Feasibility analysis of reduced-scale visual corona tests in high-voltage laboratories
Corona is a critical effect that must be considered during the design and optimization stages of high-voltage hardware such as substation connectors, since due to the harmful effects, corona threats power systems reliability. Visual corona tests allow detecting and identifying the critical corona po...
| Autores: | , , |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/135371 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/135371 https://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-gtd.2018.5756 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | High voltages Electric substations Corona (Electricity) Electric connectors Alta tensió Subestacions elèctriques Connectors elèctrics Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria elèctrica::Alta tensió |
| Sumario: | Corona is a critical effect that must be considered during the design and optimization stages of high-voltage hardware such as substation connectors, since due to the harmful effects, corona threats power systems reliability. Visual corona tests allow detecting and identifying the critical corona points on the surface of substation connectors, so corrective actions can be applied for product optimization. This paper focuses on reduced-scale visual corona tests intended to verify and optimize the behaviour of such high-voltage hardware. Reduced-scale visual corona tests allow reducing the voltage to be applied, laboratory size, instrumentation requirements, assembly and test times, and finally the overall costs of the tests compared to standard corona tests carried out in large-size high-voltage laboratories. A hybrid approach combining experimental tests and finite element method (FEM) simulations is presented, which allows obtaining the equivalent visual corona onset voltage between reduced-scale and full-scale tests. Although the paper focuses on the analysis of aluminium substation connectors, the proposed approach can be applied to many other hardware intended for high-voltage applications. |
|---|