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Diagnostic of insulation condition of oil impregnated paper insulation system with return
voltage measurements
Omar Hassanl, Hossein Borsil, Emst Gockenbach', E. M. Aboelzahab*,M. I. Gilany
'Institute of Electric Power Systems, Schering-Institut, University of HaMover, Germany
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Department of Electric Power and Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Introduction
Power transformers are one of the most important
components of electric power distribution and
transmission systems. Therefore their reliable and
efficient operation for many years is of basic important
for an economical electrical energy supply. Paper and
related cellulosic products are still the preferred
insulation materials for oil-filled high voltage power
transformers, owing to their low cost and good overall
electrical and mechanical properties [I]. The insulation
in a power transformer degrades under normal
operating conditions, in particular with higher
temperature, higher moisture and oxidation. Aging of
the oil paper insulation system of power transformers is
determined by various stresses, namely dielectric,
thermal and electromechanical and chemical stresses
[91. The traditional method of moisture monitoring calls
for oil sample at regular interval. The oil sample is then
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Effect of moisture
The polarization spectrum dependence on the moisture
content of the oil paper insulation system is shown in
Figure 3 and Table 2. As can be seen when the moisture
increases the dominate time constant T h mis located in
lower time range, on the other hand in case of low
moisture content the dominate time constant Tdomis
located in a higher time range.
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Effect of aging
Figure 4 shows the influence of aging on the
polarization spectrum curves of oil-paper insulation.
The measurements were carried out at ambient'
temperature 24 OC. these measurements show the
dominate time constant T&m decrease with increasing
aping. These measurements were repeated at different
temperatures 44 "C and 65 "C as shown in Figures 5 and
6 respectively. The results of polarization spectrum
measurements for the aged samples compared with the
new sample are summarized in Table 3. It shows that
the variation of the dominate time constant for different
aging times is very significant when the measurements
are carried at low temperature. Table 3 shows that the
dominate time constants for loo0 and Zoo0 hours aged
samples are 1 s for measurements at 44 and 65 "C. hut
at room temperature 24 "C the dominate time constant
is 5 s for 1000 hours aged samples and 3 s for ZOO0
hours aged samples.
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Moisture content
in oil (ppm)
14 ppm
25 ppm
33 ppm
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specmm(V)
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Discussion
These measurements show that the dominate time
constant is the common indicator between the moisture,
temperature and aging, which decrease with increasing
moisture, temperature and aging. The dominate time
constant decreases at high temperature due to increased
water availability in oil at high temperature. The
dielectric constant of water is around 80 while that of
oil-paper is around 2.2 to 5 [4]. figure 7 shows the
dielectric constant increasing by moisture and
temperature. The dielectric constant is measured at
power frequency by Schering bridge with voltage 4 kV.
The influence of aging on the dominate time
constant shown in Figure 5 is measured at mom
temperature. We can see the dominate time constant
decrease with increasing the aging. Table 4 shows that
the water content in oil is different for different aging
times. But the water content at 500 hours aging time
decreases slightly from the water in new oil sample.
The result in [31 shows the water content of the paper at
500 hours decreases slightly from the initial, and the
fmnic compounds content in oil reaches a maximum
.concentration at 1000 hours aging and after loo0 hours
it decreases.
Figure 5 and 6 shows the polarization spectrum and
the peak time curves at temperatures 44 and 65 "C
respectively. At 65 "C the peak time curve at loo0
hours aging is above the peak curve at 2000 hours
aging, this mean the water content at 1000 hours aged
insulation paper is higher than the water content in
2000 hours aged insulation paper at 65 "C . May be the
concentration of furanic components at 1000 hours
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