Particle size identification in GIS by ultra high speed measurement of partial discharge

Abstract

Gas insulated switchgear (GIS) is reliable equipment. However, when a metallic particle is in it, the insulation reliability of GIS sometimes reduces. Partial discharge (PD) measurement is usually performed to detect a metallic particle in GIS. After the PD detection, the criticality of PD must be estimated. For this purpose, identification of a particle size is very important. In this paper, every PD pulse of various particle sizes was measured sequentially with an ultra-high speed measuring system. And physical PD parameters were systematically analyzed. As a result, it was clarified that identification of the particle size was possible by considering the PD pulse number and current at positive and negative polarities. Finally, correspondence between electromagnetic wave emitted from PD and PD current was discussed.