Accurate DC Current Ratio Measurements for Primary Currents up to 600 A

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3055-3061

  Rietveld, Gert ^a   Van Der Beek, Jan H N ^a   Houtzager, Ernest ^a  

^a NMi Van Swinden Laboratorium   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Current comparator; current measurements; current scaling; current transformers; dc current; measurement uncertainty; metrology; precision measurement.

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION;

DC CURRENT; DEVICE UNDER TEST; DIRECT CURRENT; HIGH CURRENTS; LOW RESISTANCE; PRIMARY CURRENTS; ZERO FLUX;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930431418     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2015.2434096     Document Type: Article

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