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IS 13203 (1991): Method for Verifying Accuracy of Tan Delta

Measurements [ETD 29: Power Capacitors]

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 IS 13203 : 1991

( Reaffirmed 2001 )

Indian Standard
METHOD FOR VERIFYING ACCURACY OF
TAN DELTA MEASUREMENTS

UDC 621’317’374

@ BIS 1991

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

October 1991 Price Group 1

Power Capacitors Sectional Committee, ET 29

FOREWORD

This Jndian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards,~after the draft finalized by
the Power Capacitors Sectional Committee had been approved by the Electrotechnical Division
Council.

This method is not intended to provide a high precision verification of tan delta measurements.
It should however be satisfactory for verification of tan delta of low-loss impregnated film capa-
citors having tan delta values of the order of 0’000 2 and upwards to an accuracy of about 10
percent or perhaps better if the stability and uniformity of the ambient temperature is closely
controlled.

It will be difficult to match exactly the temperatures of the test capacitor and the dummy and if
these match to within, say, &IO percent, it would be a reasonable procedure to take an average
temperature rise tan delta calculation on the basis that the temperature rise is directly proportional
to the wattage dissipzted. This is a good approximation for small temperature.

In the preparation of this standard assistance has been derived from IEC report 996 ( 1989 ) -
‘Method for verifying accuracy of tan delta measurement’ applicable to capacitors issued by
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

In reporting the results of a test or analysis made in accordance with this standard, if the final
value, observed or calculated, is to be rounded off, it shall be done in accordance with IS 2 : 1960
‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised )‘.
 IS 13233 : 1991

Indian Standard
METHODFORVERIFYINGACCURACYOF
TANDELTAMEASUREMENTS
1 SCOPE in the standard capacitor. The foils of these
special elements are shorted togethx and are
1.1 This standard provides guidance con method connected at the ends to form resistive rather
for verifying the accuracy of tan delta (dielec- than capacitive elements. These resistive ele-
tric loss angle or power factor) measurement ments are then connected in series.
bridge.
3.2 If the test capacitor ~contains discharge
1.2 The accuracy of method verifying the tan resistors and/or internal fuses, separate resistive
delta measurement will depend on the similarity components should be used in the dummy capa-
of the temperature profiles (see 5 ) and the citor to represent localized heating. All pieces
accuracy of instruments used to monitorthe test of insulation and the containers should be the
under voltage up to thermal equilibrium. same as for the test capacitor.
2 TEST CAPACITOR
3.3 The capacitor containers should be painted
In general any capacitor with pdwer and voltage with the same colour in order to avoid possible
ratings in the range for which the accuracy of a differences in emissivities of these respective
tan delta measurement is to be evaluated can be containers due to dull or shiny areas.
used as a test capacitor. It is preferable to use
a capacitor without discharge resistors and 4. MEASUREMENTS
internal fuses, as the construction of the dummy
capacitor can be simplified. 4.1 Thermocouples should be placed on each of
the container surfaces of the dummy capacitor
3 DUMMY CAPACITOR to be used for the wattage loss comparison. At
least three thermocouples should be evenly
3.1 A dummy capacitor is constructed using distributed on the large sides, with a total of at
special~elements of the same size as the elements least 10 as shown in Fig. 1.

l-l l-l
013 @

FIG. 1 LOCATION OF THBRMOCOUPLES

1
IS 13203:1991

4.2 A thermal stability run should be made in a profiles are similar. Either ax. or d.c. may be
natural circulation ambient. Care should be used to energize the dummy capacitor.
taken lo ensure that the temperature of the
surface to which test capacitor radiates equal 5 VERIFICATION OF MEASUREMENT
those to which the dummy capacitor radiates. ACCURACY
The ten delta of the test unit should be
4.3 The accuracy of the wattage loss comparison measured at the end of the thermal stabilitv run
will be improved by increasing the temperature while the capacitor is still energized or imme-
rise, thus the thermal stability run should be diately after at the same voltage and frequency
-made at a minimum of 144 percent rated output. and before the dielectric temperature drops
The current through the dummy capacitor significantly. The watts dissipated by the test
should be increased until the average container capacitor then be calculated from the tan delta
temperature of the dummy capacitor equals that measurement and be compared to the watts
of the test capacitor. If the container tempera- dissipated by the dummy capacitor. The accu-
ture profile of the dummy capacitor differs from racy of this method of verifying the tan delta
that of the test capacitor, the currents through measurement will depend on the similarity of
the separate resistive components (elements, the temperature profiles and the accuracy of the
discharge resistors and internal fuses) of the instruments used to monitor the thermal
dummy capacitor should be adjusted until the stability run.

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