Susceptibility Issues of Control Instrumentation in Electromagnetic Environment of High Current Laboratory

The paper is a continuation of the research works of the authors. The aim of it is identifying the electromagnetic environment in which the control equipment of the short-circuit test stand operates. Exceptional attention was devoted to the issues related to the operation of the time-phase controlle...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jolanta Sadura, Jan Sroka, Przemysław Sul, Adam Jóśko, Maciej Owsiński
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/13/4682
_version_ 1797480206215151616
author Jolanta Sadura
Jan Sroka
Przemysław Sul
Adam Jóśko
Maciej Owsiński
author_facet Jolanta Sadura
Jan Sroka
Przemysław Sul
Adam Jóśko
Maciej Owsiński
author_sort Jolanta Sadura
collection DOAJ
description The paper is a continuation of the research works of the authors. The aim of it is identifying the electromagnetic environment in which the control equipment of the short-circuit test stand operates. Exceptional attention was devoted to the issues related to the operation of the time-phase controller system. Measurements and identification of the electromagnetic environment were carried out on a specific short-circuit test stand, where short-circuit currents are generated by the medium-voltage (MV) short-circuit transformers. Short circuit tests are always preceded by powering the MV side of the test transformer by unloading the low-voltage (LV) side. Thereafter, the controller must wait for the release of the operator to start the test. Sometimes an electromagnetically disturbed controller starts the test without release. Such situation is undesired and can be destructive for the tested objects. Identification of the transient fields during the powering of the test transformer is indispensable for assessing the hazard of EM interference of the controller. Earlier research by the authors showed that the repetitive damped oscillating waves (DOW) are a component of the electromagnetic environment. Adequate instrumentation to cope with the problem are D-dot and B-dot field probes is needed. The paper reports such measurements along with recording the voltage signals. It was suspected that repetitive ignition and extinction of the short arc by closing the circuit breaker in the MV circuit is the origin of the DOW. Additional investigation of the circuit breaker in stand-alone operation is excluded in this hypothesis. The only possibility of the DOW is pulse traveling back and forth in the MV circuit, which is a line with distributed parameters.
first_indexed 2024-03-09T21:57:42Z
format Article
id doaj.art-6fb99710012e434fa06500be7cd185eb
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 1996-1073
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-09T21:57:42Z
publishDate 2022-06-01
publisher MDPI AG
record_format Article
series Energies
spelling doaj.art-6fb99710012e434fa06500be7cd185eb2023-11-23T19:55:42ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-06-011513468210.3390/en15134682Susceptibility Issues of Control Instrumentation in Electromagnetic Environment of High Current LaboratoryJolanta Sadura0Jan Sroka1Przemysław Sul2Adam Jóśko3Maciej Owsiński4Department of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Power Engineering, 01-330 Warsaw, PolandThe paper is a continuation of the research works of the authors. The aim of it is identifying the electromagnetic environment in which the control equipment of the short-circuit test stand operates. Exceptional attention was devoted to the issues related to the operation of the time-phase controller system. Measurements and identification of the electromagnetic environment were carried out on a specific short-circuit test stand, where short-circuit currents are generated by the medium-voltage (MV) short-circuit transformers. Short circuit tests are always preceded by powering the MV side of the test transformer by unloading the low-voltage (LV) side. Thereafter, the controller must wait for the release of the operator to start the test. Sometimes an electromagnetically disturbed controller starts the test without release. Such situation is undesired and can be destructive for the tested objects. Identification of the transient fields during the powering of the test transformer is indispensable for assessing the hazard of EM interference of the controller. Earlier research by the authors showed that the repetitive damped oscillating waves (DOW) are a component of the electromagnetic environment. Adequate instrumentation to cope with the problem are D-dot and B-dot field probes is needed. The paper reports such measurements along with recording the voltage signals. It was suspected that repetitive ignition and extinction of the short arc by closing the circuit breaker in the MV circuit is the origin of the DOW. Additional investigation of the circuit breaker in stand-alone operation is excluded in this hypothesis. The only possibility of the DOW is pulse traveling back and forth in the MV circuit, which is a line with distributed parameters.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/13/4682short circuit teststime-phase controllercircuit breaker closing processfield probedamped oscillatory waves
spellingShingle Jolanta Sadura
Jan Sroka
Przemysław Sul
Adam Jóśko
Maciej Owsiński
Susceptibility Issues of Control Instrumentation in Electromagnetic Environment of High Current Laboratory
Energies
short circuit tests
time-phase controller
circuit breaker closing process
field probe
damped oscillatory waves
title Susceptibility Issues of Control Instrumentation in Electromagnetic Environment of High Current Laboratory
title_full Susceptibility Issues of Control Instrumentation in Electromagnetic Environment of High Current Laboratory
title_fullStr Susceptibility Issues of Control Instrumentation in Electromagnetic Environment of High Current Laboratory
title_full_unstemmed Susceptibility Issues of Control Instrumentation in Electromagnetic Environment of High Current Laboratory
title_short Susceptibility Issues of Control Instrumentation in Electromagnetic Environment of High Current Laboratory
title_sort susceptibility issues of control instrumentation in electromagnetic environment of high current laboratory
topic short circuit tests
time-phase controller
circuit breaker closing process
field probe
damped oscillatory waves
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/13/4682
work_keys_str_mv AT jolantasadura susceptibilityissuesofcontrolinstrumentationinelectromagneticenvironmentofhighcurrentlaboratory
AT jansroka susceptibilityissuesofcontrolinstrumentationinelectromagneticenvironmentofhighcurrentlaboratory
AT przemysławsul susceptibilityissuesofcontrolinstrumentationinelectromagneticenvironmentofhighcurrentlaboratory
AT adamjosko susceptibilityissuesofcontrolinstrumentationinelectromagneticenvironmentofhighcurrentlaboratory
AT maciejowsinski susceptibilityissuesofcontrolinstrumentationinelectromagneticenvironmentofhighcurrentlaboratory