Instrument transformers suffer from weak nonlinearities, which may have a significant impact on harmonic measurements. Therefore, their detailed characterization should be based on a nonlinear model instead of a mere measurement of the frequency response function. Starting from this assumption, this article compares different models that can be employed to represent the behavior of voltage transformers (VTs): simplified Volterra models, frequency transfer matrixes (FTMs), and spectral linearization approximation; an inductive VT has been considered as a case study. The results highlight that the FTM approach is significantly affected by the range of variation of the fundamental component, while remarkable accuracy can be reached with the spectral linearization approximation at the expense of complexity. On the other hand, simplified Volterra models allow obtaining an effective tradeoff between the achieved accuracy and the number of coefficients.

Nonlinear Behavioral Modeling of Voltage Transformers in the Frequency Domain: Comparing Different Approaches

Faifer M.;Laurano C.;Ottoboni R.;Toscani S.;Zanoni M.
2020-01-01

Abstract

Instrument transformers suffer from weak nonlinearities, which may have a significant impact on harmonic measurements. Therefore, their detailed characterization should be based on a nonlinear model instead of a mere measurement of the frequency response function. Starting from this assumption, this article compares different models that can be employed to represent the behavior of voltage transformers (VTs): simplified Volterra models, frequency transfer matrixes (FTMs), and spectral linearization approximation; an inductive VT has been considered as a case study. The results highlight that the FTM approach is significantly affected by the range of variation of the fundamental component, while remarkable accuracy can be reached with the spectral linearization approximation at the expense of complexity. On the other hand, simplified Volterra models allow obtaining an effective tradeoff between the achieved accuracy and the number of coefficients.
2020
ELETTRICI
Frequency response
frequency-domain analysis
instrument transformers
measurement uncertainty
nonlinear systems
power system harmonics
voltage measurement
voltage transformers (VTs)
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