EE 2353

HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING SVCE

D.ELANGOVAN M.E.,
AP / EEE
SVCE

Lecture# 1

High Voltage Testing

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Testing Standards

 Indian Standard “IS ------ Part No Year of

Issue”

International Electro Technical

Commission –
IEC ----- Part no Year

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 HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS

 Insulators

 Bushings

 Isolators & Circuit Breakers

 Cables

 Transformers

 Surge Arrester

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Testing of Insulators (IS 2544 – 1977) (IEC 383 1983)

Type test : Done on samples when New design

Changes in design

Routine Test : Reliability & quality of the individual

test objects

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Testing of Insulators

High voltage test

Power frequency test
Dry & wet Flashover Test
Dry & wet Withstand test
Impulse Test
Impulse Withstand voltage test
Impulse Flashover Test
pollution Testing
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POWER FREQUENCY TESTS

Dry and wet flashover tests:

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POWER FREQUENCY TESTS

Dry and wet flashover tests:
 A.c voltage of power frequency is applied across the
insulator and increased at a uniform rate of 2% per
second of 75%of their estimated test voltage.
If the test is conducted under normal conditions
without any rain –dry flashover test.
If the test is conducted under normal conditions of
rain –wet flashover test

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POWER FREQUENCY TESTS

wet flashover tests:
 Test carried under artificial rain
 Spray the water by means of nozzles to the test object
 Water drops at an inclination of 45 degree to the
vertical

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POWER FREQUENCY TESTS

Dry and wet Withstand tests: (one minute)

The test piece should withstand the specified

voltage which is applied under dry or wet conditions.

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Impulse Test -- Impulse Withstand Voltage Test

Std Impulse
Voltage
Insulators

No Flash over Two flashover One Flashover

Additional 10 10
Applications
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Impulse Test- Impulse Flashover Voltage Test

LI is a short duration pulse
For flashover Voltage should passing through peak,
Some charged particle should present at the vicinity
of the insulator
Both the conditions should satisfy
But presence of charged particle is statistical
phenomena

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Impulse Test- Impulse Flashover Voltage Test

Hence in order to determine the BDV/flashover of the
insulator one must specify the % probability

Normally 50% probability

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Impulse Test- Impulse Flashover Voltage Test

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 To determine the 50% probability

Up and Down method

Within about 20 applications we can get 50% probability

value
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Impulse Test- Impulse Flashover Voltage Test

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