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A SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE FOR PD DETECTION AND
LOCALIZATION IN POWER TRANSFORMER
MOHAMMED ABD ALI AZIZ
A project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Engineering (Electrical-Power)
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
JUNE 2014
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I would like to dedicate this thesis to my parents, my wife and my son
for their endless love and guidance which always helps me
to choose the right path
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
First of all I would like to thank my dearest Allah (S.W.T) to make me able to
complete this research on time and answered my prayers at every steps of this
research. I want to express my deepest appreciation to my colleagues, my friends and
especially my family members who supported and prayed for me a lot, because of
whom my graduation has been complete successfully and smoothly.
I am very grateful to my supervisor Ass. Prof. Dr. Zulkurnain Abdul-Maiek,
who had positive attitude towards me and my work throughout this span of research
and guided me. His abundant help and knowledge allowed me to understand present
era issues related to my project and encourage me to work with dedication. This task
was not meaningful without his assistance and supervision because of his sage
advices and friendly attribute for me every time when I needed him the most.
I would also like to thank my dearest friends, my classmates and my
housemates to whom I passed most of the time during my graduate and faced every
ups and down of my studies. They were always there for me to give moral support
and always encourage me in let-down conditions.
Finally last but not the least, I would like to thank my father .He was always
there cheering me up and stood by me to encourage and gave every kind of support.
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ABSTRACT
The activity of partial discharge (PD) is major problem that causes
degradation to the insulation system. Due to continuous stresses of high voltage it
may lead to complete breakdown of insulation system. Due to the high cost of
transformer windings, especially in the case of high kVA capacity, it is necessary to
find a way to localize the PD along the winding length so that only faulty part is
replaced instead of the whole winding. In this project a new technique of a digital
signal processing method based on the Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) is applied
to locate the PD. The transformer winding was modelled in Matlab using an
equivalent lumped transformer circuit for each winding section. The PD source is
injected at different section, each section represent a different PD location. The
output current was then analysed using FFT. For validation, comparisons had been
made with the results of an experimental work on the same transformer winding
configuration as well as with theoretical equations. The work has shown that the
frequency spectra of the simulated output current have the same characteristic as that
for the measured signal as well as for the theoretically derived transfer function. It is
also shown that the crests and troughs in the frequency spectra could be used for
locating the source of the discharge activity in the power transformer winding. The
frequency of the zero in the simulated spectra increases as the discharge moves away
from the measuring terminal. The poles are however not affected by the position of
the PD source. An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was successfully used to
determine the section number where PD occurs based on just the frequency response
of the output current. Further studies on the effects of the modelling parameters such
as variations in the capacitance and inductance values due to factors such as ageing
on the PD localization show that the capacitance is the most sensitive parameter in
the model. In addition, it is also shown that the effect of noise on the PD localization
can be eliminated using the Free Induction Decay (FID) technique.
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ABSTRAK
Aktiviti nyahcas separa (PD) adalah satu masalah besar yang menyebabkan
keburukan kepada sistem penebat. Kerosakan penuh pada sistem penebat boleh
berlaku disebabkan oleh tekanan berterusan voltan tinggi. Disebabkan harga lilitan
pengubah yang tinggi, terutama apabila melibatkan kapasiti kVA yang besar, satu
kaedah untuk menentukan lokasi PD sepanjang lilitan adalah sangat penting agar
hanya bahagian yang rosak sahaja perlu digantikan berbanding keseluruhan lilitan.
Projek ini memperkenalkan satu kaedah baru yang menggunakan pemprosesan
isyarat digital berasaskan ‗Fast Fourier Transformation‘ (FFT) bagi menentukan
lokasi PD. Lilitan pengubah dimodelkan dalam Matlab menggunakan litar setara
tergumpal bagi setiap seksyen lilitan. Sumber PD dikenakan pada setiap seksyen,
setiap seksyen mewakili satu lokasi PD. Arus keluaran kemudiannya dianalisis
menggunakan FFT. Untuk pengesahan, perbandingan telah dibuat dengan hasil
pengukuran dari pengubah yang mempunyai konfigurasi sama dan juga persamaan
teori. Didapati spektra frekuensi arus keluaran yang disimulasi mempuyai ciri yang
sama dengan ciri isyarat dari eksperimen dan dari rangkap pindah yang diterbitkan
secara teori. Puncak dan paluh spektra frekuensi boleh digunakan untuk menentukan
lokasi nyahcas separa di dalam lilitan pengubah kuasa. Frekuensi sifar pada spektra
frekuensi bertambah berkadar dengan lokasi PD menjauhi terminal pengukuran.
