A hotstick instrument for estimation of the potential of an HVDC conductor

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/61.141873· OSTI ID:7239044

Feldman, J M ^[1]; Teixeira, J; Pileggi, D J ^[2]; Kuehn, K ^[3]

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1. Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (US)
2. New England Power Service Co., Westborough, MA (US)
3. Bonneville Power Administration, Vancouver, WA (US)

In 1989-90, New England Power Service Co. (NEPS) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), jointly sponsored the UHVDC Live-Line Voltage-Estimator Project with three principal goals: To develop a technology which would permit moderately accurate estimates of the DC potential of a UHVDC line without requiring an electrical connection to ground or any other reference point; to develop an instrument embodying this technology which could be applied by a lineman in the field and to demonstrate that the system functioned are expected; to develop and incorporate in the instrument a technique for estimating the induced AC component of the potential. As demonstrated at the BPA outdoor test facility at The Dalles, OR on 15 Aug 90 and reported herein, the first goal has been fully met. We report a demonstration that a properly located field mill can determine the DC potential to better than 10% of full scale over a range from 0 t {plus minus} 500 KV, even in the presence of wind and corona. Solutions to the remaining pair of goals have been defined and an effort is now underway to develop a field-hardy engineering prototype of a production instrument.

• OSTI ID: 7239044
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 7:3; ISSN 0885-8977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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