HVPD Kronos® Spot

Tester Training
Presentation
IF PD IS DETECTED, TESTING IS
EXTENDED TO LOCATE THE SOURCE
WITHIN THE CIRCUIT UNDER TEST.

10 mins
- 1 hour
Typical
spot-test

HVPD Kronos ® Spot Tester | Product Background

6-CHANNEL, SYNCHRONOUS,
BATTERY POWERED TEST DEVICE.

Optimised for field portability to enable testing cables,

switchgear, machines and transformers at remote locations
- without the need for additional power.

Battery powered with 8+ hours operation

Integrated software selectable filters
Rugged, durable industrial case
Accessories fitted inside the case
Light and portable

HVPD Kronos ® Spot Tester | Product Overview

DATA ACQUISITION AND ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS
WITH HVPD KRONOS® SOFTWARE

DATA DISPLAYED IN REAL-TIME, FOR IMMEDIATE

FEEDBACK ABOUT INSULATION CONDITION

HVPD Kronos ® Spot Tester | Product Overview

COMPATIBLE WITH ALL HVPD SENSORS

COMPATIBLE WITH ON-LINE CABLE MAPPING

AND PORTABLE TRANSPONDER FOR
SITE LOCATION ON CABLES

AVAILABLE WITH TAILORED TRAINING COURSES

HVPD Kronos ® Spot Tester | Product Overview

SYNCHRONOUS DATA CAPTURE ON 6 CHANNELS
ENABLES ADVANCED OLPD IDENTIFICATION
AND NOISE SEPARATION.

THIS GIVES AN ACCURATE

PD DIAGNOSTIC MEASURE
IN NOISY ENVIRONMENTS
AND TESTING MORE ASSETS
AT THE SAME TIME.

HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Features and Benefits

 Plant Type Compatible Sensors

Switchgear
HFCT AA TEV HVCC SMART-TB3™

Cables
HFCT SMART-TB3™

Rotating Machines
HFCT HVCC SMART-TB3™

Transformers
HFCT TEV HVCC SMART-TB3™ Bushing Tap Adaptor

HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Compatible Sensors

HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Cable Testing & Fault Location
HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Switchgear
HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Motors & Generators
HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Transformers
HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Connections
HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Set-Up
 1

2 Hardware Filters

30 kHz (50-60 Hz) /

3
100 kHz / 200 kHz
Data Acquisition
HP
4 USB Laptop/PC with
500 kHz / 1 MHz / 100MS/s HVPD Kronos® Software
5 10 MHz LP 50MHz

Line Supply

Trigger Input
Synchronisation
Internal Mains Field Detector

Internal Photodiode

HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Architecture

The HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester should be placed on
a stable and flat surface. The unit should not be
placed directly beside inlets/outlets for heating or
air conditioning.

The protective earth cable should be connected

from the HVPD Kronos ® Spot Tester to the
substation earth/ground before attachment of the
other cables. Use the provided green/yellow cable
and ensure earth connection is secure.

All BNC signal cables, power cable and protective

earth cable should be securely tidied as so they do
not pose a trip hazard.

HVPD Ltd. | Placement in Substation and Earth Connection

The HVPD Kronos ® Spot Tester unit can be powered from the
AC mains: 90 – 260 V AC 50/60 Hz and has an in-built battery.
The unit will wake automatically over USB. The power switch
should be pressed only when using AC mains.

The unit will charge whenever there is AC power to the unit and
the power switch is switched on. The battery status, for example
battery charge, can be viewed through the KST control
software, see Section Battery Status.

The vents on the HVPD Kronos ® Spot Tester should not be

covered during operation.

The unit has in-built fans to regulate the internal temperature

and will turn on and off automatically. The fans will come on
immediately after power is switched on at the mains and when
connection is established with USB.

HVPD Ltd. | Power, Charging, Fans and Vents

It is recommended to use only the BNC signal
cables that are supplied with the unit for connection
of PD sensors and accessories. These signal cables
have a 50 Ω characteristic impedance. To connect,
twist and lock the BNC cable. Ensure the cable and
its terminals are not damaged before use.

HVPD Ltd. | Signal Cables

To make PD measurements the data acquisition should be
synchronised to the 50/60 Hz voltage of the plant under test.
This can be achieved by any of the following means: the
trigger selection is made in the KST Control software.

• Line supply (when mains powered only).

