Partial discharge monitoring system and partial discharge monitoring method

• US 10,018,666 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2015
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Maruyama, Shiro, Saito, Minoru, Nakajima, Takashi, Hasegawa, Shin, Hayata, Hiroyuki, Saida, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thang
• Application Number:
  US14/850,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20150377950A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 324536, 324533, 324544, 324551, 324555, 324557, 324541, 324382, 324403, 324409, 324678, 324 7665, 324 87, 324 7632, 324 12, 324 7634, 324 5, 324 7667, 324 71, 324 7676, 324 45, 324237, 324238, 324216, 324240, 324123 R, 324122, 324512, 324718, 324456
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/12 Testing dielectric strength or breakdown voltage ; Testing or monitoring effectiveness or level of insulation, e.g. of a cable or of an apparatus, for example using partial discharge measurements; Electrostatic testing G01R31/08, G01R31/327 and G01R31/72 take precedence; measuring in plasmas G01R19/0061; measuring dielectric constants G01R27/2617; ESD, EMC or EMP testing of circuits G01R31/002
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/1254 of gas-insulated power appliances or vacuum gaps testing switches G01R31/327; detecting electrical or mechanical defects in encased switchgear H02B13/065
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/14 Circuits therefor , e.g. for generating test voltages, sensing circuits G01R31/1209 - G01R31/1227 take precedence; for testing switches G01R31/327
• CPC Class Codes: H02B 13/065 Means for detecting or reacting to mechanical or electrical defects

Abstract

A partial discharge monitoring system includes: electromagnetic wave detection sensors disposed in insulating gas enclosures being objects to be monitored, converting devices, and an interface device. The interface device includes: a detecting part detecting a zero cross point of a voltage signal synchronous with a voltage signal applied to conductors disposed in the insulating gas enclosures, and deciding a sampling timing of signals of electromagnetic waves; a transmitting part notifying the sampling timing decided by the detecting part to the converting devices; an integrating part integrating digital data which are received from the converting devices on per converting device basis; and a transmitting part transmitting the integrated digital data to a monitoring device.

Claims

1. A partial discharge monitoring system comprising:

electromagnetic wave detection sensors disposed in insulating gas enclosures being objects to be monitored to detect electromagnetic waves in the insulating gas enclosures;

converting devices sampling signals of the electromagnetic waves detected by the electromagnetic wave detection sensors, and converting the signals to digital data; and

an interface device integrating the digital data generated through the conversion by the converting devices, and transmitting the integrated digital data to a monitoring device,

wherein the interface device comprises;

a detecting part detecting a zero cross point of a main circuit voltage signal in phase with a voltage signal applied to conductors disposed in the insulating gas enclosures, and deciding a sampling timing of the signals of the electromagnetic waves;

a transmitting part notifying the sampling timing decided by the detecting part to the converting devices;

an integrating part integrating the digital data which are received from the converting devices on per converting device basis; and

a transmitting part transmitting the digital data integrated by the integrating part to the monitoring device, and

wherein the converting devices each comprise;

a timing deciding part deciding a timing when to sample the signal of the electromagnetic wave, based on the sampling timing notified from the interface device;

a detecting part sampling the signal of the electromagnetic wave based on the timing decided by the timing deciding part, and converting the signal to the digital data; and

a transmitting part transmitting the digital data generated through the conversion by the detecting part to the interface device.

2. The partial discharge monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein the converting devices detect a partial discharge signal at intervals of each segment into which the time period is divided based on the zero cross timing of the phase of the main circuit voltage signal detected by the interface device.

3. The partial discharge monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein the interface device integrates the data which are sent from the plural converting devices, into data for each unit time and transmits the integrated data to the monitoring device.

4. The partial discharge monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein a data transmission/reception timing between the interface device and the converting devices is controlled by the interface device.

5. The partial discharge monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein the interface device is provided for each apparatus to be monitored.

6. The partial discharge monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein the interface device transmits a pulse signal generated at the zero cross timing of the main circuit voltage signal of one phase to the converting devices at predetermined time intervals.

7. The partial discharge monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein the converting devices detect the signal of the electromagnetic wave at intervals of each segment into which the time period is divided by a multiple of three based on the zero cross timing of the phase of the main circuit voltage signal detected by the interface device.

8. A partial discharge monitoring method in a partial discharge monitoring system which includes:

electromagnetic wave detection sensors disposed in insulating gas enclosures being objects to be monitored to detect electromagnetic waves in the insulating gas enclosures;

converting devices sampling signals of the electromagnetic waves detected by the electromagnetic wave detection sensors, and converting the signals to digital data; and

an interface device integrating the digital data generated through the conversion by the converting device, and transmitting the integrated digital data to a monitoring device, the method comprising;

detecting a zero cross point of a main circuit voltage signal in phase with a voltage signal applied to conductors disposed in the insulating gas enclosures to decide a sampling timing of the signals of the electromagnetic waves, and notifying the decided sampling timing to the converting devices, the detecting and the notifying being performed by the interface device;

sampling the signals of the electromagnetic waves in the insulating gas enclosures detected by the electromagnetic detection sensors, based on the sampling timing notified from the interface device, and transmitting the sampled digital data to the interface device, the sampling and the transmitting being performed by the converting devices; and

integrating the digital data which are received from the converting devices on per converting device basis, and transmitting the integrated digital data to the monitoring device, the integrating and the transmitting being performed by the interface device.