Analysis of Conducted Disturbance via Current Transformer Due to Switch Operation of GIS Disconnector in UHV Substation

The characteristics of conducted disturbances via current transformer (CT) caused by switch operations in 1000 kV UHV substations are studied in this paper. Since the broad-band circuit models might have limitations on the stability and accuracy for CT conducted disturbance simulation, a frequency-domain simulation method without circuit synthesis is proposed based on VFTC spectrum and CT transfer characteristics. To improve VFTC simulation accuracy, both the bushing radiation loss and frequency-dependent earth impedance are taken into consideration. Transfer characteristics of three types of windings for the 1000 kV GIS CT are ingeniously measured from a combination of fast and slow impulse tests. Through conducted disturbances simulations in UHV Wuhu substation, bushing radiation loss is found to have a suppression effect on the high-frequency response but the effect of frequency-dependent earth impedance can be ignored. As a result, the maximum amplitude of 84.5 A for the conducted disturbance is obtained, thus a fast damped oscillatory wave immunity test with no lower than Level 4 from IEC standard is suggested to test the anti-interference performance of the secondary equipment in UHV substation.