Traditional contacted GIS breakdown point location methods require a large number of sensors and have poor anti-interference ability. In the withstand voltage test for a GIS
especially in the impulse voltage test
these methods cannot locate the breakdown point in most cases. In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the positioning
this paper puts forward a simple and accurate two-dimensional location method of breakdown points in GIS based on the theory of spatial audible sound waves. By analyzing the characteristics of acoustic waves from the breakdown of GIS
a peak-threshold method to determine the time delay of a GIS breakdown sound wave arriving at different sensors is presented. The digital positioning system is set up by using the horizontal arrangement of three acoustic sensors
and the sensors have no physical contact with the detected GIS. Results show that the acoustic waveform caused by GIS breakdown has an obvious high amplitude impulse in time domain
and mainly distributes from 2 kHz to 8 kHz in frequency domain
which can be clearly distinguished from the background noise and provide useful information for localization. Experimental results of 330 kV GIS show that the location error of the proposed system is under 5%
and compared with the ultrasonic and UHF location methods
the audible sound method reduces the difficulty and cost in positioning of breakdown points in GIS. The attenuation of waveform
the position of the sensor system and the barrier between GIS and the positioning system may influence the positioning result
so the positioning system should be reasonably arranged in practical application.
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