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Impulse

Current
Generator
SIT DOLOR AMET
 Lightning discharges involve both high
Generation of Impulse Current Generator Output Waveform

voltage impulses and high current


impulses on transmission lines.
 Protective gear like surge diverters have
to discharge the lightning currents without
damage.
 Therefore, Generation of Impulse Current
Generator Output Waveform of high
magnitude ( ≈ 100 kA peak) find
application in test work as well as in basic
research on non-linear resistors.
Definition of Impulse Current Waveforms:
The waveshapes used in testing surge diverters are 4/10 and 8/20 μs.
 The tolerances allowed on these are ±10% only.
Apart from the standard Impulse Current Generator Output Waveform,
rectangular waves of long duration are also used for testing.
 The waveshape should be nominally rectangular in shape.
The rectangular waves generally have durations of the order of 0.5 to 5
ms, with rise and fall times of the waves being less than ± 10% of their
total duration.
The tolerance allowed on the peak value is +20% and –0% (the peak
value may be more than the specified value but not less).
The duration of the wave is defined as the total time of the wave during
which the current is at least 10% of its peak value.
Circuit for Producing Impulse Current Waves:
• For producing impulse currents of large value, a bank of
capacitors connected in parallel are charged to a
specified value and are discharged through a series R-L
circuit as shown in Fig..
• C represents a bank of capacitors connected in parallel
which are charged from a d.c. source to a voltage up to
200 kV.
• R represents the dynamic resistance of the test object
and the resistance of the circuit and the shunt.
• L is an air cored high current inductor, usually a spiral
tube of a few turns.
• If the capacitor is charged to a voltage V and discharged
when the spark gap is triggered, the current im will be given
by the equation

The circuit is usually underdamped, so that

Hence, im is given by
The time taken for the current im to rise from zero to the first peak
value is

The present practice as per IEC standards is to adopt waveform II


shown in Fig., and to define the waveform and wave tail times similar
to the definition given for impulse voltage waves. Thus, the current
im is expressed as follows.
The essential parts of an Impulse Current Generator
Output Waveform are:
• a d.c. charging unit giving a variable voltage
to the
capacitor bank,
• capacitors of high value (0.5 to 5 μF) each
with very low
self-inductance, capable of giving high short
circuit
currents,
• an additional air cored inductor of high
current value,
proper shunts and oscillograph for
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