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Chapter 2.

2: Measurement of High voltage


and Current
IV- Potential Dividers Used for High Voltage Impulse
Measurements

In a resistance potential divider, R1 and R2 are


considered as resistors of small dimensions in the
previous section. For voltages above 100 kV, R1 is no
longer small in dimension and is usually made of a
number of sections. Hence the divider is no longer a
small resistor of lumped parameters, but has to be
considered as an equivalent distributed network with
its terminal to ground capacitances and
intersectional series capacitances as shown in Fig.
7.26. The total series resistance R1 is made of n
resistors of value R'1 and R = nR'1. Cg is the terminal
to ground capacitance of each of the
resistor elements R'1, and Cs is the capacitance
between the terminals of each section. The
inductance of each element (L'1) is not shown in the
figure as it is usually small compared to the other
elements (i.e. R'1, Cs and Cg). This type of divider
produces a non-linear voltage distribution along its
length and also acts like an R-C filter for applied
voltages. The output of such a divider for various
values of Cg/Cs ratio is shown in Fig. 7.27 for a step
input. By arranging guard rings at various elemental
points, the equivalent circuit can be modified as
shown in Fig. 7.28, where Ch, represents the stray
capacitance introduced between the high voltage lead
and the guard elements. This reduces the distortion
introduced by the original divider.
Exercise 1:

The H. V. arm of R -C, divider has 15 numbers of 120


ohm resistors with a 20 pF capacitor to ground from
each of the junction points. The L.V. arm resistance
is 5 ohms. Determine the capacitance needed in the
L.V. arm for correct compensation.
V- Measurement of High Impulse Currents Using Magnetic
Potentiometers (Rogowskl Colls) and Magnetic Links

If a coil is placed surrounding a current carrying


conductor, the voltage signal induced in the coil is
vi(t)=MdI(t)/dt where M is the mutual inductance
between the conductor and the coil, and I(t) is the
current flowing in the conductor. Usually, the coil is
wound on a nonmagnetic former of toroidal shape and
is coaxially placed surrounding the current carrying
conductor. The number of turns on the coil is chosen
to be large, to get enough signal induced. The coil is
wound cross-wise to reduce the leakage inductance.
Usually an integrating circuit (see Fig. 7.52) is
employed to get the output signal voltage proportional
to the current to be measured. The output voltage is
given by

Rogowski coils with electronic or active integrator


circuits have large bandwidths (about 100 MHz). At
frequencies greater than 100 MHz the response is
affected by the skin effect, the capacitance distributed
per unit length along the coil, and due to the
electromagnetic interferences. However, miniature
probes having nanosecond response time are made
using very few turns of copper strips for UHF
measurements.

Exercise 2
A Rogowski coil is to be designed to measure impulse
currents of10 kA having a rate of change of current of
1011 A/s. The current is read by a VTVM as a potential
drop across the integrating circuit connected to the
secondary. Estimate the values of mutual inductance,
resistance, and capacitance to be connected, if the
meter reading is to be 10 V for full-scale deflection.
Exercise 3:
If the coil in Exercise 2 is to be used for measuring
impulse current of 8/20 μs wave and of the same
peak current, what should be the R-C integrating
circuit
Exercise 4:

A coaxial shunt is to be designed to measure an


impulse current of 5O kA. If the bandwidth of the
shunt is to be at least 10 MHz and if the voltage drop
across the shunt should not exceed 5O V, find the
ohmic value of the shunt and its dimensions.

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