Impulse Tests of Insulators

Impulse Tests of Insulators Impulse Voltage Withstand Test Impulse Flashover Test 1. Impulse Voltage Withstand Test The test setup is shown in Figure. The impulse generator is adjusted to produce a standard 1.2/50 impulse wave of peak value equal to the specified value of the impulse withstand voltage corrected for atmosphere conditions in accordance with … Read more

Testing of Insulators

Testing of Insulators Q. Describe in brief various tests carried out on overhead line insulators. Insulators are used on transmission line towers for providing support to conductors and to provide insulation between line conductor and transmission line tower. The commonly used insulators are pin type, suspension type, string type. The entire HV tests on insulators … Read more

Schering Bridge

Schering Bridge There are various methods for the measurement of capacitance and di-electric loss. Schering Bridge method is very important and popular method to determine these terms.  In this method imperfect capacitor can be compared with a perfect capacitor. (C2 is compared with C1). The imperfect capacitor is represented by its equivalent loss free capacitor C in … Read more

Measurement of Dielectric Constant and Loss Factor

Measurement of Dielectric Constant and Loss Factor Introduction to Dielectric Loss Dielectric constant is also called relative permittivity of the insulating material. Many of the insulating materials have dielectric constant more than unity. These materials show dielectric loss when subjected to AC voltages. Dielectric constant as well as dielectric loss depends on magnitude of voltage … Read more

Loss of Charge Method to Measure Resistance and to Calculate the Resistivity of a Specimen

Loss of Charge Method to Measure Resistance and to Calculate the Resistivity of a Specimen Refer Figure in this figure when B is taken on position 1, the voltage is applied and circuit is charged. But after this if the switch B is taken to position 2, it is disconnected from the supply and the capacitance … Read more

Measurement of Resistivity by Wheatstone Bridge Method (For Liquid Insulators)

Measurement of Resistivity by Wheatstone Bridge Method (For Liquid Insulators) For liquid insulators the measuring unit (cell) has the following construction. Procedure to find resistivity of a liquid insulator As explained in the previous case of solid insulation, the experimental set up w the same i.e. H.V stable supply voltage to the circuit of Wheatstone … Read more

Measurement of Resistance (Resistivity) by Simple DC Galvanometer

Measurement of Resistance (Resistivity) by Simple DC Galvanometer Galvanometer is first calibrated by use of standard resistance of the values 10 MΩ with tolerance ± 0.5 to ± 1 %. Calculations The resistance of the specimen (RP) is given by RP = V / D x G Where D = deflection in cm with specimen G = Galvanometer sensitivity A … Read more