Novel technique to improve the fault detection sensitivity in transformer maintenance test

European Transactions on Electrical Power

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 438-449

  Al Ammar, E A ^a   Karady, G G ^b   Sim, H J ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Waukesha Electric Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Faults; FFT; FRA; LVI; PS; SFRA; Signature analysis; Transfer function; Transformer

Indexed keywords

CORRECTIVE MEASURES; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; EARLY DETECTION; FAULTS; FREQUENCY RANGES; INCIPIENT FAULTS; INPUT SIGNAL; LOW VOLTAGES; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PULSE SEQUENCE; SIGNATURE ANALYSIS; SWEEP FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FAULT DETECTION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MAINTENANCE; TESTING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION; WINDING;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING;

EID: 77952055973     PISSN: 1430144X     EISSN: 15463109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etep.327     Document Type: Article

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