An anti-power theft method for secondary circuit of energy meter current transformer

Abstract

At present, power theft ways become increasingly subtle and intelligent. Power theft not only has caused a great loss to the nation and the power sector, but also has brought serious security risks to the equipment and personal health. Although the power theft behavior of the energy meter voltage transformer secondary circuit has been well recognized and effectively suppressed, the anti power theft method for the secondary circuit of the energy meter current transformer is still a weak link. Therefore, this paper proposes a transient method based anti power theft method for the secondary circuit of the energy meter current transformer. This method applied the pulse signal to the secondary circuit of the energy meter current transformer first, then obtained the equivalent resistance and inductance parameter of the circuit by measuring the transient value of the circuit response current. Comparing these parameters with the original parameters of the circuit, we can judge the circuit state and power theft way. The simulation results verify the accuracy and reliability of the proposed method, which is a new anti power theft method of the energy meter.