Walaubagaimanapun, frekuensi kutub tidak dipengaruhi oleh sumber PD. ‗Artifical
Neural Network‘ (ANN) telah digunakan dengan jayanya untuk menentukan nombor
seksyen lilitan di mana berlakunya PD berasaskan hanya sambutan frekuensi arus
keluaran. Kajian lanjutan ke atas kesan parameter model seperti perubahan kapasitan
dan keraruhan disebabkan oleh faktor seperti penuaan ke atas lokasi PD
menunjukkan kapasitan merupakan parameter model yang paling sensitif. Telah
ditunjukkan juga bahawa kesan hingar ke atas penentuan lokasi PD boleh dihapuskan
dengan menggunakan kaedah ‗Free Induction Decay‘ (FID).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
DECLARATION ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT iv
ABSTRACT v
ABSTRAK vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
LIST OF TABLES x
LIST OF FIGURES xi
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Background 2
1.3 Problem Statement 4
1.4 Objective of Study 6
1.5 Scope of the study 6
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 7
2.1 Introduction 7
2.2 Detection and Localization PD Methods 8
2.2.1 Hybrid Transformer Model Method 8
2.2.2 Correlation Method 10
2.2.3 Acoustic Method 11
2.2.4 Electrical Method 13
2.2.5 Wave Travelling Method 19
2.2.6 The Propose Technique
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(Frequency Spectrum Method) 21
3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 22
3.0 Introduction 22
3.1 Flow Chart 23
3.1.1 Flow Chart of Methodology 23
3.1.2 Flow Chart of Propose Method 24
3.2 Transformer Winding Memory Theory 24
3.2.1 Matlab Software Implementation 25
3.3 Relationship between Bushing and Neutral 26
3.4 Digital Signal Processing 28
3.4.1 Fourier Transform 28
3.4.2 DFT 29
3.4.3 FFT 29
3.4.3.1 Fault Detection by FFT 29
3.5 Frequency Spectrum Analyses 30
3.5.1 Transfer Functions Characteristics of the
Transformer Parameters 32
3.5.2 Frequency Spectrum Features 34
3.5.3 PD detection and Localization by Poles
And Zeros Observation 35
3.6 Sensitivity analysis of Transformer Winding
Parameters Deviation 35
3.6.1 Effect of Capacitance 36
3.6.2 Effect of Inductance 36
3.6.3 Effect of Resistance 36
3.7 Denoising 36
3.8 Neural Network 38
3.8.1 Structure of a Feedforward Neural Network 38
3.8.2 Supervised Learning 42
3.8.3 Backpropagation and resilient back propagation 43
3.8.4 Curve Fitting 45
3.8.5 Presentation Data to Neural Network 48
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4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 54
4.1 Healthy Transformer 54
4.2 Partial Discharge detection and Localization Results 55
4.3 Validation 59
4.4 Transformer Winding Parameters Deviation 64
4.4.1 Effect of Capacitance 64
4.4.2 Effect of Inductance 65
4.4.3 Effect of Resistance 66
4.5 Denoising 70
4.6 Neural Network Signal Recognition 72
5 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORKS 76
5.1 Conclusion 76
5.2 Future work Recommendation 77
REFERENCES 78
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE
4.1 The simulated result of fig (4.2), poles position (P)
of the transfer function frequency spectrum in kHz 58
4.2 The simulated result of fig (4.2), zeros position (Z)
of the transfer function frequency spectrum in kHz 59
4.3 The measured result of fig (4.3), poles position (P)
of the transfer function frequency spectrum in kHz 62
4.4 The simulated result of fig (4.4), poles position (P)
of the transfer function frequency spectrum in kHz 62
4.5 The measured result of fig (4.3), zeros position (Z)
of the transfer function frequency spectrum in kHz 63
4.6 The simulated result of fig (4.4), zeros position (Z)
of the transfer function frequency spectrum in kHz 63
4.7 The result of classification of the five PD source for
each ANN hidden layer 73
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE NO TITLE PAGE
1.1 PD on high voltage transformer 5
2.1 Basic crossover coil 9
2.2 Multi conductor transmission line model 9
2.3 Relationship between two responses si(t) and rx(t) 11
2.4 Principle of the acoustic localization 12
2.5 Absolute and relative time in two-sensor-setup 12
2.6 Simplified transformer winding model 13
2.7 frequency characteristics of transformer windings marked
by the three main region. 16
2.8 Voltage ratio distributions of the impulse for the two winding 18
2.9 PD traveling through transformer winding 19
