PARTIAL DISCHARGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE

• US 20170192048A1
• Filed: 09/17/2014
• Published: 07/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: SAKO, Hiroshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,048,310 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 31/1272 of cable, line or wire insulation, e.g. using partial discharge measurements locating faults in cables G01R31/083
• 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

Abstract

A partial discharge signal processing device of the present invention is provided with: a partial discharge signal receiving unit disposed inside a high voltage electric machine device; a partial discharge signal processing unit; and a coaxial cable connecting the partial discharge signal receiving unit and the partial discharge signal processing unit. In addition, the partial discharge signal receiving unit comprises an electromagnetic wave receiving unit that receives electromagnetic waves generated by partial discharge. Further, the partial discharge signal processing unit comprises: a detection unit that detects a partial discharge signal transmitted through the coaxial cable; a band limiting unit that limits the frequency bandwidth of the partial discharge signal; an attenuation amount correction unit that corrects an attenuated partial discharge signal; and a signal output unit that outputs, to an external device, the corrected partial discharge signal.

Claims

1. A partial discharge signal processing device comprising:

a partial discharge signal receiver that receives an electromagnetic wave as a partial discharge signal, which is generated by partial discharge in an electric machine;

a partial discharge signal processor which detects the partial discharge signal, and performs signal processing; and

a coaxial cable through which said partial discharge signal receiver is connected to said partial discharge signal processor to transmit the partial discharge signal,

wherein said partial discharge signal processor includes;

a frequency limiting circuitry which sets a reference frequency to equal to or higher than 1 GHz, and limits a frequency of the partial discharge signal by a frequency bandwidth at which fluctuations in attenuation amount are within 0.1 dB centering on the reference frequency;

an attenuation amount correcting circuitry that corrects a value of the partial discharge signal at the bandwidth on the basis of the signal attenuation amount of signal attenuation characteristics at the bandwidth of said coaxial cable; and

a signal outputting circuitry that outputs the corrected partial discharge signal.

2. The partial discharge signal processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said partial discharge signal processor includes an amplifier that amplifies a value of the partial discharge signal on the basis of the signal attenuation amount due to said transmission line coaxial cable at the bandwidth.

3. The partial discharge signal processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said partial discharge signal processor includes a memory which stores a characteristic value of the signal attenuation amount of said coaxial cable, and corrects a value of the partial discharge signal by using the characteristic value.

4. The partial discharge signal processing device according to claim 1,

wherein said partial discharge signal processor includes an attenuation amount measuring circuitry which measures the signal attenuation amount of said coaxial cable, and corrects a value of the partial discharge signal on the basis of the measured signal attenuation amount.