Capacitive voltage transformers

A capacitive voltage transformer for the reduction of a high voltage to a representative voltage, comprising:

• a terminal intended for connection to a line at high voltage;
• a first capacitor mounted upon a column intended to be fixed vertically, the said terminal being connected electrically to a fitting on the said capacitor at the upper portion of the said column;
• a second capacitor having a higher capacity than that of the first capacitor and connected in series with the first capacitor between the said terminal and a medium intended to provide a reference voltage;
• a third and a fourth capacitor having a common join and connected in series with the first and second capacitors between the said terminal and the said medium;
• means of electronic amplification for producing a voltage signal which is a function of the voltage at the terminals of the series circuit formed by the third and fourth capacitors;
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• a transformer by induction for developing a signal representative of the voltage between a point on the connection between the first and the second capacitors and the point of join of the third and fourth capacitors.

Equipment for a capacitive voltage transformer intended to be connected to a line at high voltage with a view to producing a signal representative of the condition of this line for the purpose of alarm or protection, the capacitive voltage transformer including in known manner a terminal intended to be connected to the high voltage line;

• a first capacitor connected to the said terminal and a second capacitor connected in series with the first capacitor between this terminal and a medium normally brought to a reference voltage;
• and a transformer by induction the primary of which has one end connected to a point on the connection between the first and the second capacitor and in parallel with the second capacitor in order to supply at its secondary a signal of reduced amplitude representative of the high voltage of the line, the said equipment comprising:
• a first and a second impedance suitable for being connected in series with the first and second capacitors between the latter and the medium at reference voltage, the first impedance but not the second being in parallel with the primary of the transformer;
• means comprising an electronic detector for developing a voltage signal which is a function of the voltage at the terminals of the series circuit formed by the first and second impedances;
• the relative values of these impedances with respect to the relative capacities of the first and second capacitors being such that in this connection the instantaneous value of the voltage signal developed is a constant fraction of the instantaneous amplitude of the voltage appearing in operation between the said high voltage terminal and the said medium.

A method of equipping a capacitive voltage transformer

• suitable for connection to a high voltage line with a view to deriving from it signals suitable for being employed for the operation of highspeed protection devices in the event of fault affecting the line, the capacitive voltage transformer including conventionally a terminal intended for connection of it to the high voltage line, a first capacitor connected to the said terminal and a second capacitor connected in series with the first capacitor between this terminal and a medium normally brought to a reference voltage, and a transformer by induction connected in series with the first capacitor and in parallel with the second in order to provide a signal representative of the voltage of the line, being a method in accordance with which a first and a second impedance having a common join are mounted in series with the first and the second capacitor between the latter and the medium at reference voltage, the first impedance but not the second being in parallel with the transformer by induction, the said first and second impedances being selected as a function of a capacities of the first and second capacitors so that the instantaneous amplitude of a voltage signal derived from a take-off at the terminals of the series circuit formed by the first and the second impedances is a constant fraction of the instantaneous amplitude of the voltage between the high voltage terminal and the reference medium, which can be developed directly by means of electronic circuits.