2.10 PD signal at the bushing and neutral terminal 20
3.1 Flow Chart of the Methodology 23
3.2 Flow Chart of the Proposed Method 24
3.3 Equivalent circuit of, inductor/capacitor ladder network 25
3.4 PD and transformer circuit parameters modelling using matlab
simulink 26
3.5 Linear relationship of the terminal response from frequency
response measurement 27
3.6 Ideal sampler 31
3.7 Measurement impedance of transformer winding circuit 33
3.8 Log-scale of the peridogram of secondary voltage signal for a
different PD signal at section1 34
3.9 Free Induction Decay (FID) technique which cans suppress
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the noise in spectrum wave form in frequency domain 37
3.10 Three- layer feed forward neral network 38
3.11 Three- layer feed forward neral network 39
3.12 Basic idea of the back propagation algorithm illustrated for a
unilabiate error function E(w) 43
3.13 A sample of one hundred observations of X and Y 47
3.14 The "true" curve for Y as well as the random X and Y values 47
3.15 Bias in sigmoid transfer function 49
3.16 Effect of temperature on sigmoid transfer function 50
3.17 A typical logistic curve has an inflection point at an X value
of 0 and f (x) value of .5 51
3.18 The regression fitted value and the neural network fitted value 52
4.1 The frequency spectrum of the healthy transformer 55
4.2 Shows the frequency spectrum of the transfer functions of 8
section PD source locations 57
4.3 Measured laboratory experiments and simulated result of the
frequency spectrum taken 60
4.4 The frequency spectrum results of the simulated work of the
proposed method for five origins in each section 61
4.5 Frequency spectrum deviation when the winding capacitance
reduced by 10% and 20% 65
4.6 Frequency spectrum deviation when the winding inductive
reduced by 10% and 20%. 66
4.7 Frequency spectrum deviation when the winding resistance
reduced to zero. 67
4.8 The distribution for the first three poles of the frequency
spectrum deviation for three capacitor cases (original,
reduced by 10% and reduced by 20%) 67
4.9 The distribution for the first three zeros of the frequency
spectrum deviation for three capacitor cases (original,
reducedby 10% and reduced by 20%) 68
4.10 The distribution for the first three poles of the frequency
spectrum deviation for three inductance cases (original,
reduced by 10% and reduced by 20%) 68
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4.11 The distribution for the first three zeros of the frequency
spectrum deviation for three inductance cases (original,
reduced by 10% and reduced by 20%) 69
4.12 The distribution of the poles of the frequency spectrum
deviation for the two resistance cases (original, reduced to zero) 69
4.13 The distribution of the poles of the frequency spectrum
deviation for the two resistance cases (original, reduced to zero) 70
4.14 The three case waveshapes of the frequency spectrum for
section 1 (original signal. noisy signal and after filtering signal) 71
4.15 The two case waveshapes of the frequency spectrum for
section 2 (original signal. noisy signal and after filtering signal) 72
4.16 A 24-hidden Layer feedforward network with sigmoid hidden
neurons and linear output neurons 73
4.17 Neural network training progress window. 74
4.18 The evaluation of trained network . Best Validation is at epoch 2. 75
4.18 Regrression of the output with respect to the target fo training. 76
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LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Vref - Reference signal of PD
si(t) - Reference signals of the responses of winding si(t)
rx(t) - Test signals of the responses of winding rx(t)
tref - Reference pulse width in µs
ttest - Test PD pulse in µs
Pix - Correlation coefficient
α - Winding distribution factor
H(w) - Gain of the two end voltages in dB
vx - Voltage variation from the neutral to the distance x
K - Capacitance of inter-turn and inter-disc transformer
winding
C - Capacitance to ground including the capacitance of
the core and tan
L - Inductive branch of each turn conductor
R - Resistance branch of each turn conductor
CB - Bushing capacitance
l - Total length of winding
Cc - Capacitance of cylindrical void
Cb - capacitance of the remaining series insulation with
void
Ca - capacitance of the remaining discharge-free
