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TAN DELTA NUMBERS VERSUS INCREASING VOLTAGE TAN DELTA DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
Overall cable condition assessment
& RATIO OF 2Vo/Vo
L1: tg delta 0.1Hz L2: tg delta 0.1Hz L3: tg delta 0,1Hz
Tan Delta testing is the easiest to perform, easiest to
0.006 interpret, and is a relatively inexpensive method of
performing a condition assessment test on a cable.
tandelta
0.004
60 kV TD 0.002 A TD test will show the level of degradation in a
0.000 cable’s insulation and accessories. By providing and
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 overall assessment of a cable’s insulation quality,
Voltage x Vo
users can test many cables and comparatively rate
them by level of degradation, helping greatly to
0.1 Hz phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 prioritize cable replacement and/or injection. Now
x Vo tgdelta L1 tgdelta L2 tgdelta L3 available to 60kV peak: 200kV peak available
0.5 0.0018 0.0008 0.0013 (2Uo-Uo) (2Uo-Uo) (2Uo-Uo)
1.0 0.0019 0.0009 0.0014 0.0035 0.0018 0.0025
soon. Tan Delta testing is performed using sine
1.5 0.0026 0.0011 0.0019 0.0019 0.0009 0.0014 wave producing VLF instruments usually operating
2.0 0.0035 0.0018 0.0025 at 0.1 Hz. Always buy a sine wave producing VLF.
2.5 0.0044 0.0026 0.0032 0.0016 0.0009 0.0011
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PARTIAL DISCHARGE TESTING – OFF LINE Using any HVI VLF and third party PD products
Just now becoming available are products for field testing cables for partial discharge using an HVI VLF hipot to supply the test voltage.
This off-line PD testing is an excellent method of revealing the location and severity of partial discharge disturbances in a cable’s insulation
and accessories. Performing elevated voltage PD testing (soon up to 200 kV), using a sine wave output HVI VLF and PD detectors from
various companies worldwide, offers a detailed picture of a cables health, especially when compared to on-line PD testing, which is an un-
calibrated test that misses PD present above operating voltage. Off-line PD field testing is performed using sine wave producing VLF
instruments usually operating at 0.1Hz. Although PD testing can of course be performed at 50/60 Hz, at this frequency it is prohibitively
expensive and overly cumbersome due to the large size and high weight of the equipment. Using VLF solves these problems.
VLF Proof Test – VLF TD – VLF PD It all starts with a VLF Hipot
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