The Attenuation and Propagation Law of Ultrasonic Wave in UHV Gas Insulated Line

Gas insulated transmission line (GIL) is widely used for power transmission in special geographical environment such as river crossing, mountain crossing and city tunnel crossing scenarios. Because of its totally enclosed structure, it is difficult to locate the fault position when the internal breakdown discharge occurs. Fault location by using the ultrasonic wave aroused by discharge is an efficient method for GIL maintenance. This paper reports the experimental and theoretical results of attenuation and propagation law of ultrasonic signal in GIL. An ultra-high voltage (UHV) GIL model was set up to simulate the geometry and material conditions of real GIL. The common lead breaking signal was adopted to generate ultrasonic source, and the propagation velocity and attenuation coefficient of ultrasonic wave were obtained. The experimental results show that the attenuation coefficient of ultrasonic wave on GIL linear unit is about 0.234 dB/m, and its propagation velocity is about 3.3 km/s. But the attenuation level of ultrasonic wave is much higher when it passes through the epoxy insulators or expansion joints. The validity of the method is verified by the creeping discharge test on the GIL model. In order to analyze the propagation path of ultrasonic wave, the relationship between the path and time is calculated and the shortest propagation time is obtained. The results of this research provide support for the fault location of GIL by ultrasonic wave.

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