Optical Partial Discharge Diagnosis in SF6 Gas-Insulated System With SiPM-Based Sensor Array

This paper aims to promote optical partial discharge (PD) detection from laboratory scale to practical application for sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)-insulated power equipment. First, a micro silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)-based PD sensor is evaluated for detecting PDs in SF6 gas and is proven to have the equivalent properties with pulse current acquisition and vacuum photomultiplier tube in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio, pulse resolution, and linearity. Then, a double-spectral PD sensor based on SiPM is first proposed and developed to realize a more specific PD diagnosis. It is demonstrated that by using the double-spectral PD sensor not only stochastic PD patterns can be obtained for PD recognition, but PD severity can be estimated as well.

[1]  Annemie Bogaerts,et al.  Numerical study of the plasma chemistry in inductively coupled SF6 and SF6/Ar plasmas used for deep silicon etching applications , 2011 .

[2]  Ahmed Y. Gamal,et al.  Application of Geiger-mode photosensors in Cherenkov detectors , 2011 .

[3]  S. Tenbohlen,et al.  Risk assessment on defects in GIS based on PD diagnostics , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation.

[4]  H. Kojima,et al.  Light Emission Spectrum Depending on Propagation of Partial Discharge in SF6 , 2008, Conference record of IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation.

[5]  Rainer Stamen,et al.  Characterisation Studies of Silicon Photomultipliers , 2010, 1003.6071.

[6]  G Robles,et al.  Separation of sources in radiofrequency measurements of partial discharges using time-power ratio maps. , 2015, ISA transactions.

[7]  Ming Ren,et al.  Optical partial discharge diagnostic in SF6 gas insulated system via multi-spectral detection. , 2018, ISA transactions.

[8]  Ibrahim A. Metwally,et al.  Status review on partial discharge measurement techniques in gas-insulated switchgear/lines , 2004 .

[9]  A. Lemzadmi,et al.  Light emission from corona discharge in SF6 and SF6/N2 gas mixtures at high pressure , 2006 .

[10]  Zhe Li,et al.  Research on a practical de-noising method and the characterization of partial discharge UHF signals , 2014, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation.

[11]  Martin D. Judd,et al.  High bandwidth measurement of partial discharge current pulses , 1998, Conference Record of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation (Cat. No.98CH36239).

[12]  Ricardo Albarracín Sánchez,et al.  Diagnosis of Insulation Condition of MV Switchgears by Application of Different Partial Discharge Measuring Methods and Sensors , 2018, Sensors.

[13]  Christian Kleint.  Comments and references relating to early work in field electron emission , 2004 .

[14]  James K. Olthoff,et al.  Electron Interactions With SF6 , 2000 .

[15]  R. Bartnikas,et al.  On the spark to pseudoglow and glow transition mechanism and discharge detectability , 1992 .

[16]  Ming Dong,et al.  Statistical Analysis of Partial Discharges in SF6 Gas via Optical Detection in Various Spectral Ranges , 2016 .

[17]  Bo Song,et al.  Towards Optical Partial Discharge Detection with Micro Silicon Photomultipliers , 2017, Sensors.

[18]  Luo Yongfen,et al.  Relocatable Ultrasonic Array and UHF Combined Sensor Applied to PD Location in Oil , 2014, IEEE Sensors Journal.

[19]  R. Schwarz,et al.  Modern technologies in optical partial discharge detection , 2007, 2007 Annual Report - Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena.

[20]  D. Renker.  Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes, history, properties and problems , 2006 .

[21]  Gehao Sheng,et al.  Partial Discharge Detection and Recognition in Random Matrix Theory Paradigm , 2017, IEEE Access.

[22]  L. Niemeyer.  A generalized approach to partial discharge modeling , 1995 .