Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing an internal fault of an oil-immersed transformer by analyzing the composition ratio of dissolved gas in oil that is caused when an internal fault of the oil-immersed transformer occurs. According to the present invention, a method for diagnosing an internal fault of an oil-immersed tranformer by extracting and analyzing dissolved gas in oil from the oil-immersed transformer for which an internal fault is to be diagnosed comprises: a first step of calculating the composition ratio of each of CH4/H2, C2H2/C2H4, C2H4, C2H4/C2H6, and C2H4/CH4 from among the extracted dissolved gas in oil; a second step of determining whether the internal fault is an electrical fault or a thermal fault using the calculated composition ratios of CH4/H2 and C2H2/C2H4; and a third step of determining, if said internal fault is determined to be an electrical fault in the second step, whether the electrical fault is a partial discharge (PD), a discharge of low energy (D1), or a discharge of high energy (D2) using the calculated composition ratios of C2H2/C2H4 and C2H4/C2H6.
Abstract:
A partial discharge sensor is configured to have a metal casing 7 disposed outside flange 2a and 2b and a bowtie antenna 8 disposed inside the metal casing 7 in a direction orthogonal to a circumferential direction of the flanges 2a and 2b to thus receive a signal caused by a partial discharge over a wide band with high sensitivity.
Abstract:
A testing arrangement for testing the dielectric strength of liquid insulating media has a test cell comprising an interior space for receiving the insulating medium to be tested and a first test electrode and a second test electrode for generating an electric field in a test volume of the test cell. The test cell is arranged in the interior of a receiving vessel which is filled with an auxiliary insulating medium or in the interior of an evacuated receiving vessel.
Abstract:
A partial-discharge measuring device (3) which detects partial discharges in a gas-insulated, metal-enclosed, high-voltage system. The device includes an annular-gap antenna (6) arranged on the inner surface of the metal enclosure (1), a coaxial measuring cable (7) guided to a measuring instrument, and a tapering adaptor conductor (8) which connects the annular-gap antenna (6) and the coaxial measuring cable (7). The annular gap (9) of the antenna is determined by a plate-shaped electrode (10) which is inserted in an electrically insulated fashion into an opening (5), provided for a flanged attachment (4) in the metal enclosure (1). The adaptor conductor (8) includes an inner conductor, which supports the electrode (10), and is guided onto the shielded conductor (14) of the measuring cable (7), and an outer conductor which is guided onto the shield (15) of the measuring cable (7). The flanged attachment (4) tapers in the shape of a funnel between the opening (5) and the flange (16), and forms with its inner surface a first portion of the outer conductor. The partial-discharge measuring device (3) is of a simple and compact design and can be produced economically. In the UHF region, which is important for an accurate measurement of partial discharges, its transfer function exhibits at frequencies between 300 MHz and 1.8 GHz a portion which is high and flat. The measuring accuracy and sensitivity of the partial-discharge measuring device (3) are therefore particularly high in this frequency region.
Abstract:
A device (1) for assessing the corrosion of the transformer windings in an oil-insulated transformer comprising a copper conductor (2) immersed in the oil. The change of the resistance of the copper conductor (2) over time is measured, e.g. using a Wheatstone bridge (2, 12a, 12b, 12c), and used to assess the degradation of the copper exposed to the insulation oil. The temperature of the copper conductor can be controlled by an heating element and a temperature sensor.
Abstract:
A method for identifying one or more simultaneously occurring partial discharge sources from partial discharge measurement signals of an electrical device to which an AC voltage is applied. A method according to the invention for identifying one or more simultaneously occurring partial discharge sources from partial discharge measurement signals of an electrical device to which an AC voltage is applied, in particular a gas-insulated system, a high-voltage generator, a transformer, an electrical high-voltage power line or an electrical cable, comprises the following steps: on the basis of a frequency matrix into which measured partial discharge pulses are entered as partial discharge pulse matrix arrays according to the detected pulse amplitude and to the detected phase position and in which partial discharge pulse matrix arrays are allocated to at least one enclosed area of partial discharge pulse matrix arrays, determining area parameters of the at least one enclosed area of partial discharge pulse matrix arrays; comparing, for each enclosed area of partial discharge pulse matrix arrays, area parameters of the enclosed area of partial discharge pulse matrix arrays to predetermined rule sets, with each rule set corresponding to a characteristic partial discharge pulse area basic form; and allocating, for each enclosed area of partial discharge pulse matrix arrays, that rule set to the enclosed area which best corresponds to the enclosed area, such that one partial discharge pulse area basic form is allocated to each enclosed area of partial discharge pulse matrix arrays; applying predetermined fault rules, which allocate characteristic partial discharge pulse area basic forms and characteristic combinations of partial discharge pulse area basic forms to known partial discharge sources, to the ascertained partial discharge pulse area basic forms in order to determine those partial discharge sources which have rendered the corresponding partial discharge pulses.
