Sweep frequency response analysis for diagnosis of low level short circuit faults on the windings of power transformers: An experimental study

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-90

  Behjat, Vahid ^a,b   Vahedi, Abolfazl ^a   Setayeshmehr, Alireza ^c   Borsi, Hossein ^c   Gockenbach, Ernst ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b AZARBAIJAN SHAHID MADANI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Low level short circuit fault; Power transformer; SFRA; Transfer function method

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSIS CRITERIA; ELECTRICAL NETWORKS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; INTER-TURN FAULT; IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE; LOW LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; SFRA; SHORT-CIRCUIT FAULT; SHORTED TURNS; STATISTICAL INDICATORS; SWEEP FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTION METHOD;

DAMAGE DETECTION; DIAGNOSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; OUTAGES; POWER TRANSFORMERS; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; WINDING;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 84860546707     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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