{"title":"Configuring Voltage Impulse Generator Using Simplex Search Algorithm","authors":"Prabhak K Sonu, G. S. Punekar","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724185","url":null,"abstract":"This paper attempts to study the performance of simplex search method using an electrical engineering problem while configuring voltage impulse generator. Simplex search method is based on Nelder-Mead algorithm. Configuring the voltage impulse generator implies producing the standard waveshape characterized by their time-to-front (t<inf>f</inf>) and time-to-tail (tt). To get the desired values of t<inf>f</inf>and tt for a given impulse generator (generator capacitance, C<inf>g</inf>) and load capacitance (C<inf>1</inf>), the wave-shaping resistors (R<inf>s</inf>and R<inf>d</inf>) values are to be determined. The mathematical model of voltage impulse generator is transformed into a search problem (simplex search) to arrive at the best values of R<inf>s</inf>and R<inf>d</inf>, for a given C<inf>g</inf>, C<inf>1</inf>, to achieve intended t<inf>f</inf>and tt.","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116987377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study on RTV Coating: Ageing and Reduction of Coating Length on Insulator","authors":"H. Rajini, K. Ravi, N. Vasudev","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724232","url":null,"abstract":"The performance of RTV coatings on insulator was not efficient due to degradation of their electrical and mechanical properties with age. The degree of ageing of the RTV coated insulators depends upon the severity in the pollution level of the environment and service voltage. Polymer surface of the insulator exposed to stress for long term due to pollution mechanical and electrical properties will be lost. In present study tracking and erosion test for 1000hrs as per IEC 61109 standards is performed and ageing performance of Type-A, Type-B insulators are evaluated. Inclined plane test is conducted as per IEC 60587 standards for different lengths of RTV coated Insulator to optimize and economize the performance of RTV coated insulator. It was possible to conclude that ageing test on RTV coated insulator is essential to evaluate long term performance of coatings and 1/4 length of the RTV coated insulator is sufficient to withstand the pollution severity.","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"91 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129092755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mitigation of Ferroresonance in Capacitive Voltage Transformer Using Memelements","authors":"V. Mohan, S. Poornima, C. Sugumaran","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724375","url":null,"abstract":"Ferroresonance in power system is still an unpredictable phenomenon. Capacitor Voltage Transformer (CVT) provides signals for measurement and protective devices. Protective relays are affected by the transient response of CVT due to ferroresonance. Various ferroresonance suppression circuits (FSC) such as active, passive and electronic type filters have been proposed for CVT. This work presents a memristor and meminductor for mitigation of the ferroresonance phenomenon in CVT. A model of CVT rated at 3.3 kV/110 V is designed and the ferroresonance is created as per standard IEC 61869–5. A low pressure gas discharge lamp is used to design as a memristor emulator. By using a mutuator circuit, the meminductor emulator is derived from the developed memristor emulator. The ideal characteristics of the memristor and meminductor are verified with the designed emulators. During the inception of ferroresonance, the modelled memristor and meminductor are connected individually across the secondary to mitigate the ferroresonance. The performance of the mitigating circuits are compared with that of the conventional technique and the results of the harmonic analysis are used to select a suitable FSC for a CVT.","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126242313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality Analysis of Ceramic Insulators Under Electro Thermal Stresses","authors":"K. Marimuthu, S. Vynatheya, N. Vasudev, P. Raja","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724303","url":null,"abstract":"The insulators used in power transmission and distribution networks are expected to withstand continuous electrical, mechanical and thermal stresses under different environmental factors. These stresses may reduce their performances such as surface resistance, flash over voltage and puncture strength. This reduction in characteristics may cause large leakage current to flow on the insulator which leads to degradation of the insulator. The AC insulators leakage current behaviour was studied under various temperature and applied voltage. The general procedure specified in IEC 61325/1995-03 for accelerated ageing tests under electro thermal stresses such as Electrical body resistance (EBR) measurement and thermal runaway (TRA) test were followed for quality evaluation. In the present work, new cap-and-pin type AC insulators from four different manufacturers were used for the study. Two samples from one manufacturer and three samples from another manufacturer were failed in EBR & TRA tests. After the tests, the failed insulator's defective and good region samples were subjected to Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffractometry tests. It is observed that the presence of more voids and mullite content reduces the dielectric strength of the ceramic insulator and results in puncture. Hence, it is concluded that the EBR & TRA tests may be useful to identify the poor-quality insulators.","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125983884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Criterion for Optimal Dielectric Design of High Voltage Bushing Internal Shields in Large Power Transformer","authors":"Pradeep Adusumilli, Jithin Sundar S V N","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724267","url":null,"abstract":"The high voltage (HV) bushings are the most sensitive components of power transformers, they provide electrical insulation between the HV line and grounded tank, and also provide necessary mechanical support. The majority of transformer breakdowns are attributed to the HV bushings failures which are graded with conductive layers to improve their dielectric strength. The design of bushings is quite challenging with tradeoff between the axial and radial electric stresses. The bushing design is also governed by its mounting angle and transformer tank configuration to meet the internal and external flashover clearances and creepage requirements. At higher voltage levels, the configuration of HV bushing shield and grounded structural components have significant impact on dielectric withstand strength other than the clearances. Hence, it is very important to study the electrode configuration inside transformer tank for a particular bushing mounting arrangement before finalizing the bushing internal shield design. The 3D electrostatic field analysis of high voltage generator transformer was carried out for different bushing shield configurations to evaluate the electric stress distribution and the dielectric breakdown strength of the equipment was verified experimentally. The authors recommend to study the dielectric