Testing of Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS)

Type Tests of Gas Insulated Switchgear Routine Tests on Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) The below mentioned tests are performed on complete GIS assembly Below mentioned tests are performed on the individual equivalent like Circuit Breaker: Current Transformer: Potential Transformer: Disconnectors/Isolators: Acceptance Tests of Gas Insulated Switchgear The acceptance tests are the same as factory routine … Read more

Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced (ACSR)

ACSR means Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced. ACSR is the most standard choice for high‐voltage overhead transmission lines. An ACSR consists of mainly two parts. It has multiple layers of pure aluminum strands for carrying current. It also has a central core of galvanized steel to provide tensile strength to the conductor. The aluminum strands are … Read more

GAP-Type HTLS Conductors

A Gap-type HTLS conductor is a special type HTLS conductor. It exhibits a separate high strength low elongation steel core surrounded by layers of thermal resistant aluminum alloy strands. The typicality of a gap type HTLS conductor is, it maintains a deliberate annular gap between the core and the first layer of aluminum alloy strands. … Read more

INVAR Core HTLS Conductors: Structure and Applications

The electricity demand increasing tremendously from last few decades. The increasing demand of lands and few government policies are the constraints in expanding transmission infrastructure. Hence there is no way other than increasing the ampacity of the existing transmission networks. This increases the need for High-Temperature Low-Sag (HTLS) conductors. Among the various HTLS conductors, INVAR … Read more

What is an HTLS Conductor? – Introduction to HTLS

Power Transmission Challenges The main drawback of conventional ACSR (Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced) conductors is their limited thermal capacity. These conductors are typically designed to operate at a maximum temperature of 75°C. Although some modern variants can withstand up to 85°C, exceeding these temperature limits by increasing current leads to higher thermal expansion, which in … Read more

Understanding the Lightning Arrester Ratings

In this article, we shall explore the lightning arrester ratings. The article includes rated voltage, MCOV, discharge current, residual voltage, energy absorption, and many more. Lightning Arrester Ratings based on Voltage How to Select the Lightning Arrester Ratings based on Voltage? For that, we have to consider two conditions. The first one is the effectively … Read more

Line Differential Protection

Before entering the topic of line differential protection, or simply differential protection of a transmission line, we shall first recall our concept of differential protection. Actually, the differential protection used for a transmission line is called line differential protection. We have already heard about the differential protection of transformers, busbars, etc. The same principle is … Read more