Research on the Whole Condition Loaded Noise Measurement Circuit of Power Capacitor

Abstract

Power capacitor is one of the key equipments of the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. It is also the main noise source difficult to control. Presently in the world, there are none explicit requirement and regulation on the evaluation and measurement of the noise generated by the power capacitor, which has seriously restricted the development of the further research on the noise control in power capacitor. So the research on the noise measurement method and technology has extremely important significance in scientifically evaluating the noise of power capacitor. Power capacitor in HVDC Converter Station under practical conditions has apparent fundamental frequency and rich harmonic frequency components. In order to simulate this condition, a whole condition loaded bridge circuit of noise measurement on power capacitor has been designed and studied. Two arms of the bridge are used to load fundamental frequency and a parallel resonance compensation inductance is used to reduce the fundamental current, while the other two arms are used to load harmonic frequency. The harmonic frequency load power supply composed of harmonic signal generator and power amplifier which can simultaneously load any combination of harmonics under 48th to simulate the various actual working conditions. The tests indicated that the noise spectrum measured under the designed circuit completely accorded with the one in HVDC Converter Station.