Online Transformer Internal Fault Detection Based on Instantaneous Voltage and Current Measurements Considering Impact of Harmonics

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 587-598

  Masoum, Ali S ^a   Hashemnia, Naser ^b   Abu Siada, A ^b   Masoum, Mohammad A S ^b   Islam, Syed M ^b  

^a Western Power   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; finite element and harmonics; nonlinear power transformer; online fault detection

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; WINDING;

3-D FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; 3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; INSTANTANEOUS VOLTAGE; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; ON-LINE FAULT DETECTION; ONLINE TRANSFORMERS; SINUSOIDAL EXCITATIONS;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 85027503289     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2358072     Document Type: Article

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