Fault diagnosis of a power transformer using an improved frequency-response analysis

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-178

  Kim, Jong Wook ^a   Park, ByungKoo ^c   Jeong, Seung Cheol ^b   Kim, Sang Woo ^b   Park, PooGyeon ^b  

^a POSCO   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c SK Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Defective phase; Discrimination criteria; Fault diagnosis; Frequency response analysis; Power transformers; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INTERPOLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DEFECTIVE PHASE; DISCRIMINATION CRITERIA; FAULT DIAGNOSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS; POWER TRANSFORMERS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 12544255076     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2004.835428     Document Type: Article

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