insulation of the rest of the solid insulator
N - The number of samples
fs - Sampling frequency
N - The number of samples
fs - Sampling frequency
UL - Voltage at line end
IL - Current at line end
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UN - Voltage at neutral end
IN - Current at neutral end
CL - The line end capacitance
CN - The neutral end capacitance
a,b - Designed separable FIR filter coefficient vectors
ηk - learning rate ηk
∂E/∂w - Partial derivatives of the error function with respect
to the weights
W0 - The weight on the output connection
W1, W2. . . Wn - The weight on the input connection
X1, X2. . . Xn - n outside stimuli
y1, y2. . . yn - Output from the n neurons
IFFT - Invers Fourier Transform
TFL - Transfer Functions between the PD source and the
Line- End
TFN - The transfer Functions between the PD source and
the Neutral-End
FIR - Finite Impulse Response Digital Filter
IIR - Infinite Impulse Response Digital Filter
WGN - White Gaussian Noise
A/D - Analogue to Digital Convertor
Zoh - Zero Hold error
FID - Free Induction Decay
ANN - Artificial Neural Network
f() - a function
E - Error function
SSE - Sum of Squared Errors
MLP - Multi-Layer Perceptrons
BP - Back Propagation Algorithim
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
There are many assets in electric power system, which are very expensive,
and the most significant and an expensive component in the grid station is the power
transformer. It is considered to be one of the essential and costly equipment that
operate like heart of the power system. Its insulation is very important and detection
of insulation faults is the best possible preventive measurements to avoid irreparable
damages. The life of Power transformer could be extended by insulation monitoring
through PD measurements. It is not only economically valuable, but also saves lots
of revenues. The PD activity is one of the most common phenomenon‘s that become
cause of insulation faults. Other sources are mechanical deformations, which leads to
defects in power transformers that can cause insulation failure [1]. Considering the
fact that early detection of PD can prevent complete failure of the transformer
insulation and breakdown, a precise modelling of partial discharge associated with
transformer winding in high frequencies mode has been performed. To reduce the
maintenance time and cost the exact detection of PD activity in the insulating
structure near the transformer windings has a great importance [2].
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1.2 Background
Partial discharge (PD) is defined as localized electrical discharge within only
a part of the insulation between two separated conductors. In the real applications,
PD is caused by the existence of voids in the insulation. Even if the local electrical
field in the void exceeds a threshold and a dicharge occurs, it is limited within the
void due to the strong surrounding insulation, enough to avoid a complete
breakdown. PD in voids is considered harmful, especially in high-voltage systems
from the engineering viewpoint as they cause energy loss and gradually degrade the
insulation [1].
PD may occur in solid, liquid and gaseous insulation media and are generally
initiated by an excessive localized electric field. The PD induced current in an
external circuit depends on the nature of the discharge and the geometry of the
system [2]. In many cases, where there are electrically weak areas in solid dielectric
materials (most often gaseous or liquid inclusions), PD can be measured when
enough voltage is applied. PD phenomenon causes degradation in insulated
materials[3]. The investigation of insulated material behaviour under electrical stress
and the data obtained from PD measurements, provide the possibility to predict
dielectric breakdown. There are three main types of PD: (i) micro discharges in small
voids, which always exist both at the surface of electrodes and in the volume of
insulators; (ii) breakdowns along the boundaries between two insulators (typically
along the solid insulator–gas interface); and (iii) PD in the channels of branched
structures (streamers) propagating in the volume of a dielectric medium. The second
and third PD types can be considered as incomplete breakdown, since the insulating
properties of a dielectric are not violated[4,5].
