Measuring device having an auxiliary electrode for a gas-insulated encased high-voltage conductor

• US 5,166,600 A
• Filed: 09/23/1991
• Issued: 11/24/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Gorablenkow, Jorg
• Primary Examiner(s): Karlsen, Ernest F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BURNS, WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US07/761,988
• Time in Patent Office: 428 Days
• Field of Search: 361/302, 361/303, 361/306, 361/308, 361/323, 361/326, 323/364, 323/370, 324/72, 324/96, 324/126, 324/457, 324/458, 324/127, 324/133, 174/113 H, 174/142, 174/143
• US Class Current: 324/126
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 15/16 using capacitive devices

Abstract

The measuring device is incorporated in a projection of the casing. Its auxiliary electrode forms the high-voltage capacitor of a capacitive voltage divider together with the internal conductor, and is connected with the casing via a low-voltage capacitor. The measurement connection emerges from the projection in gas-tight manner, and is connected to a display or measuring device. In order to be able to detect high-frequency compensation operations, also, the low-voltage capacitor consists of two nested cones with a solid dielectric. A terminal resistor which is connected to the internal conductor of a gas-tight coaxial connector is arranged in the inside cone. The terminal resistor is adapted to the characteristic impedance of the coaxial connector and that of the measurement connection. The measuring device with the auxiliary electrode can be inserted into tubular gas connections in the casing of a high-voltage conductor, especially in compressed gas-insulated, encased high-voltage switch conductors.

Claims

1. A measuring apparatus for measuring a voltage of a gas-insulated high-voltage conductor having a casing with a mantle surface and an internal conductor, comprising:

a) an auxiliary electrode configured as a tubular projection on the mantle surface of the casing forming a high-voltage capacitor of a capacitive voltage divider with the internal conductor of the gas-insulated high-voltage conductor, said auxiliary electrode being disposed and insulated in the casing;

b) an inside cone being coupled to said auxiliary electrode and having an angle of inclination;

c) an outside cone being nested together with said inside cone at a specifiable distance, having an angle of inclination opposite said angle of inclination of said inside cone and forming a low-voltage capacitor with said inside cone, wherein said auxiliary electrode is coupled to the casing via the low-voltage capacitor;

d) an interstice formed between said inside and outside cones;

e) a solid dielectric filling said interstice and having a dielectric constant that remains constant even at high frequencies;

f) a passage in the tubular projection;

g) a measurement connection emerging out of the tubular projection via said passage in a gas-tight manner and being coupled to said auxiliary electrode, wherein said auxiliary electrode is connectable to a display or measuring device via said measurement connection;

h) a terminal resistor; and

i) a gas-tight coaxial connector having an internal conductor coupled to said inside cone, forming a shielded measurement connection via said terminal resistor, and having a contact surface for shielding the shielded measurement connection galvanically coupled to the casing and to said outer cone, wherein said terminal resistor is adapted to a characteristic impedance of the coaxial connector and/or a characteristic impedance of the shielded measurement connection.

2. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a) an adapter being disposed over said outside cone, carrying said gas-tight coaxial connector in a gas-tight manner and is connected in a gas-tight manner to the tubular projection; and

b) a sleeve nut being fastened onto said adapter and bracing said inside and outside cones against one another.

3. The measuring apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a gas seal between said adapter and the tubular projection including a center disk and two gas seal rings connected via said center disk and arranged behind one another.

4. The measuring apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a galvanic contact produced by said gas seal.

5. The measuring apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a second sleeve nut having a frontal center part, wherein the tubular projection further comprises an outside thread onto which said second sleeve nut is fastened, and said adapter further comprises a frontal part against which said frontal center part of said second sleeve nut is pressed against.

6. The measuring apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a second sleeve nut having a frontal center part, wherein the tubular projection further comprises an outside thread onto which said second sleeve nut is fastened, and said adapter further comprises a frontal part against which said frontal center part of said second sleeve nut is pressed against.

7. The measuring apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a second sleeve nut having a frontal center part, wherein the tubular projection further comprises an outside thread onto which said second sleeve nut is fastened, and said adapter further comprises a frontal part against which said frontal center part of said second sleeve nut is pressed against.

8. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said inside cone further comprises a center recess in which said terminal resistor is disposed.

9. The measuring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said inside cone further comprises a center recess in which said terminal resistor is disposed.

10. The measuring apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said inside cone further comprises a center recess in which said terminal resistor is disposed.

11. The measuring apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said inside cone further comprises a center recess in which said terminal resistor is disposed.

12. The measuring apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said inside cone further comprises a center recess in which said terminal resistor is disposed.

13. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said solid dielectric comprises a polyester film.

14. The measuring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said solid dielectric comprises a polyester film.

15. The measuring apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said solid dielectric comprises a polyester film.

16. The measuring apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said solid dielectric comprises a polyester film.

17. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary electrode comprises a hemispherical shape.

18. The measuring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said auxiliary electrode comprises a hemispherical shape.

19. The measuring apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an additional contact adjacent to said auxiliary electrode disposed between said sleeve nut and the tubular projection.

20. The measuring apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said additional contact comprises a contact spring strip.