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Partial discharges (PD) are the most common and harmful threat to the health of electrical insulation of high voltage (HV) and high field (HF) equipment. The occurrence of PD activity in HV and MV equipment is at the same time a cause and a sign of insulation degradation that may eventually result in the breakdown of the HV power equipment. For the safe and reliable operation of HV power equipment, continuous PD monitoring needs to be conducted conveniently to prevent any unplanned power outages and damage to electrical power equipment. The ultra-high frequency (UHF) PD measurement method has been widely used as an effective technique to detect PD activity on HV power equipment due to its noninvasive principle. To enable PD detection accuracy, there is still a need for more sensitive PD sensors that can assist the UHF PD monitoring system by suppressing ambient background noise and low-frequency electromagnetic interferences from telecommunication such as GSM signals. To tackle the sensitivity issues, this article presents a new design of ultra-wideband (UWB) microstrip patch antenna that is capable of effective suppression of low-frequency interference signals. The proposed antenna, designed, simulated, and optimized using the CST Microwave Studio software, has a bandwidth of 3.3GHz, below-10dB, in the operating frequency range of 1.2GHz-4.5GHz. The prototype of this antenna, printed on an FR4 substrate of a thickness of 1.6mm and a dielectric constant of 4.4, featuring a compact size of 100mm × 100mm × 1.6mm, was implemented to detect PD through laboratory experiments. This paper shows that the designed UWB antenna has high sensitivity, good noise rejection and it is, therefore, a promising candidate sensor for PD detection on HV equipment.
Wideband UHF Antenna for Partial Discharge Detection
Applied Sciences, 2020
This paper presents a ultra-high frequency (UHF) antenna for partial discharge (PD) detection and the antenna sensor can be used near a conducting ground wire. The proposed UHF antenna has advantages of easy setup and higher-frequency detection over the high-frequency current transformer (HFCT) sensor. First, a variety of loop-shaped antennas are designed to compare each near field coupling capability. Then, a new UHF antenna is designed based on the loop-shaped antenna, which has the best near field coupling capability. Finally, the proposed UHF antenna is fabricated and measured. It provides a wide impedance bandwidth of 760 MHz (740–1500 MHz). Its simple setup configuration and wide bandwidth frequency response in the UHF band can provide a more efficient means for PD detection.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2015
Detecting partial discharge (PD) is an effective way to evaluate the condition of high-voltage electrical equipment insulation. The UHF detection method has attracted attention due to its high sensitivity, strong interference resistance, and ability to locate PDs. In this paper, a miniaturized equiangular spiral antenna (ESA) for UHF detection that uses a printed circuit board is proposed. I-shaped, L-shaped, and C-shaped microstrip baluns were designed to match the impedance between the ESA and coaxial cable and were verified by a vector network analyzer. For comparison, three other types of UHF antenna were also designed: A microstrip patch antenna, a microstrip slot antenna, and a printed dipole antenna. Their antenna factors were calibrated in a uniform electric field of different frequencies modulated in a gigahertz transverse electromagnetic cell. We performed comparison experiments on PD signal detection using an artificial defect model based on the international IEC 60270 st...
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This article presents a design of ultra-high frequency (UHF), ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna used for partial discharge (PD) detection on high voltage and medium voltage power system equipment. The proposed UHF antenna has a working frequency band of 1.2GHz-4.5GHz, covering a total bandwidth of 3.3GHz with a return loss of less than-10dB in the entire antenna's operating frequency. The computer simulation technology (CST) Microwave Studio software was used to design, simulate and optimize the proposed antenna. Upon simulation and optimization process, the antenna prototype was fabricated on the FR-4 substrate of 1.6 mm thickness and dielectric permittivity of 4.4. This antenna has a compact size of 100mm × 100mm.The radiating patch and the ground plane of this antenna are made of annealed copper whose thickness is 0.035mm. The simulations and measurement results for the proposed antenna are in a good agreement, and the return loss of this antenna is less than −10dB with voltage standing wave ratio, VSWR, < 2 within the frequency range of interest. The proposed antenna performance in PD sensing is compared with a commercial high-frequency current transformer, HFCT. To validate the sensitivity performance of the designed antenna, experimental PD measurements were carried out by using an epoxy slab inserted between two parallel plates electrode model, in order to generate surface discharge on the insulator, and using a needle-plate electrode configuration to generate corona discharge in transformer oil. Based on PD measurement results, it was shown that the designed antenna has a high sensitivity, which make it a suitable candidate for UHF partial discharge monitoring on high voltage and medium voltage power assets. INDEX TERMS Surface discharge, corona discharge, UHF antenna, HFCT, UHF PD monitoring.
