Sandip Foundation’s

Sandip Institute of Engineering & Management

Department of Electrical Engineering

Seminar and Technical

Communication
Topic: Magnetic Optical Current Transformer
Name of Student: Rohit Sonawane
Class: TE (B)
Roll No. 47
Name of Guide: H. R. Kulkarni Sir
 CONTENTS

 Introduction
 Defination
 Compare between conventional ct an MOCT
 Principal of MOCT
 Working of MOCT
 Parts of MOCT
 Design
 Electronic Circuit for MOCT
 Application
 Advantages
 Disadvantags
 Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
 Optical Technology Applications—Began in 1986 with combined
efforts of TVA and ABB.

 Basis for MOCT--Interaction between the magnetic field of

the primary conductor and the optical activity of glass material

 Magneto optical current transformer is an instrument

transformer ,using the angle of rotation of linearly polarized light
to measure the current.

 Measures current by means of Faraday’s Effect.

 It fulfills the two purposes-metering and relaying.

 Conventional current transformers becomes more and more

bulky and costly. MOCT View

MOCT technology provides solution to many of the

problems of conventional current transformer.
 DEFINITIONS

WHAT IS It ?

 Passive optical current transducer which uses light

to accurately measure current on high voltage
systems.
 Measures current by means of Faraday’s Effect.
 Determines the rotation angle & converts into a
signal of few volts proportional to the current.
Compare Between Conventional Ct and Moct

 An moct can offer better accuracy compared to

conventional ct
 A better transient response due to the lack of iron
core and the wider bandwidth for the faradyes effect
based measuring systems.
 The moct are more safer , lighter ,and smaller as
compare to the conventional ct
 The interconnection of moct with power system
monitering an protection equipment is usually different
from the conventional ct.
 Moct are higher performance, are suitable for higher
power system application , an can replace
conventional ct.
 Moct Principal
Faradays effect-the plane of polarization of linearly
polarized light was rotated under the influence of a
magnetic field parallel to the direction of light
propagation when light is propagated in a piece of
glass, and the rotation angle was proportional to the
intensity of the magnetic field .
 WORKING OF MOCT
 The light rays are polarized by passing them through a polariser
material.
 These polarized light rays are then passed through an optical rotator.
 The phase orientation of the light beam is rotated as it travels
through the rotator material, amount of rotation is directly
proportional to the current passing through the conductor.
 The analyzer(second polarizer) measures the amount of shift in the
light beam into corresponding amount of light intensity
 This intensity modulated light is conducted though an optical fibre to
a PIN diode which generates the corresponding electric signal which
is then amplified and filtered.
Parts of MOCT
 Design
 The optical sensor consists of two separate
clamp-on parts and linearly polarized light is
arranged to pass through the optical glass prism
to pickup the Faraday rotation signal.
 The polarization compensation technique is
applied at each corner of the prisms, so that the
light passing through the prism remains linearly
polarized.
ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR THE MOCT
 APPLICATION

 The MOCT is designed to operate with

modern electronic meters and digital relays,
which have been adopted for a low energy
analog signal interface.
 The design approach is to redefine the
interface point as to input the analog to digital
conversion function used by each of these
measurement systems.
 Due to their effect of optical isolation, they
provide increased safety and thus can be
widely employed in substations
 ADVANTAGES

 No risk of fires and explosions.

 No need to use metallic wires to transfer the signal and so
simpler insulation structure than conventional current
transformer.
 High immunity to electromagnetic interference.
 Wide frequency response(10 Hz to 10 KHz)
 Low voltage outputs which are compatible with the inputs
of digital to analog converters.
 No saturation under fault current.
 No ratio change required.
 DISADVANTEGS

 Temperature and stress induced linear

birefringence in the sensing material causes
error and instability.
 The accuracy of MOCT is so far insufficient for
the use in power systems.
 Requires optical test Equipment.
 Unable to drive 5 Amp secondary circuits.
 CONCLUSION

 This magneto optical current transducer eliminates many of the

drawbacks of the conventional current transformers. In an
conventional current transformers, there is a chance of
saturation of magnetic field under high current, complicated
insulation and cooling structure, a chance of electro magnetic
interference etc.
 By applying Faraday’s principle this transducer provides an
easier and more accurate way of current measurement.
 This MOCT is widely used in power systems and substations
nowadays. And a new trend is being introduced, which known
as OCP based on adaptive theory, which make use of accuracy
in the steady state of the conventional current transformer and
the MOCT with no saturation under fault current transients.
 REFRENCES

 IOSR Journal of Electrical and Electronics

Engineering (IOSR-JEEE) e-ISSN: 2278-1676,p-
ISSN: 2320-3331, Volume 12, Issue 1 Ver. IV
(Jan.– Feb. 2017), PP 46-50
 P.R. Forman and F.C. Jahoda, "Linear
birefringence effects on fiber·optic current sensors",
App. Opt., vol. 27, pp.
 IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 5, No.
2, April 1990, Paul Johnston
 J C Santos ,M.C Taplama Ciogle and K Hidak
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