Apparatus and method for diagnosis of power appliances
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1. An apparatus for performing diagnosis of a power appliance, the power appliance including current conduction appliances housed in gas-insulated casings, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of detectors disposed on one gas-insulated casing of the power appliance for respectively detecting a plurality of mutually different phenomena respectively indicative of a plurality of mutually different conditions of the power appliance, and for respectively outputting a plurality of detection signals indicative of the respective detected phenomena;
switching means for receiving the detection signals from the detectors, and for sequentially outputting each of the detection signals in response to a switching control signal;
control means for generating a switching control signal for controlling the switching means to sequentially output each of the detections signals, and for supplying the switching control signal to the switching means;
a frequency analyzer for sequentially performing frequency analysis of the detection signals sequentially output from the switching means and for sequentially outputting frequency-analyzed signals indicative of respective results of the frequency analysis of the detection signals sequentially output from the switching means; and
means for diagnosing the mutually different conditions of the power appliance based on the frequency-analyzed signals sequentially output from the frequency analyzer.
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Abstract
A power appliance diagnosis apparatus includes a plurality of detectors provided on outer surfaces of gas-insulated casings of a power appliance for detecting the state of an insulating function and/or a current conduction function of the power appliance, a switch for time-divisionally taking in detection signals of the plurality of detectors, a frequency analyzer for performing frequency analysis on the detection signals taken in by the switch, and a controller for performing switching control of the switch.
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1. An apparatus for performing diagnosis of a power appliance, the power appliance including current conduction appliances housed in gas-insulated casings, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of detectors disposed on one gas-insulated casing of the power appliance for respectively detecting a plurality of mutually different phenomena respectively indicative of a plurality of mutually different conditions of the power appliance, and for respectively outputting a plurality of detection signals indicative of the respective detected phenomena; switching means for receiving the detection signals from the detectors, and for sequentially outputting each of the detection signals in response to a switching control signal; control means for generating a switching control signal for controlling the switching means to sequentially output each of the detections signals, and for supplying the switching control signal to the switching means; a frequency analyzer for sequentially performing frequency analysis of the detection signals sequentially output from the switching means and for sequentially outputting frequency-analyzed signals indicative of respective results of the frequency analysis of the detection signals sequentially output from the switching means; and means for diagnosing the mutually different conditions of the power appliance based on the frequency-analyzed signals sequentially output from the frequency analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for performing diagnosis of a power appliance, the power appliance including switches and current conduction appliances housed in gas-insulated casings, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of detectors disposed on one gas-insulated casing of the power appliance for respectively detecting a plurality of mutually different phenomena indicative of at least one of an insulating function of the power appliance and a current conduction function of the power appliance, and for respectively outputting a plurality of detection signals indicative of the respective detected phenomena; switching means for receiving the detection signals from the detectors, and for sequentially outputting each of the detection signals in response to a first switching control signal; control means for generating a first switching control signal for controlling the switching means to sequentially output each of the detections signals, and for supplying the first switching control signal to the switching means; a frequency analyzer for sequentially performing frequency analysis of the detection signals sequentially output from the switching means and for sequentially outputting frequency-analyzed signals indicative of respective results of the frequency analysis of the detection signals sequentially output from the switching means; and means for diagnosing at lest one of the insulating function of the power appliance and the current conduction function of the power appliance based on the frequency-analyzed signals sequentially output from the frequency analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for performing diagnosis of a first power appliance and a second power appliance, the first power appliance and the second power appliance each including switches and current conduction appliances housed in gas-insulated casings, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of first detectors disposed on one gas-insulated casing of the first power appliance for respectively detecting a plurality of mutually different phenomena indicative of at least one of an insulating function of the first power appliance and a current conduction function of the first power appliance, and for respectively outputting a plurality of first detection signals indicative of the respective detected phenomena; a plurality of second detectors disposed on one gas-insulated casing of the second power appliance for respectively detecting a plurality of mutually different phenomena indicative of at least one of an insulating function of the second power appliance and a current conduction function of the second power appliance, and for respectively outputting a plurality of second detection signals indicative of the respective detected phenomena, the second detectors being disposed on the one gas-insulated casing of the second power appliance at respective locations respectively corresponding to respective locations at which the first detectors are disposed on the one gas-insulated casing of the first power appliance; first switching means for receiving the first detection signals from the first detectors, and for sequentially outputting each of the first detection signals in response to a first switching control signal; second switching means for receiving the second detection signals from the second detectors, and for sequentially outputting each of the second detection signals in response to a second switching control signal; first control means for generating a first switching control signal for controlling the first switching means to sequentially output each of the first detections signals, and for supplying the first switching control signal to the first switching means; second control means for generating a second switching control signal for controlling the second switching means to sequentially output each of the second detections signals, and for supplying the second switching control signal to the second switching means; a first frequency analyzer for sequentially performing frequency analysis of the first detection signals sequentially output from the first switching means, and for sequentially outputting first frequency-analyzed signals indicative of respective results of the frequency analysis of the first detection signals sequentially output from the first switching means; a first frequency analyzer for sequentially performing frequency analysis of the first detection signals sequentially output from the first switching means and for sequentially outputting first frequency-analyzed signals indicative of respective results of the frequency analysis of the second detection signals sequentially output from the second switching means; and means for diagnosing at least one of the insulating function of the first power appliance and the current conduction function of the first power appliance based on the first frequency-analyzed signals sequentially output from the first frequency analyzer, and for diagnosing at least one of the insulating function of the second power appliance and the current conduction function of the second power appliance based on the second frequency-analyzed signals sequentially output from the second frequency analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of performing diagnosis of a power appliance, the power appliance including switches and current conduction appliances housed in gas-insulated casings, the method comprising the steps of:
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respectively detecting a plurality of mutually different phenomena indicative of at least one of an insulating function of the power appliance and a current conduction function of the power appliance with a plurality of detectors disposed on one gas-insulated casing of the power appliance, the plurality of detectors respectively outputting a plurality of detection signals indicative of the respective detected phenomena; sequentially selecting each of the detection signals from the detectors; sequentially performing frequency analysis of the sequentially selected detection signals with a frequency analyzer, the frequency analyzer sequentially outputting frequency-analyzed signals indicative of respective results of the frequency analysis of the sequentially selected detection signals; and diagnosing at least one of the insulating function of the power appliance and the current conduction function of the power appliance based on the frequency-analyzed signals sequentially output from the frequency analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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