1 Scope
2 Terminology
2.1 Types of Dry Type Air Core Series Reactors
2.2 Series Reactor Applications
2.3 Voltage Definitions
2.4 Rating of a Series Reactor
2.5 Insulation
2.6 Losses, Impedance and System Frequency
3 References
4 General Requirements
4.1 Service Conditions
4.2 Operation at Altitudes in Excess of 3300 Feet
5 Rating
5.1 Basis of Rating
5.2 Reactance Rating
5.3 Voltage Rating
5.4 Continuous Current Rating
5.5 Short-Circuit Current Rating
6 Tests
6.1 Where Tests Are To Be Made
6.2 Types of Tests
7 Losses and Impedance
7.1 Losses
7.2 Impedance
7.3 Impedance and Losses Test
8 Temperature Rise
8.1 Life of Insulating Materials
8.2 Limits of Temperature Rise
8.3 Temperature Rise Tests
9 Insulation Levels and Dielectric Tests
9.1 Impulse Insulation Levels
9.2 Dielectric Test Levels
9.3 Dielectric Tests
10 Short-Circuits
10.1 Short-Circuit Capability
10.2 Mechanical Limit of Current Limiting Reactors for
Short-circuit Conditions
10.3 Thermal Limit of Current Limiting Reactors for
Short-circuit Conditions
10.4 Mechanical Short-circuit Tests
11 Test Code
11.1 General
11.2 Resistance Measurements
11.3 Dielectric Tests
11.4 Losses and Impedance
11.5 Temperature Rise Tests
11.6 Short-circuit Test
11.7 Short-time Current
11.8 Audible Sound Level Test
12 Construction
12.1 Nameplates
12.2 Insulator Units
12.3 tap (In a Reactor)
TABLES
Table 1 Dielectric Strength Correction Factors for
Altitudes Greater Than 3300 Feet (1000 Meters)
Table 2 Maximum Allowable 24h Average Temperature of
Cooling Air to Permit Dry-type Air-Core Series
Reactors to Carry Rated Current
Table 3 Routine Design and Other Tests for Dry-Type
Series Reactors
Table 4 Limits of Temperature Rise for Continuously
Rated Dry-Type Air-Core Series Reactors
Table 5 Insulation Test Levels for Dry-Type Air-Core
Series Reactors
Table 6 Radio Influence Voltage
Table 7 Value of K for Use in Equation 10.2.2
Table 8 Limiting Temperature for Rated Short-Time
Current
Figures
Fig.1 Connections for the Drop-of-Potential Method
of Resistance Measurement
Fig.2 Turn-to-Turn Test Circuit and Sample
Oscillogrammes
Fig.3 Single-Phase Reactor Connections for Impedance
-Loss and Impedance-Voltage Tests. Instrument
Transformers to be Added When Necessary
Fig.4 Three-Phase Reactor Connections for Impedance
-Loss and Impedance-Voltage Tests. Instrument
Transformers to be Added When Necessary
Fig.5 Guideline for Bus Connection and Arrangement
for Short-Circuit Testing
Fig.6 Microphone Locations for Audible Sound Tests
Fig. A1 Single Quadrant Plot of Flux Surrounding a
Typical Reactor
Fig. A2 Installation Guidance Summary - Basic Rules
Fig. D1 Typical Configurations for a Series
Compensation Capacitor with Discharge Current
Limiting Reactor
ANNEX TO DIELECTRIC TESTS INCLUDING INFORMATION ON WAVE-
SHAPE CONTROL
Annex A: Construction and Installation of Dry-Type Air-
Core Series Reactor
Annex B: Specific Requirements For Dry-Type Air-Core
Filter Reactors
Annex C: Dry-Type Air-Core Shunt Capacitor Reactors
Annex D: Dry-Type Air-Core Discharge Current-Limiting
Reactors For Series Capacitor Bank
Applications