This paper discusses approaches to measure moisture in power transformers by analyzing the dielectric response of the main insulation. Dielectric diagnostic methods deduce moisture in the solid insulation from dielect...This paper discusses approaches to measure moisture in power transformers by analyzing the dielectric response of the main insulation. Dielectric diagnostic methods deduce moisture in the solid insulation from dielectric properties like polarisation depolarisation currents and dissipation factor vs. frequency. A new instrument "Dirana" combines time domain (PDC) and frequency domain (FDS) measurements and thus substantially shortens the measurement duration. New software was developed which bases on a new data pool,measured at new and aged pressboard samples with various moisture contents and oil impregnation. Its analysis algorithm compares measurements from a transformer to modelled dielectric responses,obtained from the so-called XY-model. To avoid overestimation of moisture for aged transformers,the analysis algorithm compensates for the influence of conductive aging by-products. Moisture especially increases the losses in the low frequency range of the dielectric response of pressboard. Thus,data on the left-hand side of the area dominated by interfacial polarization (insulation geometry) are required for reliable moisture determination. Case studies illustrate the application of moisture determination by dielectric response methods.展开更多
文摘This paper discusses approaches to measure moisture in power transformers by analyzing the dielectric response of the main insulation. Dielectric diagnostic methods deduce moisture in the solid insulation from dielectric properties like polarisation depolarisation currents and dissipation factor vs. frequency. A new instrument "Dirana" combines time domain (PDC) and frequency domain (FDS) measurements and thus substantially shortens the measurement duration. New software was developed which bases on a new data pool,measured at new and aged pressboard samples with various moisture contents and oil impregnation. Its analysis algorithm compares measurements from a transformer to modelled dielectric responses,obtained from the so-called XY-model. To avoid overestimation of moisture for aged transformers,the analysis algorithm compensates for the influence of conductive aging by-products. Moisture especially increases the losses in the low frequency range of the dielectric response of pressboard. Thus,data on the left-hand side of the area dominated by interfacial polarization (insulation geometry) are required for reliable moisture determination. Case studies illustrate the application of moisture determination by dielectric response methods.
