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Abstract

The measurement and decoupling of currents in multi-core power cables is a significant concern for power operators and holds immense potential for optimizing the monitoring and control of urban distribution networks. This paper aims to provide a widely applicable method for reconstructing current measurements. The YJLV22-3 * 300 power cable is taken as an example, specifically focusing on the effect of steel armor on the measurement of the magnetic field generated by the current. Sample tests and field experiments are conducted to verify the spatial distribution of the magnetic flux density. Then the inverse problem of calculating current from the magnetic field is discussed. The defects of the existing methods are shown, and a new method for the inverse problem with the measured waveform of the tangential component of the magnetic flux density is proposed. The feasibility of the new method has been verified. The least-squares method is introduced to obtain the generalized inverse of the position coefficient matrix by maximum rank decomposition to extrapolate the conductor current matrix. A query method is proven to efficiently generate this matrix. Finally, the inverse problem is modeled as a stochastic search problem to compare the efficiency and stability of different algorithms, and CAM-ES performs best. The future research direction is oward developing and testing hardware measurement systems.

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