Bio-inspired Printed Monopole Antenna Applied to Partial Discharge Detection
Sensors, 2019
A new, bio-inspired printed monopole antenna (PMA) model is applied to monitor partial discharge (PD) activity in high voltage insulating systems. An optimized sensor was obtained by designing a PMA in accordance with the characteristics of the electromagnetic signal produced by PD. An ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna was obtained by applying the truncated ground plane technique. The patch geometry was bio-inspired by that of the Inga Marginata leaf, resulting in a significant reduction in size. To verify the operating frequency and gain of the PMA, measurements were carried out in an anechoic chamber. The results show that the antenna operating bandwidth covers most of the frequency range of PD occurrence. Moreover, the antenna presented a good sensitivity (mean gain of 3.63 dBi). The antenna performance was evaluated through comparative results with the standard IEC 60270 method. For this purpose, simultaneous tests were carried out in a PD generator arrangement, composed by an oil ce...
A t-shaped partial ground microstrip patch antenna based UHF sensor for partial discharge detection
Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2020
Continuous partial discharge (PD) monitoring and early PD detection is important in making sure the necessary preventative measures can be taken accordingly. This paper proposed a T-shaped partial ground microstrip patch antenna that is able to detect PD signal within the UHF range. The antenna was designed and simulated using CST Microwave Studio. The antenna was then fabricated using FR4 substrate material and tested for reception test. The simulation results and the analysis from the fabricated antenna confirmed that the proposed antenna able to detect PD signal at UHF range (specifically at about 500 MHz) and fulfilled the design requirements in terms of the return loss, VSWR, bandwidth and gain. Reception test had confirmed that the proposed antenna was able to detect PD signals that are located at maximum distance, ranges from 37 cm to 70 cm (depending on the PD signal strength). The proposed antenna also had succesfully detected PD occurances at 300 MHz to 700 MHz. In conclus...
Development of Loop Antennas for Partial Discharge Detection
International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 2015
This paper discusses the development of loop antenna to detect partial discharge (PD). The loop antenna is designed to measure PD induced EM wave in the frequency up to 100 MHz. The form, the circumference, the number of rounds of loop antenna affect the frequency response of the antenna. In the design, the circumference of a loop antenna is set to be a tenth of a wavelength of PD induced EM wave. The conductor wire length of loop antenna is set to be 30 cm to achieve 100 MHz bandwidth. Various forms of the loop antenna: circle, square, and triangle have been designed and implemented. The designed loop antennas were applied to measure PD in high voltage laboratory. The needle-plate electrodes in air is used as a PD source. The test results showed that the new designed loop antennas were able to detect and measure PD. PD induced EM wave waveform and pattern were measured. The effect of distance between PD source and the antennas was observed. The sensitivity of the circle loop antenna is the best among the new designed loop antennas.
Enhanced bowtie UHF antenna for detecting partial discharge in gas insulated substation
2013 48th International Universities' Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2013
UHF method to detect partial discharge (PD) phenomenon has been proven to be an effective way. Many types of UHF antenna have been developed in order to achieve a better sensitivity and accuracy in certain bandwidth (300 MHz -3.0 GHz) for detecting the ultra-high frequencies generated by partial discharge. Bowtie antenna is proven to be sensitive, accurate and easily designed and fabricated. This paper focuses on the enhancement of bowtie antenna to achieve better performance in detecting partial discharge using UHF method.
Design of a Circularly-Polarized UHF Antenna for Partial Discharge Detection
IEEE Access, 2020
In this work, a circularly-polarized ultra-high frequency (UHF) partial discharge (PD) antenna is proposed to detect the PD in 0.6 GHz-1.7 GHz. The proposed PD antenna consists of an Archimedean spiral antenna, a balun, and a cavity. The Archimedean spiral antenna is embedded by FR-4 as substrate and superstrate for miniaturization. The microstrip-to-paired strips balun is designed to yield good performance in the return loss, insertion loss, and amplitude and phase imbalances which are of great necessity for low axial ratio. The cavity is employed to obtain unidirectional radiation patterns and prevent external signal interference. However, it is found that the originally-designed cavity-backed antenna does not work properly near 1.35 GHz due to resonance phenomena in the cavity. In this work, the cavity is modified to tackle this problem. The proposed UHF PD antenna is fabricated and measured and the results show that it provides good impedance matching, realized gain, radiation pattern, and circular polarization. INDEX TERMS Broadband antennas, partial discharges, UHF antennas.
Analysis of flexible antenna performance on partial discharges detection
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
This paper reports a short finding on the use of a flexible substrate in the design of Partial discharge (PD) detection antenna. This flexible antenna was designed and simulated using CST Microwave Studio to detect corona discharge which is one types of PD that occur in power transformers. The flexible substrate that been used in designing the antenna is paper that has permittivity of 3.2 and the chosen frequency is between 300MHz until 3GHz. The overall dimension is 208×168×1.6 mm3. The simulations of the antenna’s return loss were conducted under two conditions; 1) flat and 2) bending along H- planes. The result were been analysed to understand the performance of paper properties, so that practical system requirements are met. This implies that the performance of paper antennas can be used in the PD field with altering some of the characteristic to upgrade its performance.