Uma proposta para detecção e compensação dos efeitos causados pela saturação dos núcleos dos transformadores de corrente utilizados em circuitos de proteção

Abstract

This work presents a proposal to perform a compensation of the effects due to saturation of Current Transformers (CT) cores used in circuit protection, by correcting the root mean square (RMS) value of the alternate component (AC) of the secondary distorted current. The problem was divided into two phases: detection and compensation of saturation. For the step of detection, a new method was developed, called first difference function of Lanczos filter method, which has proved more immune to noise than traditional methods in the literature. In the step of compensation of saturation, was used a estimation method for linear models. The methods were implemented in MATLAB and tested on distorted currents generated in two ways: through a CT simulator operating in the saturation region developed in MATLAB and through simulations in a real time digital simulator (RTDS). Preliminary results indicate a robust algorithm, independent of the dynamic characteristics of TC, fault current and other external factors. Furthermore, the response time was showed compatible with the possibility of real time implementation, attending to the needs of the protection area of Electric Power Systems.