Abstract:
A diagnostic method and apparatus for assessing the insulation condition of electrical equipment (3) insulated with oil (2). The method comprises the following steps: measuring the concentration of at least one gas dissolved in the insulating oil (2) of the electrical equipment (3); deriving at least one concentration parameter correlated with the gas concentration measured in a predetermined acquisition time interval; measuring electrical pulses relating to partial electrical discharges which occur in the electrical equipment (3) and which generate said pulses; deriving at least one discharge parameter correlated with the partial discharges measured substantially concurrently with the predetermined acquisition time interval; deriving a diagnostic indication about the insulation condition of the electrical equipment (3) as a function of the derived values of the concentration and discharge parameters.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to testing technique and designed to be used in the research n the dielectric rigidity of high-voltage equipment gaseous isolation. The technical result of the invention is the achievement of gas dielectric breakdown with relatively low voltage. A corona discharge is generated by supplying the initial voltage to the electrodes, defining the discharge gap so as to ensure a three dimensional load at the corona-producing electrode. Then, the total voltage, sufficient for complete breakdown, is supplied to the discharge gap with the uniformly distributed three-dimensional load and the breakdown of a gaseous dielectric takes place. The present method provides the decrease of corona discharge and formation of impulse pedestal with the help of additional dynamic discharger in the circuit, which electrodes are switched from the closed state to the open one.
Abstract:
A LOW INTENSITY SPARK DISCHARGE IS PERIODICALLY IGNITED AND EXTINGUISHED IN A GIVEN ATMOSPHERE BY APPLYING VOLTAGE PULSES ACROSS ONE OR MORE PAIRS OF ELECTRODES DISPOSED IN THE GIVEN ATMOSPHERE, WHICH PULSES HAVE AMPLITUDES SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE A LOW INTENSITY SPARK DISCHARGE TO OCCUR ACROSS ONE OF THE PAIRS OF ELECTRODES IN THE PRESENCE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL CONCENTRATIONS IN THE GIVEN ATMOSPHERE OF GASEOUS IMPURITIES TO BE DETECTED. A DETECTOR DETECTS CHANGES IN THE MAXIMUM ELECTRODE VOLTAGE OCCURING DURING THE LOW INTENSITY SPARK DISCHARGES FROM THE MAXIMUM ELECTRODE VOLTAGE IN THE ABSENCE OF GASEOUS IMPURITIES, WHICH CHANGES CORRESPOND TO THE PRESENCE OF GASEOUS IMPURITIES IN THE GIVEN ATMOSPHERE. IN ONE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION, THE DETECTOR INCLUDES A VOLTAGESENSITIVE SWITCH ACTUABLE BY A CHANGE OF MORE THAN A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE IN THE MAXIMUM ELECTRODE VOLTAGE FROM ITS VALUE IN THE ABSENCE OF GASEOUS IMPURITIES. IN ANOTHER EMBODIMENT, THE DETECTOR INCLUDES A PEAK-READING VOLTMETER, ENABLING THE IMPURITY CONCENTRATION TO BE READ DIRECTLY. IN A FURTHER EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION, CHANGES IN THE MAXIMUM ELECTRODE VOLTAGE ARE CONVERTED INTO VARIATIONS IN THE FREQUENCY OF THE VOLTAGE PULSES APPLIED TO THE ELECTRODES, WHICH FREQUENCY VARIATIONS ARE USED TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF IMPURITIES. IN A FURTHER ENBODIMENT, TWO PAIRS OF ELECTRODES ARE PROVIDED AND A CHANGE IN THE MAXIMUM ELECTRODE VOLTAGE IS DETECTED BY THE TRANSFER OF THE DISCHARGE FROM ONE ELECTRODE PAIR TO THE OTHER.
Abstract:
A testing arrangement for testing the dielectric strength of liquid insulating media has a test cell comprising an interior space for receiving the insulating medium to be tested and a first test electrode and a second test electrode for generating an electric field in a test volume of the test cell. The test cell is arranged in the interior of a receiving vessel which is filled with an auxiliary insulating medium or in the interior of an evacuated receiving vessel.