Short Name: HV-com², Project Number: 19NRM07

Support for standardisation of high voltage testing with composite and combined wave shapes

Standards for testing electrical grid components need updating to prevent disruption caused by operational events

High voltage AC or DC networks are being introduced which transmit electricity more efficiently. Lightning strikes or the sudden removal of high power-drawing devices cause ‘lightning impulses’ (LI) and ‘switching impulses’ (SI). These power surges become superimposed over the electricity flowing through the grid altering its ‘waveform’ causing damage to lines and substations. International standards specify tests required for determining component resilience to voltage impulses but presently lack traceability for all effects caused by overlapping waveforms, leading to incorrect test results.  Guidance for setting up or calibrating the systems used for simultaneous LI and SI measurements is also lacking.

 

The project investigated the interaction of impulse voltages superimposed with AC and DC voltages enabling optimised test setups to be created. The uncertainty of existing measuring systems will be determined, and new systems and calibration capabilities will be created and validated through measurement campaigns. At the end of the project in 2023 the results will input into revision of existing standards, generate new European capabilities and improve the robustness of power grids to adverse operational events.

Design and Verification of a Calculable Composite Voltage Calibrator
2022

Proceedings of the Nordic Insulation Symposium

Contribution to the standardisation of measurement of composite and combined high voltages
2022

CIGRE SC D1 PS 1 / Testing, monitoring and diagnostics; Testing and experience with non-standardized, composite and combined voltages

Evaluation of composite voltage test parameters
2022

2022 IEEE 12th International Workshop on Applied Measurements for Power Systems (AMPS)

Universal Measuring Unit for High Voltage Measurements
2022

Proceedings of the Nordic Insulation Symposium

Reference calibrator for combined and composite high voltage impulse tests
2021

22nd International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH 2021)

Participating EURAMET NMIs and DIs

INRIM (Italy)

LCOE (Spain)

LNE (France)

MIKES (Finland)

PTB (Germany)

RISE (Sweden)

UME (Türkiye)

Other Participants

AME - Accessori Macchine Elettriche s.r.l (Italy)
Haefely AG (Switzerland)
Tampereen korkeakoulusäätiö sr (Finland)
Technische Universitaet Graz (Austria)
Technische Universität Dresden (Germany)

Information

Programme
EMPIR
Field
Normative
Status
completed
Call
2019
Duration
2020-2023
Project website