Partial discharge measurement system that includes a first bandpass filter and a second bandpass filter and partial discharge measurement method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12429514-B2
Application number	US-202318348884-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2023
Priority date	Feb 16, 2021
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

A partial discharge measurement system including at least one sensor configured to detect a voltage signal propagating through a conductor connected to a rotating electrical machine in a non-contact manner, a first bandpass filter configured to pass a component of a first frequency included in the voltage signal therethrough, a second bandpass filter configured to pass a component of a second frequency included in the voltage signal therethrough, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency, a phase acquirer configured to acquire a phase waveform of the component of the second frequency having passed through the second bandpass filter, and an output interface configured to output information by which a component of partial discharge of the rotating electrical machine included in the component of the first frequency having passed through the first bandpass filter can be identified based on the phase waveform.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A partial discharge measurement system comprising:
at least one sensor configured to detect a voltage signal propagating through a conductor connected to a rotating electrical machine in a non-contact manner;
a first bandpass filter, connected to the at least one sensor, configured to pass a component of a first frequency included in the voltage signal therethrough;
a second bandpass filter, connected to the at least one sensor, configured to pass a component of a second frequency included in the voltage signal therethrough, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency;
a phase acquirer configured to acquire a phase waveform of the component of the second frequency having passed through the second bandpass filter; and
an output interface configured to output information by which a component of partial discharge of the rotating electrical machine included in the component of the first frequency having passed through the first bandpass filter can be identified based on the phase waveform.

2. The partial discharge measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the second frequency is set based on a frequency of a commercial power supply.

3. The partial discharge measurement system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a converter configured to convert the voltage signal having passed through the second bandpass filter from an analog signal to a digital signal; and
a phase shifter, interposed between the second bandpass filter and the converter, configured to correct a phase difference of the phase waveform compared to an original phase waveform having the frequency of the commercial power supply, wherein the phase acquirer is configured to acquire the phase waveform having been corrected in the phase difference by the phase shifter.

4. The partial discharge measurement system according to claim 3 , wherein a correction amount for correcting the phase difference of the phase waveform is set based on analysis of the phase shifter constituting a phase-delay circuit opposite to a virtual phase-advance circuit including at least electrostatic capacity of a gap between the conductor and the at least one sensor.

5. The partial discharge measurement system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a signal line that connects the at least one sensor and the second bandpass filter; and
a correction capacitor, interconnected along the signal line, configured to correct a phase difference of the phase waveform compared to an original phase waveform having the frequency of the commercial power supply, wherein the phase acquirer is configured to acquire the phase waveform having been corrected in the phase difference by the correction capacitor.

6. The partial discharge measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the second frequency is set within a range of 1 Hz to 180 Hz.

7. The partial discharge measurement system according to claim 1 , further comprising a waveform synchronizer configured to synchronize a waveform of the first frequency with the phase waveform.

8. The partial discharge measurement system according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulation analyzer configured to perform insulation diagnosis of the rotating electrical machine based on the component of the partial discharge that is identified based on the phase waveform.

9. The partial discharge measurement system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a charge amount calculator configured to calculate charge amount related to the partial discharge of the rotating electrical machine based on the component of the partial discharge that is identified based on the phase waveform;
a database configured to store residual life information that indicates relationship between the charge amount and a residual life of the rotating electrical machine; and
a residual life calculator configured to calculate the residual life of the rotating electrical machine from the residual life information stored in the database and the charge amount related to the partial discharge.

10. The partial discharge measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises:
a first sensor connected to the first bandpass filter; and
a second sensor connected to the second bandpass filter.

11. A partial discharge measurement method comprising:
causing at least one sensor to detect a voltage signal propagating through a conductor connected to a rotating electrical machine in a non-contact manner;
causing a first bandpass filter connected to the at least one sensor to pass a component of a first frequency included in the voltage signal therethrough;
causing a second bandpass filter connected to the at least one sensor to pass a component of a second frequency included in the voltage signal therethrough, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency;
causing a phase acquirer to acquire a phase waveform of the component of the second frequency having passed through the second bandpass filter; and
causing an output interface to output information by which a component of partial discharge of the rotating electrical machine included in the component of the first frequency having passed through the first bandpass filter can be identified based on the phase waveform.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Takanezawa Makoto
• Harakawa Takashi
• Fujimoto Akira
• Hiroshima Satoshi

Classifications

• G01R31/34

  Testing dynamo-electric machines · CPC title

• G01R31/14

  Circuits therefor {, e.g. for generating test voltages, sensing circuits (G01R31/1209 - G01R31/1227 take precedence; for testing switches G01R31/327)} · CPC title

• G01R31/343

  in operation · CPC title

• H02K11/20

  for measuring, monitoring, testing, protecting or switching (rectifiers H02K11/04; power electronics H02K11/33) · CPC title

• G01R31/12 Primary

  Testing dielectric strength or breakdown voltage {; Testing or monitoring effectiveness or level of insulation, e.g. of a cable or of an apparatus, for example using partial discharge measurements; Electrostatic testing (G01R31/08, G01R31/327 and G01R31/72 take precedence; measuring in plasmas G01R19/0061; measuring dielectric constants G01R27/2617; ESD, EMC or EMP testing of circuits G01R31/002)} · CPC title