Validation of a System for Evaluation of High-Voltage Impulses According to IEC 60060:2010

Author

Hall Barbosa, Carlos R. ; Thelio Fernandes da Silva, Marcio ; Azevedo, Luiz Carlos ; Castro Faria, Lucas

Author_Institution

Postgrad. Program in Metrol., Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

64

Issue

6

fYear

2015

fDate

Jun-15

Firstpage

1378

Lastpage

1382

Abstract

This paper describes IMPREAL 2.0, a system developed in LabVIEW that automates the acquisition of voltage impulse waveforms from digital oscilloscopes and implements the mathematical procedures described in the new standards from the International Electrotechnical Commission IEC 60060:2010. The system controls commercial digital oscilloscopes and is able to automatically calculate the time and amplitude parameters of lightning impulses (LI), switching impulses, chopped LI, and oscillating impulses (lightning and switching) waveforms, generating test reports tailored for the needs of the calibration and tests labs. The estimated uncertainty due to the software processing is also presented here, following the guidelines defined by standard IEC 61083-2:2013.

Keywords

IEC standards; calibration; mathematical analysis; measurement uncertainty; oscilloscopes; time measurement; virtual instrumentation; voltage measurement; IEC 60060:2010 standard; IEC 61083-2:2013 standard; IMPREAL 2.0; International Electrotechnical Commission; LI; LabVIEW; calibration; chopped LI; digital oscilloscope; high-voltage impulse waveform acquisition; lightning impulse; mathematical procedure; oscillating impulse; switching impulse; Calibration; IEC standards; Laboratories; Metrology; Silicon; Uncertainty; High-voltage techniques; impulse testing; measurement standards; measurement techniques; software; software.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2015.2406059

Filename

7054520