digital information networks in IEC 61850-9-2 and for accuracy class and error measurement procedures in IEC 60044-8. The system has also been designed to achieve simultaneous and synchronous samplings between an ECT/MU and a reference measuring unit, a procedure for capturing and filtering sampled value (SV) packets and data processing using the discrete Fourier transform with error compensations for an integrating analog-to-digital converter. The system employs a prototype commercial digital-output equipped ECT consisting of an optical current transformer (OCT) and a merging unit (MU). The error sources of the system are discussed for the error compensations and uncertainty estimations. Based on the principle of the system, the accuracy and temperature dependence of the prototype OCT/MU are evaluated and are confirmed to be within the limits of errors of accuracy class 0.2S.