Consequently, on-line PD measurement is a powerful condition monitoring
technique that is now being devcloped for use with power transformers. Techniques
for the location of a PD are of major importance in on-site maintenance and repair.
The PD pulse suffers distortion and attenuation as it travels from the site-of-origin to
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the measuring terminal. Consequently, the measured signal is a highly distorted
representation of the original PD pulse, but it does contain useful information about
the location and nature of the discharge. If this information can he extracted and
analysed, the PD source may he located[6,7]. The different frequency ranges that
describe the spectra of the measured PD signal, the modes of propagation in the
transformer winding have different characteristics. In the lower frequency range (e.g.
0 to 0.0IMHz) the component of a PD pulse that propagates in the, winding is
predominantly an electromagnetic wave that travels along the galvanic path. In the
intermediate frequency range (e.g. 0.01 to 0.1MHz) the propagation is dominated by
the characteristic resonances of the winding. In the higher frequency range (e.g. 0.1
to 10 MHz) the propagation is mainly through the capacitive elements of the
winding[8,9].
The PD signals detected at the terminals of a transformer will have different
waveshapes due to the different propagation paths from the discharge source to the
terminals, even if the same type of discharge generates them.
In this project Matlab/Simulink simulation software would be used for the
detection and localization of PD phenomenon. The simulation studies have suggested
that the PD signals at the measurement terminals their propagation paths and the
transfer functions from the source of the discharge to the measuring terminal have
unique characteristics. The measurements conducted using PD calibrators on several
plain-disc-type windings A frequency spectrum representation was used during those
measurements. Studies carried out on the transfer function based PD location
techniques indicated the importance of developing these techniques into practical
applications.
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1.3 Problem Statement
Some of transformer winding reaches to many thousand dollars specially in
the case of high KVA capacity. The popular test had been done by detecting the fault
like partial discharge without localizing the PD in the winding, and the problem
solved by replacing the whole winding and hence expensive cost. To overcome this
economical issue it is necessary to find a way to localize PD along the winding
length so that only faulty part is replaced instead of the whole winding. This concept
is very useful especially in a disk type transformer winding, when replacing a portion
of the winding instead of the whole winding.
Voluminous digital PD data are nowadays readily available with constant
improvement in PD measurement techniques. Power engineer may be able to detect
prominent PDs using oscilloscope and existing couplers. But identification of the
types of developing and random occurring PD is a real challenge to any practicing
engineer. In this thesis a new technique of a digital signal processing method such as
fast fourier transformation (FFT) is applied to analyse PD detection and localization
in transformer winding.
PD activities may cause deviation of the transformer winding parameters. The
deviation of the transformer parameters are due to many reasons like for example
heating during operation aging and deterioration of the winding insulation. Hence
reduces the sensitivity of the measurements and the uncertainties in the estimation of
transformer parameters.
When the winding was energised there was significant audible and electrical
noise due to core vibration. The result was an increase in the noise level in the time
domain signals. For the corresponding frequency spectra, the noise only affects the
spectra in the lower frequency range, i.e. below 50kHz. Various time and frequency
domain de-noising techniques are adopted for the extraction of PD signal. Signal
processing methods to post process the measurements have been utilised, resulting to
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a rejection of the noise and improvement of the sensitivity.
Figure 1.1 PD on high voltage transformer
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1.4 Objective of the study
i- Modelling the power transformer circuit winding parameters with partial
discharge (PD) injection.
ii- Demonstrate the concept of the detection and localization using FFT
transfer function. And classify the location using ANN.
iii- Studying the dynamic behaviour of winding parameters deviation.
iv- De noising the audible noise in transformer core using FID filtering
technique.
1.5 Scope of the study
i- Simulate a model for the transformer winding by a lumped circuit model
and PD pulses using Simulink/Matlab software.
ii- Analyse the PD location by FFT to the measured current responses from
the bushing and neutral terminals. After injecting a PD pulse into
different sections along the winding, then classify by ANN.
iii- Change the value of R,L and C to study the behaviour of winding
parameters deviation.
iv- De noising the noise in transformer core using FID filtering technique
After modelling the noise.
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