Method for recognizing partial discharges emitted inside or outside an electrical apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Technology GmbH
InventorsBouchra Daoudi, Raphaël Lebreton, Sébastien Louise, Gilbert Luna
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Abstract
A method of recognizing partial discharges emitted inside or outside electrical equipment after at least one partial discharge activity has been detected Partial discharge patterns are recorded beforehand in a data base, each pattern being associated with the type of fault that generated it. A new partial discharge (Pd) pattern is acquired. The new partial discharge pattern is compared with discharge patterns that are already recorded in the data base The matching fault in the equipment is obtained by deduction, and the result is recorded in the data base.
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A progressive method of recognizing partial discharges emitted inside or outside electrical equipment, wherein this recognition of partial discharges is shape recognition of the partial discharge patterns wherein after recording known partial discharge patterns in a data base with each pattern being associated with the type of fault that generated it, and after detecting at least one partial discharge activity, said method comprises the following steps:
- acquiring a color image by measuring a series of partial discharge patterns in phase and in amplitude, the series of partial discharge patterns resulting from the emitted partial discharges at the equipment
- processing and transposing the color image into a black and white image;
- acquiring a new partial discharge pattern from the black and white image;
- sub-dividing the new partial discharge pattern into four equal portions by splitting the new partial discharge pattern in two along a horizontal axis, and in two along a vertical axis;
- analyzing the four equal portions to allocate a category to the new partial discharge pattern;
- comparing, as a function of the category, said new partial discharge pattern with partial discharge patterns that are already recorded in the data base;
- diagnosing a source of said new partial discharge pattern and obtaining a matching fault in the equipment;
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- recording the diagnosing and matching result obtained in the data base.
A progressive method of recognizing partial discharges emitted inside or outside an electrical equipment, the method comprising recording known partial discharge patterns in a data base, each known partial discharge pattern being associated with a type of fault that generated it,
- the method further comprising, upon detection of a partial discharge activity:
- generating a color image by processing a series of partial discharge patterns in phase and in amplitude, the partial discharge patterns being measured with a measurement probe connected to the electrical equipment;
- transposing the color image into a black and white image, the black and white image forming a new partial discharge pattern representative of the partial discharge activity;
- sub-dividing the new partial discharge pattern into four equal portions, by splitting the new partial discharge pattern in two along a horizontal axis, and in two along a vertical axis;
- analyzing the four equal portions to allocate a category to the new partial discharge pattern;
- selecting, in the data base, known partial discharge patterns as a function of the category allocated to the new partial discharge pattern;
- comparing the new partial discharge pattern with the selected known partial discharge patterns, thereby obtaining a result;
- as a function of the result, retrieving, from the data base, the type of fault generating the partial discharge activity;
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- recording the result in the data base.
A progressive method of recognizing partial discharges emitted inside or outside an electrical equipment, the method comprising recording known partial discharge patterns in a data base, each known partial discharge pattern being associated with a type of fault that generated it,
- the method further comprising, upon detection of a partial discharge activity, the steps of:
- generating a color image by processing a series of partial discharge patterns in phase and in amplitude, the partial discharge patterns being measured with a measurement probe connected to the electrical equipment;
- transposing the color image into a black and white image, the black and white image forming a new partial discharge pattern representative of the partial discharge activity;
- testing the black and white image to assess whether an image remains;
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- if no image remains, adjusting parameters of the processing of the color image, then performing again the steps of generating the color image and transposing the color image into a black and white image to obtain the new partial discharge pattern;
- if an image remains, comparing a size of the new partial discharge pattern to a predetermined threshold, and
- if the size is lower than the predetermined threshold, expanding the new partial discharge pattern along an ordinate axis;
- if the size is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, not expanding the new partial discharge pattern;
- sub-dividing the new partial discharge pattern into four equal portions, by splitting the new partial discharge pattern in two along a horizontal axis, and in two along a vertical axis;
- analyzing the four equal portions to allocate a category to the new partial discharge pattern;
- selecting, in the data base, known partial discharge patterns as a function of the category allocated to the new partial discharge pattern;
- comparing the new partial discharge pattern with the selected known partial discharge patterns, thereby obtaining a result;
- as a function of the result, retrieving, from the data base, the type of fault generating the partial discharge activity;
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- recording the result in the data base.
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