Additional requirements for Current Transformers

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3.3 Definitions related to current ratings 
3.3.201 
rated primary current 
value of the primary current on which the performance of the transformer is based 
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-321:1986, 321-01-11, modified title, synonym and definition] 
3.3.202 
rated secondary current 
value of the secondary current on which the performance of the transformer is based 
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-321:1986, 321-01-15, modified title, synonym and definition] 
3.3.203  
rated short-time thermal current 
maximum value of the primary current which a transformer will withstand for a specified short time without suffering harmful effects, the secondary winding being short-circuited 
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-321:1986, 321-02-22] 
3.3.204  
rated dynamic current 
maximum peak value of the primary current which a transformer will withstand, without being damaged electrically or mechanically by the resulting electromagnetic forces, the secondary winding being short-circuited 
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-321:1986, 321-02-24] 
3.3.205  
rated continuous thermal current 
value of the current which can be permitted to flow continuously in the primary winding, the secondary winding being connected to the rated burden, without the temperature rise exceeding the values specified 
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-321:1986, 321-02-25]  
3.3.206  
rated primary short-circuit current 
r.m.s. value of the a.c. component of a transient primary short-circuit current on which the accuracy performance of a current transformer is based 
3.3.207  
exciting current 
r.m.s. value of the current taken by the secondary winding of a current transformer, when a sinusoidal voltage of rated frequency is applied to the secondary terminals, the primary and any other windings being open-circuited 
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-321:1986, 321-02-32]  
3.4 Definitions related to accuracy 
3.4.3  
ratio error 
Definition 3.4.3 of IEC 61869-1:2007 is applicable with the addition
3.4.4  
phase displacement 
The definition 3.4.4 of IEC 61869-1:2007 is applicable with the addition of the following note: 
Note 1 to entry: An explicative vector diagram is given in 2A.1. 
3.4.201  
rated resistive burden 
rated value of the secondary connected resistive burden in ohms 
3.4.202  
secondary winding resistance 
actual secondary winding d.c. resistance in ohms corrected to 75 ºC or such other temperature as may be specified 
Note 1 to entry: Rct is an actual value. It shall not be confused with the upper limit for Rct, which can be specified otherwise. 
3.4.203  
composite error 
under steady-state conditions, the r.m.s. value of the difference between 
a) the instantaneous values of the primary current, and 
b) the instantaneous values of the actual secondary current multiplied by the rated 
transformation ratio, 
the positive signs of the primary and secondary currents corresponding to the convention for terminal markings
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-321:1986, 321-02-26, modified note to entry]  
3.4.204  
rated instrument limit primary current 
value of the minimum primary current at which the composite error of the measuring current transformer is equal to or greater than 10 %, the secondary burden being equal to the rated burden 
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-321:1986, 321-02-27]  
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