An innovative combined electronic instrument transformer applied in high voltage lines

For better performances, electronic instrument transformers are used to replace conventional electro-magnetic inductive current or potential transformers based on ferrous cores and windings to measure heavy current and high voltage in power system. But unpredictable stability, high price and unsatisfactory life hold back their industrializations. Employing the simple but reliable insulation structure of conventional transformer and the unconventional sensing methods of electronic transformers at the same time, an innovative combined electronic instrument transformer is presented in this paper. Performances of the prototype are estimated through relative tests, and the novel design has low price, high accuracy, satisfactory stability, very wide frequency response and long operation life, and therefore is well adapted to any voltage level up to 750 kV.