IP Library Granted Patent US 11,112,446
Granted Patent B2
US 11,112,446 · App. 15/312,706 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Circuit arrangement for a high-voltage test installation

Inventor: Markus Bock (Bamberg, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
G01R31/14G01R31/16
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Patent No.
US 11,112,446
App. No.
15/312,706
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit arrangement for a high-voltage test system has an electronic power converter unit for generating an excitation AC voltage. The AC voltage has an adjustable fundamental frequency and a frequency spectrum. The amplitudes in the frequency spectrum within a given frequency range are lower than a predefinable amplitude limit.

Claims (15)

1. A circuit arrangement for a high-voltage test installation, the circuit arrangement comprising:

an electronic converter unit for generating an excitation AC voltage, the AC voltage having an adjustable fundamental frequency and a frequency spectrum with amplitudes below an amplitude threshold value within a frequency range containing frequencies from 30 kHz to 1 MHz, wherein the amplitudes, which are below the amplitude threshold value, do not interfere with partial discharge measurements;

said electronic converter unit being a four-quadrant amplifier or a two-quadrant amplifier;

wherein the frequency spectrum has amplitudes that are essential only at a fundamental frequency thereof and at a limited number of multiples of the fundamental frequency.

2. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency range contains at least one frequency range provided for a partial discharge measurement.

3. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , which further comprises at least one high-voltage inductor.

4. The circuit arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the fundamental frequency is adjustable to a resonant frequency of the circuit arrangement containing a device under test.

5. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , which further comprises an electronic converter unit being a frequency changer.

6. The circuit arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein said frequency changer comprises electronic switching elements for generating the excitation AC voltage having switching edges that make no contribution to the frequency spectrum in the frequency range.

7. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said electronic converter unit is configured for electrical powers in a range between 10 kVA and 100 kVA.

8. A high-voltage test installation, comprising a circuit arrangement according to claim 1 .

9. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a filter for filtering the excitation AC voltage is not located downstream of the electronic converter unit.

10. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein 1 MHz is an upper limit of the frequency range.

11. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said electronic converter unit is said four-quadrant amplifier.

12. The circuit arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said electronic converter unit is said two-quadrant amplifier.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 67025 FRAME: 852. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 15, 2024
From: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
To: HSP HOCHSPANNUNGSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 067642/0795 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2024
From: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
To: HSP HOCHSPANNUNGSGERÄTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 067025/0852 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2021
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 055615/0389 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2017
From: TRENCH GERMANY GMBH
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 042783/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2017
From: BOCK, MARKUS
To: TRENCH GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 042765/0150 →