• Trigger input – for example from coupling capacitor voltage
reference output.
• Internal mains field detector – this is built into the unit and
detects 50/60 Hz magnetic fields; the unit should be placed
close to the plant under test to detect this.
• Internal photodiode – this detects flicker from lights that is
synchronous to the 50/60 Hz. The mains power to the lights
should be synchronous to the high voltage of the
equipment under test. The sensor is behind the vents and
so must not be covered.

HVPD Ltd. | Power Frequency Synchronisation

 1. Identify the cables and plant to be tested.

2. Connect earth cable from the HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester to the main substation
earth.

3. Connect the BNC signal cables (all of the same length) to the sensors and/or POA
box(es). Then connect the PD sensors to the plant under test

4. Connect the BNC signal cables to the HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester.

5. Connect HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester to laptop with USB cable.

6. Press the POWER ON switch on the HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester if using mains
power. Unit will auto-power up over USB if using battery power.

7. Run KST Control software and follow the software setup.

HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester | Test Setup

Controlling the HVPD Kronos® Spot Tester uses the KST Control program which can be
opened from the Windows start menu as shown below:

HVPD Ltd. | Opening the KST Control

The Main Window of the KST Control is used to configure and control the data capture
process, and view data as it is captured:

HVPD Ltd. | Main Window Overview

To start a test select the ‘Start Acquisition’ button. The ‘File Name’ menu will open and the
user will be prompted for:
• Num. Acq. (Number of power cycles to aquire data)
• Directory Name
• File Name

HVPD Ltd. | Start Acquisition

The user has two ways to Select a Directory for the test:

1. Open the ‘Create New Directory’ menu by pressing

the ‘Create’ button. From here the user can input a
new Directory Name or select from an existing
Directory to use from the HVPD data folder. Then
choose a File Name for the test.

2. Load from Existing File. The user will open a File

Manager by pressing the ‘Load’ button. From here
select a HED File in the data folder.

HVPD Ltd. | Select Directory

The user will return to the ‘File Name’ menu with the inputted Directory Name / File Name
displayed. The ‘File Exists’ checkbox indicates If the ‘Directory Name’ and ‘File Name’ are
the same as a test session that already exists. If this is the case then the following screen
will be shown when ‘Confirm’ is selected. The user then has three options;

• ‘Overwrite Existing’ – overwrites the old test file with the new test data.
• ‘Append to Existing’ – adds the new data to the existing test file.
• ‘Cancel’. Selecting append will add this data to the existing test file:

HVPD Ltd. | File Name

After the user has selected / created a Directory for the test the ‘Method Selector’ menu
will open. If this is the first time the test has been conducted, the user will be prompted to
select a ‘Method’. A Method gives a configuration of the sensors’ test setup for a HV
System. By default the user has some common Methods to choose from. These are named
based on the plant type being tested, with the sensor icons shown on the right of each
image.

HVPD Ltd. | Select Method

After this the user will be prompted to enter the session information;
• Company / Customer
• Username
• Location / Region
• Substation / Site
• Comments on Test
This information will appear automatically if provided previously, as shown below:

HVPD Ltd. | Session Information

The user will be then be taken to the default sensor configuration for the selected method:

HVPD Ltd. | Sensor Configuration

The user can edit each entry by Clicking / Double-Clicking it. The Transfer Impedance for
each channel can be set by selecting a channel and using the drop-down menu.

Channel Name The number of the channel.

Green indicates the channel will be tested and Blue that the channel will not be
tested.
Description Name assigned to each circuit.
monitor True or false – defines if the circuit will be tested.
sensor type HFCT / TEV / HVCC
eKST filter low pass Specifies the frequency of the low pass filter; 500 kHz / 1 MHz / 10 MHz.
eKST filter high pass Specifies the frequency of the high pass filter; 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz.
Atten. (20V) True or false.
Phase Specifies the phase of the plant under test – ‘N/A’ should be used for TEV and AA
sensors.
Transfer Z Transfer impedance of the sensor.
Cables / feeder Specifies the number of cables / feeder.
V kV Specifies the voltage of the plant under test in kV.
Asset type Specifies the asset (plant) type under test.

HVPD Ltd. | Sensor Configuration

Next the Assets menu will open and the user can set the Category and Type of the Assets
under test.

