Metrological Qualification of PD Analysers for Insulation Diagnosis of HVDC and HVAC Grids
Fernando Garnacho (Fundación para el Fomento de la Innovación Industrial (FFII), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Fernando Álvarez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Alf Peter Elg (Research Institutes of Sweden RISE)
Christian Mier (TU Delft - High Voltage Technology Group)
Kari Lahti (Tampere University)
Abderrahim Khamlichi (Fundación para el Fomento de la Innovación Industrial (FFII), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Eduardo Arcones (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Joni Klüss (Research Institutes of Sweden RISE)
Armando Rodrigo Mor (Universitat Politécnica de Valencia)
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Abstract
On-site partial discharge (PD) measurements have turned out to be a very efficient technique for determining the insulation condition in high-voltage electrical grids (AIS, cable systems, GIS, HVDC converters, etc.); however, there is not any standardised procedure for determining the performances of PD measuring systems. In on-line and on-site PD measurements, high-frequency current transformers (HFCTs) are commonly used as sensors as they allow for monitoring over long distances in high-voltage installations. To ensure the required performances, a metrological qualification of the PD analysers by applying an evaluation procedure is necessary. A novel evaluation procedure was established to specify the quantities to be measured (electrical charge and PD repetition rate) and to describe the evaluation tests considering the measured influence parameters: noise, charge amplitude, pulse width and time interval between consecutive pulses. This procedure was applied to different types of PD analysers used for off-line measurements, sporadic on-line measurements and continuous PD monitoring. The procedure was validated in a round-robin test involving two metrological institutes (RISE from Sweden and FFII from Spain) and three universities (TUDelft from the Netherlands, TAU from Finland and UPM from Spain). With this round-robin test, the effectiveness of the proposed qualification procedure for discriminating between efficient and inappropriate PD analysers was demonstrated. Furthermore, it was shown that the PD charge quantity can be properly determined for on-line measurements and continuous monitoring by integrating the pulse signals acquired with HFCT sensors. In this case, these sensors must have a flat frequency spectrum in the range between several tens of kHz and at least two tens of MHz, where the frequency pulse content is more significant. The proposed qualification procedure can be useful for improving the future versions of the technical specification TS IEC 62478 and the standard IEC 60270.
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