CVVOZE Power Laboratories – High Voltage Group

Main research areas

  • Precise diagnostics and electrical parameters measurement of solid, liquid and gaseous dielectrics.
  • Measurement of residual electrical strength.
  • Investigation into interference, internal and surface partial discharge measurement and EMC testing.
  • Development activities in power medium/high cable insulation diagnostics.
  • Aging processes of dielectric materials.
  • Detectors of discharge activity/pre-fault conditions of energetic equipment. 
  • Measurement of the real behavior of alternative gases and gas mixtures to SF6.

Main practical research results

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Main research publications

  • KRBAL, M.; PELIKÁN, L.; ŠTĚPÁNEK, J.; ORSÁGOVÁ, J.; KOLCUNOVÁ, I. A Physical Calibrator for Partial Discharge Meters. ENERGIES, 2019, roč. 12, č. 11, s. 1-10. ISSN: 1996-1073. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12112057
  • KRBAL, M.; PELIKÁN, L.; BUKVIŠOVÁ, Z.; KOLCUNOVÁ, I. Heating MV Cables to the Exact Temperature for Combined Test. Przeglad Elektrotechniczny, 2019, roč. 10/2019, č. 11, s. 193-199. ISSN: 0033-2097. https://www.doi.org/10.15199/48.2019.11.48
  • KRBAL, M.; ŠTĚPÁNEK, J.; PELIKÁN, L.; ORSÁGOVÁ, J.; KOLCUNOVÁ, I. Comparison of Electric and Radiometric Methods for Liquid Dielectric Diagnostic. Przeglad Elektrotechniczny, 2019, roč. 6/2019, č. 04, s. 15-22. ISSN: 0033-2097. www.doi.org/10.15199/48.2019.06.04
  • POURAKBARI KASMAEI, M.; MAHMOOD, F.; KRBAL, M.; PELIKÁN, L.; ORSÁGOVÁ, J.; TOMAN, P.; LEHTONEN, M. Evaluation of Filtered Spark Gap on the Lightning Protection of Distribution Transformers: Experimental and Simulation Study. ENERGIES, 2020, roč. 13, č. 15, s. 1-23. ISSN: 1996-1073. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13153799
  • ŠÁRPATAKY, M.; KRBAL, M.; KURIMSKÝ, J.; RAJŇAK, M.; ADAMČÁK, M. Dielectric Performance of Natural- and Synthetic-Ester-Based Nanofluids with Fullerene Nanoparticles. ENERGIES, 2022, roč. 16, č. 343, s. 1-15. ISSN: 1996-1073. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010343
  • KYSELOVÁ, D.; MIKEŠ, J.; AMBROŽOVÁ, I.; BENTON, E.; ŠTĚPÁN, V.; SOMMER, M.; KRBAL, M.; PELIKÁN, L.; PLOC, O.; REITZ, G. Measurements of radiation induced by a spark discharge under laboratory conditions. RADIATION MEASUREMENTS, 2020, roč. 137, č. 106420, s. 1-5. ISSN: 1350-4487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106420
  • ŠÁRPATAKY, M.; KRBAL, M.; KURIMSKÝ, J.; RAJŇAK, M.; PAULOVIČOVÁ, K.; PELIKÁN, L. Synthetic and natural ester-based nanofluids with fullerene and magnetite nanoparticles – An experimental AC breakdown voltage study. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS, 2022, roč. 368, č. B, s. 1-11. ISSN: 0167-7322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120802
  • ŠTĚPÁNOVÁ, D.; KRBAL, M.; MIKEŠ, J.; ŠTĚPÁN, V.; PLOC, O. VERTICAL DOSIMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGE INDUCED AT LIGHTNING IMPULSE VOLTAGE GENERATOR. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY, 2022, roč. 198, č. 9-11, s. 617-622. ISSN: 1742-3406. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncac107