High Voltage Flashcards
CEC Extra Low Voltage
≤ 30V AC
≤ 42.4 V DC
CEC Low Voltage
> 30V AC ≤ 1000V AC
> 42.4V DC ≤1060V DC
CEC High Voltage
> 1000V AC
> 1060V DC
IEEE/ANSI Medium Voltage
100V to 69,000V
IEEE/ANSI High Voltage
69KV to 230KV
IEEE/ANSI Extra High Voltage
230KV to 800KV
IEEE/ANSI Ultra high voltage
> 800KV
IEEE stands for?
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ANSI stands for ?
American National Standards Institute
The 2 main factors in determining transmission line voltage is?
Load and Distance
also existing infrastructure
Generated voltage is less than transmission voltage due to?
Insulation contraint in the alternators
Gen Station typical voltage
10KV to 30KV
Transmission line voltage?
60kv to 800kv
Distribution Line voltage
`2.4kv to 69kv
Utilization line voltage
600V or less
For transmission voltages a general rule is ?
1000V per mile
Three classifications for HV networks?
Radial
Ring or Loop
Network or Grid
AC Transmission system types of overhead conductors
Stranded bare copper
Solid copper
Aluminum conductor steel reinforced (ACSR)
All aluminum conductor (AAC)
AC Transmission insulator materials
Porcelain
Glass
Polymer Resins (ie. silicon)
Insulators have _______ or ________ to increase ______ _______.
Skirts
Petticoats
Creepage distance
Types of insulators
Pin
Post
Suspension
Strain
Pin insulator characteristics
< 35 KV
Conductor fastened with a binding
Post insulator charac.
Like pin but stronger
Higher voltages
Conductor fastened with clamp
Suspension insulator charac.
Conductor hangs on the bottom
Modular (individual skirts are stacked for higher voltages)
Strain insulator charac.
used where line dead-ends or turns
strong tensile strength
individual skirts are stacked for higher voltage
Max distance of an underwater/underground cable?
40-50 km typically
Underground and underwater cable charc.
Expensive (high initial cost)
On going power losses with AC
High voltage DC cable charac.
No shred (DC has no hysteresis or eddy current losses)(no skin effect)
No capacitive losses
Expensive
Requires rectifier (at source) and inverter (at load)
What does ESF stand for?
Electrostatic Field
Electrostatic field charac.
- a voltage AC or DC produces an electrostatic field
- the size of the field depends only on voltage, not current nor AWG
- ESF is constantly changing in AC, steady in DC
- ESF forces may be concentrated or dispersed by conductor shapes
Voltage Gradient
ESF strength with respect to distance
Voltage density
Dielectric Strength
the voltage an insulator can withstand before breaking down
-in high voltage this is called “flashover”
- V/mm or V/in
Air = 3MV/m or 3000V/mm
Vacuum = 10 to the 12 V/M
Dielectric Constant
- how good an insulating material is as a capacitive medium
dielectric strength relative to a vacuum
vacuum is assigned “1”
air = 1.0006
mica = 3
Striking distance v.s. Creepage Distance
“flashover” vs “tracking”
Corona
- ionization (breakdown) of air caused by ESF
- Symptoms - RFI, hissing/crackling sound, violet/blue light, ozone.
What does BIL stand for?
Basic Impulse Insulation Level
BIL ratings can be __ to __ times the system voltage
5 to 30
Equipment over ___kv must be BIL rated
2.5
What is a Vault?
Fire resistant construction for housing HV elec equipment ie. tranformers etc.
Lightning Rods
- protect structures
- not connected to equipment
- electrode on top of a structure wired as short and straight as possible to an isolated ground electrode
- CEC 10-108, App. B and G
Series Reactors
- used to limit fault currents
- very little effect under normal conditions
- if a fault occurs, short circuit current is ‘choked’
- can allow for less expensive CBs having a lower interrupting rating
- also impedance grounding can achieve similar goals
2 types of instrument transformers used in HV
Voltage transformers (VTs and PTs) Current transformers (CTs)
Voltage transformers
- low VA rating
- 120 V secondary rating usually
- primary 3 A typical
- ground secondary
Current transformers
- in series with the primary
- 5 A secondary
- 1A secondary emerging
- ground secondary
Radial HV system charac.
Least expensive Simplest Only one supply Least reliable Least likely to backfeed
Ring/Loop HV system charc.
Requires 2 feeds Costs more More reliable May use auto transfer switch Subject to back feeds Allows maintenance via isolation
Network/Grid HV system charc.
Greatest reliability Most expensive Requires complex switching Used for hospitals, airports, penetentiaries Most danger of back feed
Methods of isolating AC transmission systems
Elevation (poles, towers)
Substations (fences)
Vaults
The WCB specifies that only persons who are _____ and _____ are allowed to work on HV.
Trained and qualified
Rural distribution systems primarily use?
Overhead lines
What effect does electric stress have on insulation?
Weakens insulation
Why is creepage distance kept relatively long?
to keep creepage current/leakage to a very low value
What is the function of a surge arrestor?
to divert a high voltage surge to ground by providing an easy conducting path (overvoltage)
What are the main parts of a surge arrestor?
Air gap
Thyrite material
What are the 5 general steps to be taken in a safe switching sequence?
- Disconnect
- Lock out
- Test for absent voltage
- Ground and short circuit
- Screen off neighbouring live parts
Single strand HV cable
- used for termination where flexibility is not required
- #2 or smaller, usually #10 or smaller
Concentric Stranding HV cable
- typical strandings are 7, 19, 37 etc.
- large undesirable air voids
- flexible
- difficult to remove insulation
Compressed stranding HV cable
- 97% of the concentric stranding cross section
- smaller air voids
- improves on concentric
Compact stranding HV cable
- 90% of the size of concentric
- preferred for HV
Bare overhead aluminum HV conductors
- OK for bends
- light
- not strong enough for long spans
Bare overhead aluminum conductor steel reinforced (ACSR)
- center strand is steel for strength
- steel center is called the “messenger”
- outer strands are aluminum
Bare overhead aluminum conductor composite reinforced (ACCR)
- strong and light
- carbon fibre or fibreglass messenger
- alumina fibers
Are bare conductors or insulated conductors preferred for HV?
Bare, due to lack of continuous capacitive charging and discharging losses associated with insulation
Types of HV cable
Armoured cable - (TECK)(ACWU), MI
Wire Armoured - Submarine cable
Tape Armoured - steel tape armoured (STA)
Paper Insulated Lead Covered (PILC) - underground
Concentric Neutral - underground