design of transformer in tandem with transformer configuration and a new evaluation criterion for optimal design of bushing internal shield is proposed.","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124365030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Based Partial Discharge Measurement in Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS)","authors":"M. M. Rao, Mrituniav Kumar","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724361","url":null,"abstract":"Gas Insulated Substations (GIS) offer significant advantages over conventional Air Insulated Substations (AIS) on account of reduced space and operational efficiency. Partial discharge (PD) measurement is one of the important test in GIS to ensure its reliability during service and also to reveal defects at incipient levels. One of the methods employed for partial discharge (PD) measurement is by capturing the Ultra high frequency (UHF) signals that emanate from the partial discharge sites. The present paper discusses the measurement of partial discharges and also localization of PD source in a gas insulated bus duct assembly of EHV (Extra high voltage) class, using UHF PD detector. The corresponding PD magnitude obtained through conventional electrical method has also been reported. The study has been aimed to monitor PD during service (on-line) using the UHF method so that defects can be detected at premature levels. Necessary set-up for measurement is also discussed in the paper. This process of evaluation helps utility to make appropriate plans for maintenance schedules and ensure reliable operation of GIS.","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"153 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116893419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ferroresonance Mitigation in an Inductive Voltage Transformer Using Memristor Emulator","authors":"S. Poornima, L. Sathyanandan, C. P. Sugumaran","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724287","url":null,"abstract":"The development of advanced digital technologies often struggle in their promising performances. The failure report of a substation includes the performance of instrument transformers definitely. The overvoltages and overcurrents developed during transients especially ferroresonance, marked the degrading performance of a voltage transformer though it has a suppression circuit. Memristors are nonlinear resistors capable of remembering their previous resistance, which might help to replace the system resistors in many applications. In this paper, this hopeful technology of the future has been attempted to mitigate the ferroresonance phenomenon of inductive voltage transformers. A single phase 100 VA, (11kV/✓3)/ (110V/✓3) Inductive Voltage Transformer (IVT) was used to analyze the ferroresonance performance. The jump up and down phenomenon observed was the indicator of the ferroresonance inception. An overvoltage of 1.34 pu was developed and suppressed using a memristor emulator successfully. The mitigation results of the memristor emulator proved its better performance when compared with that of a linear resistor.","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123995475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental Study on Aging of Polymeric Insulators by Dip Method","authors":"Ashwini A V, Ravi K N, V. N","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724262","url":null,"abstract":"Polymeric insulator is the best alternate to Porcelain insulator under polluted conditions. Polymeric insulators perform well under polluted conditions. But aging of polymeric insulator is an unsolved problem. Standards included 1000 hours and 5000 hours test for assessing aging of polymer insulator. Both the tests were withdrawn and Tracking wheel test is being introduced in the standards. An alternate test for Tracking wheel test is being proposed hereby. The results are encouraging","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128934564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of Epoxy with Nano and Micro Fillers for Core Insulation of Composite Insulators","authors":"Santhy P. Kuruvilla, N. Renukappa, J. S. Rajan","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724139","url":null,"abstract":"Epoxy composites are extensively used in different applications in high voltage engineering. However, the use of these composites for outdoor insulators has been challenging due to complexities arising out of the conditions of operation of the insulators. Pollution performance of composite insulators is influenced by the nature of the pollution existing, in addition to the combination of stresses acting on the insulators. The use of nano and micro combination of fillers in the epoxy composites is an ideal choice for achieving a proper balance of electrical, thermal and mechanical properties. This paper considers the merits of using combination of micro and nano fillers in an epoxy matrix to demonstrate that such insulation systems would provide better alternatives to the conventional epoxy systems for use as central rod in composite insulation systems for severe contaminated conditions.","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121764219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emerging Technologies in High Voltage Gas Insulated Switchgear-Clean Air GIS and NCIT","authors":"Dharababu Thummapal, S. Kothari, M. Thirumalai","doi":"10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHVET.2019.8724126","url":null,"abstract":"Presently, the Gas insulated switchgears (GIS) are used extensively in the power transmission and distribution systems worldwide. The compactness and durability of Gas insulated switchgear is the key reason for their popularity. The compactness is mainly because of presence of SF6 gas, having the best characteristics as an insulating and quenching medium. SF6 gas, though provides a good insulation resistance, it is also considered harmful to the environment because of its greenhouse effect. Though it is not a major contributor to global warming, it has got long term footprints on the environment. Thus, it has become a necessity to have a solution which protects environment and provides resource efficiency without comprising the operational benefits. Clean air & vacuum technologies in high voltage switchgears have been developed in recent times as an alternative to the existing SF6 technology. This provides a completely environmental friendly solution. Secondly, there is a recent trend of digitalization globally. Power systems and substations are assimilating this technology rapidly. Taking into consideration the above requirement Non Conventional Instrument Transformer (NCIT) emerges as a promising & potential solution. The new proposed NCIT provides an advantage over the conventional instrument transformer as it has less copper cabling and thus a door opener to digital substations having better measurement functionality for metering and protection. Special electronic units for preprocessing and merging of sample values are introduced to convert the outputs (low power or optical) to the compiled standard IEC 61850-9-2-LE.","PeriodicalId":165193,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology (ICHVET)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128059556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}