Circuit arrangement for compensation of a DC component in a transformer
A circuit arrangement for compensation of a DC component in a transformer, wherein the transformer includes a winding arrangement connected via connecting lines to a power system for transporting electrical energy, and includes a neutral point connected to earth, where the circuit arrangement includes a transductor circuit arranged in a current path that connects a connection point situated on a node-free portion of the connection line to earth, a control and regulation device that controls the transductor circuit via a control signal and to which is fed, on the input side, a signal provided by a detection device with respect to a size and direction of the DC component to be compensated.
1. A circuit arrangement for compensation of a DC component in a transformer including a winding arrangement connected via connecting lines to a power system for transporting electrical energy, and including a neutral point connected to earth, comprising:
a transductor circuit arranged in a current path which connects a connection point situated on a node-free portion of the connection line to earth;
a control and regulation device which controls the transductor circuit via a control signal; and
a detection device, which feeds a signal with respect to a size and direction of the DC component to be compensated, on an input side of the control and regulation device.
2. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
includes a load winding and an uncontrolled valve arranged in each respective branch of two parallel current branches of the transductor circuit;
wherein each uncontrolled valve is connected antiparallel;
wherein each load winding is magnetically coupled to an associated control winding via a transductor core; and
wherein the control signal is fed to the control winding.
3. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transductor circuit includes a single load winding which is arranged in series with a switching device for reverse-poling a current flow direction of a single valve; and wherein the single load winding is magnetically coupled to an associated control winding via a transductor core.
4. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transductor core is configured as a slit strip core.
5. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the transductor core is configured as a slit strip core.
6. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the transductor core is configured as a slit strip core.
7. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the slit strip core is made from sheet metal lamellae of a soft magnetic material which has an essentially narrow rectangular hysteresis loop.
8. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the transductor core is arranged in a magnetic circuit which has at least one air gap, such that a magnetic flux density is limited to less than or equal to 20% of a saturation flux density.
9. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the detection device is a magnetic field measuring device which is arranged on a core of the transformer to measure a magnetic unidirectional flux portion caused in the core by the DC component.
10. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the detection device is a magnetic field measuring device which is arranged on a core of the transformer to measure a magnetic unidirectional flux portion caused in the core by the DC component.
11. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the detection device is a magnetic field measuring device which is arranged on a core of the transformer to measure a magnetic unidirectional flux portion caused in the core by the DC component.
12. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the detection device comprises a shunt component which diverts a magnetic partial flux from the core of the transformer, such that an electrical voltage is induced in a sensor coil provided at the shunt component, by which a measurement signal is formed.
13. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein one of (i) each uncontrolled valve arranged in each respective branch of the two parallel current branches of the transductor circuit and (ii) the single valve is configured as a high-blocking power diode.
14. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein one of (i) each uncontrolled valve arranged in each respective branch of the two parallel current branches of the transductor circuit and (ii) the single valve is configured as a high-blocking power diode.
15. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:
a current-limiting reactor arranged in a current path in series with the transductor circuit.
16. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:
a current-limiting reactor arranged in a current path in series with the transductor circuit.
17. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein one of (i) each of the two parallel-connected load windings and (ii) a single load winding is configured for current limitation in a current path.
18. The circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein one of (i) each of the two parallel-connected load windings and (ii) a single load winding is configured for current limitation in a current path.
19. A method for compensating for a DC component in a winding arrangement of a transformer, the winding arrangement being connected via connecting lines to a power system for transporting electrical energy, the winding arrangement having a neutral point connected to earth, the method comprising:
arranging a transductor circuit in a current path which connects a connection point situated on a node-free portion of the connection line to earth;
controlling, by a control and regulation device, the transductor circuit via a control signal; and
feeding, by a detection device, a signal with respect to a size and direction of the DC component to be compensated, on an input side of the control and regulation device.