International comparison test in Asia‐Pacific region for impulse voltage measurements

The national standard class divider for the lightning impulse voltage measurements in Japan was developed in 1998. After three years, the standard impulse voltage calibrator has also been manufactured. These standard equipment are used as an industrial standard, and the performance had been evaluated annually supported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The standard impulse measuring system including the standard divider participated in the worldwide comparison test and its good performance was confirmed in 1999. Another international comparison test was carried out among three countries in the Asia-Pacific region in 2004 again and the standard measuring system participated in the test. In this paper, the details and the results of the international comparison tests in 2004 are described. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 166(3): 46– 54, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.20677