Partial discharge monitoring in power transformers using low-cost piezoelectric sensors

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Castro, Bruno ^a   Clerice, Guilherme ^a   Ramos, Caio ^a   Andreoli, André ^a   Baptista, Fabricio ^a   Campos, Fernando ^a   Ulson, José ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Dielectric; Low cost; Partial discharge; Piezoelectric sensors; Transformer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POWER TRANSFORMERS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SENSORS; CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE; LOW COSTS; NON-INVASIVE MONITORING; PARTIAL DISCHARGE MONITORING; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS; TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS; TRANSFORMER;

PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

EID: 84981555983     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16081266     Document Type: Article

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