A variable frequency model of a transformer bushing with localised moisture content

D. J. Smith; S. G. McMeekin; B. G. Stewart; P. A. Wallace

doi:10.1109/CEIDP.2012.6378817

A variable frequency model of a transformer bushing with localised moisture content

D. J. Smith^*, S. G. McMeekin, B. G. Stewart, P. A. Wallace

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment

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Abstract

Moisture ingress within a high voltage power transformer bushing can be detrimental to the insulation and causes the majority of bushing failures. In practice, wet bushings are known to have moisture accumulate within the lower region of the condenser. However, traditional power frequency measurements are often too insensitive to adequately evaluate these moisture conditions. Variable frequency analysis can provide a more sensitive estimation of moisture content, but bushing frequency responses are not well documented. In this paper, a simplified bushing model is used to evaluate moisture content within the insulation, for both uniformly distributed and localised wet regions. Numerical software is used to model the dissipation factor and capacitance, as a function of frequency and temperature. It was found that a localised wet region which had a 1.0% moisture content, with an impregnation of between 5% and 20%, was not distinguishable from a uniformly distributed 0.5% moisture content. However, when the localised region moisture percentage increased to 4.0%, a distinction could be made by a steeper response at frequencies of less than 0.1Hz.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	451-454
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467312523, 9781467312516
ISBN (Print)	9781467312530
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2012.6378817
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2012
Event	2012 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP 2012 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 14 Oct 2012 → 17 Oct 2012 Conference number: 13174933

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Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	0084-9162
ISSN (Electronic)	0084-9162

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Conference	2012 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP 2012
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	14/10/12 → 17/10/12

Keywords

Moisture
Insulators
Capacitance
Temperature
Temperature dependence
Software

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Smith, DJ, McMeekin, SG, Stewart, BG & Wallace, PA 2012, A variable frequency model of a transformer bushing with localised moisture content. in 2012 Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena. IEEE, pp. 451-454, 2012 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP 2012, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 14/10/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2012.6378817

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