THE STUDY ON MEASURING TECHNIQUE OF PARTIAL DISCHARGE IN GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR USING ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY METHOD WITH EXTERNAL SENSORS

Objective In order to find early latent faults and prevent catastrophic failures, diagnosis of insulation condition by measuring technique of partial discharge(PD) in gas insulated switchgear (GIS) is applied in this paper, which is one of the most basic ways for diagnosis of insulation condition. Methods Ultra high frequency(UHF) PD detection method by using internal sensors has been proved efficient, because it may avoid the disturbance of corona, but the sensor installation of this method will be limited by the structure and operation condition of GIS. There are some of electromagnetic (E-M) waves leak from the place of insulation spacer, therefore, the external sensors UHF measuring PD technique is applied, which isn't limited by the operation condition of GIS. Results This paper analyzes propagated electromagnetic (E-M) waves of partial discharge pulse excited by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The signal collected at the outer point is more complex than that of the inner point, and the signals' amplitude of outer is about half of the inner, because it propagates through spacer and insulation slot. Set up UHF PD measuring system. The typical PD in 252kV GIS bus bar was measured using PD detection UHF technique with external sensors. Finally, compare the results of UHF measuring technique using external sensors with the results of FDTD method simulation and the traditional IEC60270 method detection. Conclusion The results of experiment shows that the UHF technique can realize the diagnosis of insulation condition, the results of FDTD method simulation and the result UHF method detection can demonstrate each other, which gives references to further researches and application for UHF PD measuring technique.

External UHF Sensor for GIS PD Insulation Defect from Resin Hole

In view of the effective perception demand of PD(Partial Discharge)insulation defect of in-service GIS(Gas Insulated Switchgear),the external UHF(Ultra High Frequency,0.3−3 GHz)sensing technology for GIS PD insulation defect fromresin hole is studied in this paper.Firstly,rectangular waveguide theory is used to analyze the electromagnetic wave propagation characteristics from rectangular resin hole in GIS disc insulator.It is found that the energy of leaked electromagnetic wave mainly concentrates in the frequency band above 1 GHz.Then based on this frequency band characteristics,a cavity-backed bowtie sensor for GIS PD external detection is designed optimized by HFSS finite element software,in band of 1–3 GHz,its maximum VSWR is 7,the minimum is 1.1,the average is 2.9,and in band of 0.3–1 GHz,the maximum and minimum VSWR is 42.8 and 7,the average is 20.6.Finally,a sensor prototype is made,its sensitivity experiment is carried out on 220 kV GIS,experimental results show that the designed sensor can stably detect the PD electromagnetic wave signal leaked fromthe resin hole,and the signal energy in frequency band range is consistent with the theoretical analysis results.