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    A review: Partial discharge detection using acoustic sensor on high voltage transformer
    Partial discharge (PD) is an electrical discharge which is one of the most critical breakdown factor that is affecting the electrical equipment. The loss of the power will affect consumers and system operation. High voltage (HV) transformer is one of the equipment's subjected to phenomena PD. In this paper reviews an application of acoustic methods in transformer and piezoelectric sensors application on PD detection in HV transformer. Based on this review, the new design in acoustic sensor is required in order to improve the sensitivity and bandwidth for PD detection at HV transformer. The valuable parameter such as materials, size, and PD frequency range were discussed in this paper and can be used for early stage on designing new acoustic sensor. This detection method given some benefits on preventing the power electrical system from breakdown.
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    Hilbert fractal UHF sensor based on partial discharge detection signal for on-line condition monitoring in power transformer
    ( 2020-01-01)
    Roslizan N.D.
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    Akashah N.A.
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    Mukhtaruddin A.
    PD detection is an effective method of inspecting insulation defects and identifying potential faults in a power transformer. Electromagnetic waves generated due to PD can be detected by ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) sensor in the frequency band greater than 300 MHz. However, the size and the frequency bandwidth of a UHF sensor for PD detection are the concern for practical installation inside a transformer. High sensitivity and wide bandwidth of sensors are needed in order to detect the PD signal in an early stage. This paper presents an array 4th order Hilbert fractal UHF sensor for PD detection inside a power transformer. This UHF sensor was modeled to capture PD signal in a range of frequencies between 300 MHz to 3 GHz. The sensor is designed by using CST software where the transmission lines combined 2 sensors become 1 output by setting the dimension of 100 x 200 mm for length and width with FR4 epoxy substrate of thickness 1.6 mm. Based on the simulation result, the proposed sensor is obtained a PD signal measurement with a reflection coefficient below-10 dB with VSWR ≤5. The advantages of this sensor have a wide bandwidth, high sensitivity and suitable size for easy installation. Thus, this sensor has been qualified as UHF PD detection in the power transformer.
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    Modelling of piezoelectric sensor based on ZnO material for partial discharge detection on power transformer
    Detection of partial discharge (PD) in early stages able to reduce the risk of decommissioning of high voltage (HV) equipment. However, the conventional method for PD detection are not suitable for on-site measurement due to electrical disturbance. One of the method in detecting PD signal is piezoelectric based acoustic emission (AE) sensors. In this project, an AE sensor is modelled to obtain a PD signal in the range of 10 – 300 kHz occurred in HV transformer and been found out by simulation and analytical approach. Two models of a piezoelectric sensor with different types of cantilever and different dimension variation starting from 4 mm to 15 mm are designed in the Finite element Method (FEM) in order to investigate the resonant frequency which is matched to the range of AE detection. Zinc oxide (ZnO) as a piezoelectric material is proposed in this project due to its high piezoelectric coupling and environmentally friendly compared to the others material which is harmful. Based on the simulation result, ZnO piezoelectric sensor with the length of 5 mm and thickness of 0.451 mm generates 0.0537 mV electrical potentials under the resonant frequency of 155.30 kHz which is in the range of AE detection technique.
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    Modelling of Piezoelectric Sensor with Different Materials Approach for Partial Discharge Detection on Power Transformer: PZT-5H, ZnO and AlN
    The acoustic emission (AE) technique is one of the unconventional methods of partial discharges (PDs) detection. It plays a most important role in oil-filled power transformers diagnostics because it enables the detection and online monitoring of PDs as well compared to the conventional method for PDs detection which are not suitable for on-site measurement due to electrical disturbance. In this paper, the acoustic based on piezoelectric sensor by different material is modelled in order to be able to obtain PDs signal occurred in power transformers. Modelling of a piezoelectric sensor with different material which is PZT-5H, ZnO, and AlN is approached in order to investigate the performance of resonant frequency, electric potential, and the performance in processing in order to match the range of AE detection. Piezoelectric materials have become very useful in processing devices because of their electrical-mechanical mutuality. Study was performed on frequency target of PDs should be higher and in the range of 10 kHz -300 kHz in order to prevent the power transformer from failure or breakdown and it has been found out by proven from analytical and simulation result by using the Finite Element Method (FEM). Based on this information, acoustic sensor is analyses with different types of cantilever beam and piezoelectric material and different length dimension of the beam in order to analyses the performance between them. Based on the result, the piezoelectric material that be chosen in this project is ZnO due to its high piezoelectric coupling and environmental friendly is used in order to support green technology compared to others material discussed which is harmful even though produced high performance. This detection method gave some improvement in monitoring system PD activities in the transformer's tank.
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