A 300 V mercury switch pulse generator with 70 psec risetime for investigation of UHF PD signal transmission in GIS

Author

Neuhold, S.M. ; Benedickter, H.R. ; Schmatz, M.L.

Author_Institution

FKH Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

5

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

78

Abstract

A mercury switch pulse generator for the purpose of high frequency characterization of gas insulated switchgear (GIS) is presented. The compact device is well matched to 50 Ω and operates with a DC voltage of 300 V. It consists of a charged cable, a fast mercury switch relay and supporting passive elements. With this combination, a 150 V pulse may be applied to a GIS partial discharge (PD) sensor with a 70 ps rise time and a 50 ns pulse length, having a maximum repetition rate of more than 100 Hz. The robust device is lightweight and easy to handle. Due to its modular design, it may be directly connected to a GIS PD sensor. It may be used for the simulation of PD discharges in GIS, for impulse propagation speed measurements and for the sensitivity check of GIS PD sensors together with UHF PD measurement systems

Keywords

gas insulated switchgear; 100 Hz; 300 V; 50 ns; 70 ps; GIS; UHF PD measurement systems; UHF PD signal transmission; fast mercury switch relay; gas insulated switchgear; high frequency characterization; impulse propagation speed measurements; insulation breakdown testing; mercury switch pulse generator; modular design; repetition rate; sensitivity check;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

High Voltage Engineering, 1999. Eleventh International Symposium on (Conf. Publ. No. 467)

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-719-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19990890

Filename

818242