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System for measuring partial discharges

  • US 5,247,258 A
  • Filed: 02/01/1991
  • Issued: 09/21/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A measurement system for making measurements relating to partial discharges, comprising a plurality of acquisition circuits, each including a signal input and a signal shaping circuit for providing a signal value, a multiplexer serving to deliver signal values provided by said various acquisition circuits, in succession, on a common path leading to a signal treatment and storage system, wherein some of said acquisition circuits are partial discharge acquisition circuits, each of said partial discharge acquisition circuits being connected to one of a plurality of measurement points of an installation subject to measurement, each partial discharge acquisition circuit comprising a comparator for providing a partial discharge signal whenever a partial discharge affects their signal input, and wherein an acquisition triggering circuit is provided which responds to the existence of a partial discharge signal as provided by any one of said partial discharge acquistion circuits by delivering an acquisition command signal, said signal treatment and storage system responding to an acquisition command signal by performing one acquisition cycle during which it stores the signal values provided by said various partial discharge acquisition circuits via said multiplexer.

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