HVPD Ltd. | Assets

Finally the user will be prompted to select the trigger for power frequency
synchronisation:

Confirming acquisition setup will start the monitoring session.

HVPD Ltd. | Power Frequency and Starting the Monitoring Session

The software will then show the ‘Traces’ screen. The software status will show
‘Initialisation’, as shown below:

HVPD Ltd. | Spot Test Acquisition Session

The status will then show ‘Acquiring: Group Name / File Name: (Current Power Cycle) /
(Total Number of Cycles)’ indicating that the test has begun:

HVPD Ltd. | Spot Test Acquisition Session

Once the status changes to ‘Analysing: Group Name / File Name: (Current Power Cycle) /
(Total Number of Cycles)’, real time data will show on each active channel. The software
will also show real time statistics above each graph:

HVPD Ltd. | Spot Test Acquisition Session

The ‘Pause Acquisition’ button allows the user to pause the acquisition temporarily. ‘Stop
Acquisition’ will completely end the test session. These controls can be useful if there is a
problem either with the hardware or software setups:

HVPD Ltd. | Spot Test Acquisition Session

After each power cycle is acquired, the status will show ‘Analyzing’ as the data acquired is
processed. This feature can be turned off by selecting ‘Toggle PD Analysis’; this speeds
up the acquisition process. The status will then show {no analysis} and the button will
turn black and white:

HVPD Ltd. | Spot Test Acquisition Session

During acquisition the user can view the traces for each channel overlaid on a single plot
by selecting ‘Traces Overlaid’. This allows real time comparison of all channels, as well as
providing count and peak statistics.

HVPD Ltd. | Spot Test Acquisition Session

Once a test is complete, the status will show ‘Waiting Q’, and the data from the last cycle
will be shown:

HVPD Ltd. | Spot Test Acquisition Session

The data that is shown within the KST Control software can be looked at more closely
using the scale tool. The user should drag the mouse from left to right along the graph in
question to zoom into the section which is selected:

HVPD Ltd. | Exploring Waveforms in Real Time

• Trend Viewer
• Top level view

• Heatmap Viewer
• Detailed analysis
• PRPD plots

• Scope Control Viewer

• Pulse waveforms

HVPD Ltd. | Data Analysis

The Trend Viewer showing the levels of PD activity for three PD tests. Notice the dead
times between the tests.

The dead times between the tests.

HVPD Ltd. | Explore the Trend

Heatmap viewer displays events as a two-dimensional plot.

HVPD Ltd. | Heatmap Viewer

Filtering by event type

HVPD Ltd. | Heatmap Viewer

Selecting an area of graph

Highlighted region of The enlarged view of these events.

events in green rectangle.

HVPD Ltd. | Heatmap Viewer

Selecting an area of the graph

The Amplitude Trend Pane showing the

Trend for only the highlighted region.

HVPD Ltd. | Heatmap Viewer

 Clustering by pulse shape parameters

1. Select Pulse Shape Parameters

2. Click to generate graphs

Parameter Units Notes

Amplitude (Peak) volts (V) The height of the pulse’s peak.
Area volt seconds (V s) The area under the pulse’s trace line.
Energy coulombs (C) The energy of the pulse.
Fall Time seconds (s) The time taken for the pulse to fall from 90% → 10% of its height.
Fatness seconds (s) The data point’s Area divided by Amplitude
Frequency hertz (Hz) The highest value of the FFT of the segment calculated over ~5 * Peak Width
Modified Frequency hertz (Hz) The weighted average value of the FFT of the segment calculated over ~5 * Peak Width
Peak Width seconds (s) The width of the pulse at 10% of its height.
Phase degrees (0-360°) Event occurrence of the pulse in the power Frequency cycle
Rise Time seconds (s) The time taken for the pulse to rise from 10% → 90% of its height
Sharpness No Units The data point’s Rise Time divided by Peak Width

HVPD Ltd. | Heatmap Viewer

Clustering by pulse shape parameters

HVPD Ltd. | Heatmap Viewer

The Scope Control Viewer can be used interrogate an individual event’s waveform:

Highlight a region and Right-Click.

Then select ‘Open Scope Control Viewer’.

The Scope Control Viewer opens and the

user can interrogate the waveforms from
the highlighted region.

HVPD Ltd. | Scope Control Viewer

The Scope Control Viewer can be used interrogate an individual event’s waveform:

HVPD Ltd. | Scope Control Viewer

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