Detection and location of partial discharges in power transformers using acoustic and electromagnetic signals

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1576-1583

  Markalous, Sacha M ^a   Tenbohlen, Stefan ^b   Feser, Kurt ^b  

^a LDIC GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic averaging; Arrival time determination; De noising; Electromagnetic (UHF) and acoustic PD measurements; PD location; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER INSULATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POWER TRANSFORMERS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS;

ACOUSTIC AVERAGING; ARRIVAL TIME DETERMINATION; DE-NOISING; ELECTROMAGNETIC (UHF) AND ACOUSTIC PD MEASUREMENTS; PD LOCATION; WAVELET;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 58149131220     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4712660     Document Type: Article

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