Partial discharge monitoring for power transformers using UHF sensors part 1: Sensors and signal interpretation

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 5-14

  Judd, Martin D ^a   Yang, Li ^b   Hunter, Ian B B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SP PowerSystems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interference; Partial discharge (PDs); PD location; Power transformers; Signal attenuation; UHF sensors

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; SENSORS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; UHF DEVICES;

DISSOLVED GAS ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DISCHARGE LOCATION; POWER TRANSFORMERS; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; UHF SENSORS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 17644409075     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2005.1412214     Document Type: Article

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