Magnetic and electric antennas calibration for partial discharge charge estimation in gas-insulated substations

[EN] There are no accepted procedures that quantify the apparent charge of partial discharge (PD) in gas-insulated substations (GIS). This paper proposes a calibration method for PD charge estimation using unconventional electromagnetic sensors: a magnetic loop antenna (inductive coupler) and an ele...

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Autores: Mier, Christian, Castro, Luis, Vaessen, Peter, Rodrigo Mor, Armando|||0000-0002-5719-8201
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/197361
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/197361
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Partial discharges
Calibration
PD sensors
Gas-insulated substations
Charge
INGENIERIA ELECTRICA
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Sumario:[EN] There are no accepted procedures that quantify the apparent charge of partial discharge (PD) in gas-insulated substations (GIS). This paper proposes a calibration method for PD charge estimation using unconventional electromagnetic sensors: a magnetic loop antenna (inductive coupler) and an electric antenna (capacitive coupler.) The calibration procedure is intended for the voltage double integral method, which is reviewed for magnetic antennas and extended for electric antennas. By injecting low-frequency sinusoidal signals, the cali-bration constants are determined for two different test setups: the first one being a testbench where the char-acteristic impedance is matched and the second one a full-scale 420 kV GIS. The calibration method is validated in three ways: with a calibrated pulse in the testbench, a calibrated pulse in a full-scale GIS, and PD defects in the full-scale GIS. The calibration procedure revealed a frequency limit range dependent on the GIS length and the sensor's signal-to-noise ratio. The three validation methods showed low charge estimation errors for the mag-netic and electric antennas, demonstrating that the PD calibration method applies to any electric/magnetic detector with a low-frequency derivative response. This research paves the way for better GIS insulation monitoring and PD sensor harmonization.(c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.