Device for detecting partial discharge for power transformer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9726708-B2
Application number	US-201214368442-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2012
Priority date	Dec 26, 2011
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for detecting a partial discharge for a power transformer which detects an electromagnetic signal occurring due to faulty insulation. The device includes an antenna unit receiving electromagnetic waves, an insulator including the antenna unit, a metallic air-tight unit that seals a connector connected to the insulator and connecting a coaxial cable, and the coaxial cable exposed to the outside of the metallic air-tight unit. Thus, it is possible to enhance broadband properties through an internal conductor of a drain valve.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for detecting partial discharge for a power transformer, comprising:
an antenna unit receiving an electromagnetic wave;
an insulating sealing unit disposed in a drain valve and comprising the antenna unit and protecting an antenna cable;
a metal sealing unit connected with the insulating sealing unit and a metal handle;
the metal handle sealing a connector connecting the metal sealing unit and a coaxial cable; and
the coaxial cable extracted to an outside of the metal sealing unit,
wherein a shield line of the antenna cable connecting the coaxial cable and the connector of the metal handle contacts the metal handle which is an end portion of the metal sealing unit,
wherein the device further comprises a flange, in a single tube form, attached to the drain valve to enable a space between the drain valve and the flange to be increased,
wherein the metal handle seals the connector connecting the metal sealing unit and the coaxial cable and is covered with a waterproof tube to enable a regular measurement, and
wherein a length (d2) of the metal sealing unit is adjusted such that a total length (d1+d2) of the length of insulating sealing unit (d1) and the length of the metal sealing unit (d2) is proportional to a wavelength for a resonant frequency, when a phase of the wave by the length (d1) is defined as β1×d1 and the phase of the wave by the length (d2) is defined as β2×d2, the length (d2) is defined by the following equation: d2=1/β2(2π−β1d1), wherein β1 is a propagation constant of a first medium which is contained in the drain valve and β2 is a propagation constant of a second medium which is contained in the metal sealing unit.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the insulating sealing unit connects the antenna unit to a contact part of an internal conductor of the drain valve.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna unit receives division frequencies configured with a plurality of divided signal bands for detecting partial discharge signals of the power transformer among frequency bands.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a measuring unit connected to the connector through the coaxial cable, and measuring the electromagnetic wave received by the antenna unit.

5. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an insulating support rod for maintaining the coaxial cable connecting the antenna unit and the connector of the metal handle at a center of the insulating sealing unit and the metal sealing unit.

Assignees

• Hyosung Corp

Inventors

• Jung Jae-Ryong
• Ryu Eun-Tae
• Hwang Kyung-Rok

Classifications

• G01R31/62

  Testing of transformers · CPC title

• G01R31/1272 Primary

  of cable, line or wire insulation, e.g. using partial discharge measurements (locating faults in cables G01R31/083) · CPC title

• G01R31/40

  Testing power supplies (testing photovoltaic devices H02S50/10) · CPC title

• G01R31/1254 Primary

  of gas-insulated power appliances or vacuum gaps (testing switches G01R31/327; detecting electrical or mechanical defects in encased switchgear H02B13/065) · 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