Series Impedance Voltmeter

Series Impedance Voltmeter: For power frequency a.c. measurements the Series Impedance Voltmeter may be a pure resistance or a reactance. Since resistances involve power losses, often a capacitor is preferred…

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Generation of Switching Surges

Generation of Switching Surges: Nowadays in extra high voltage transmission lines and power systems, switching surges is an important factor that affects the design of insulation. All transmission lines rated…

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Series Inductance in Impulse Generator Circuit

Series Inductance in Impulse Generator Circuit: Often Series Inductance in Impulse Generator Circuit are required to test equipment with large inductance, such as power transformers and reactors. Usually, generating the…

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Resonant Transformers

Resonant Transformers: The equivalent circuit of a high voltage testing Resonant Transformers consists of the leakage reactance of the windings, the winding resistances, the magnetizing reactance, and the shunt capacitance…

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Deltatron Circuit

Deltatron Circuit or Cascaded Modular Voltage Multipliers: A combination of Cockcroft-Walton type voltage multiplier with cascaded transformer d.c. rectifier is developed recently for very high voltages but limited output currents having…

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Applications in High Voltage Bushings

Applications in High Voltage Bushings: At rated voltages higher than 52 kV, the condenser or capacitance graded bushing principle is generally used. The insulating material for such a Applications in…

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Applications of Power Transformers

Applications of Power Transformers: Transformers are the first to encounter lightning and other high voltage surges. The transformer insulation has to withstand very high impulse voltages many times the power…

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Voltage Transformer Earthing

Voltage Transformer Earthing: In this method of neutral earthing, the primary of a single-phase Voltage Transformer Earthing is connected between the neutral and the earth as shown in Fig. 26.17.…

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