Partial Discharge Detection of Multiple‐Narrow Band Antenna under the Radio Communication Noise

Abstract

The ultra‐high frequency (UHF) method is attempted to diagnose the insulation condition of high voltage equipment as detecting partial discharge (PD) – emitted electromagnetic (EM) wave. Although the EM wave caused by PD has broadband, the UHF band includes many communication and broadcasting line spectral frequencies, which can affect PD detection as a noise. The authors have developed the multiple‐narrow band (MNB) antenna to detect discharge signals with high resistance against noisy line spectral frequencies. In this paper, the MNB antenna was applied to measure PD in SF6 gas and compared with a standard wide‐band Horn antenna to identify the PD detection ability. Furthermore, the MNB antenna was applied to measure PD signal in SF6 gas under the artificial and the real communication noise to estimate the noise elimination ability of MNB antenna. © 2021 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.