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Fig. 1 Test field for 500 kV cables with routine WRM test system with 800 kV, 28,000 kVA
High reliability and low maintenance HVAC withstand tests are mandatory and performed with
High PD measuring sensitivity even on long cables test voltages ranging between 4 U0 for medium-voltage ca-
Optimum configurations adapted to customer’s conditions bles down to 2 U0 for ultrahigh-voltage cables.
Operator-friendly control and measurement Partial discharge (PD) tests are able to detect even very
with only one computer small weak points in the cable insulation. Therefore the PD
Full support starting from project consultancy to test needs to be extremely sensitive.
commissioning, from training of operating personnel and Measurement of conductor resistance is a further routine
preventive maintenance to after-sales service test that is performed as a traditional four wire measure-
ment. Furthermore, HIGHVOLT designs test fields accord-
The proper selection of test systems, components, and ac- ing to the customer’s special testing requirements.
cessories according to the cables to be tested and their test
parameters means routine test fields that are smoothly inte-
grated in the entire cable manufacturing process.
Control system
H 2O 12 Operator panel, PLC
10
13 Industrial PC
Measuring systems
12345 12345 12345
14 Peak voltmeter
U PD R
3 12 13 14 15 16 15 PD measuring device
16 μΩ meter
(B) is the configuration for HV metal tank reactors (5). The re- The capacitive HV divider (6) feeds the peak voltmeter (14)
actor tank is directly flanged to the room wall and its HV bush- for processing and evaluating the test voltage. The HV cou-
ing projects into the shielded room. In general the exciter trans- pling capacitor (8) supplies the PD signal to the PD measuring
former (4) is incorporated in the steel tank of the HV reactor device (15). The high precision µΩ meter (16) measures the
and the LV HF filter (3) is mounted on the reactor tank. This conductor resistance by the traditional four wire method.
provides same high-efficient noise suppression as described
in (A). The principle of the HV resonant circuit and of the power The control and measuring system is the combination of the
supply is the same for either version (A) or (B). Only the power HV basic control (12) including voltage measurement with the
loss of the testing configuration has to be fed from the LV or advanced computer control (13), as well as all other measur-
MV mains. The regulating transformer adjusts the value of the ing devices. It enables full automation of the test procedures,
feed voltage, and the exciter transformer with taps (4) matches data processing and recording, and generation of customized
it to the required exciting voltage of the resonant circuit. The test reports.
HV ROUTINE TEST FIELDS FOR EXTRUDED POWER CABLES
TECHNICAL PARAMETERS
Systems with modular reactors type WRM Systems with metal tank reactors type WR
Power supply
30000
1 Switchgear cubicle
2 Regulating transformer
shielded room
3 LV HF filter
4 4 Exciter transformer
10
3 14 HV Curcuit
1 5 HV reactor cascade
power supply area
2 5 6 HV divider
7 7 Blocking impedance
8 Coupling capacitor
21000
7 9
6 16
15 9 Water terminations
13 11 Connection for
11
parallel operation
Control system
12 Operator desk
3000
13 Cable duct
12
control room room height = 15 m 14 Control cabinet
Miscellaneous
5000
15 Cable to be tested
Fig. 3 Typical layout of a test field for routine testing of EHV cables 16 Access door
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