An Efficient Algorithm for Partial Discharge Localization in High-Voltage Systems Using Received Signal Strength
The term partial discharge (PD) refers to a partial bridging of insulating material between electrodes that sustain an electric field in high-voltage (HV) systems. Long-term PD activity can lead to catastrophic failures of HV systems resulting in economic, energy and even human life losses. Such fai...
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| author | Umar F. Khan Pavlos I. Lazaridis Hamd Mohamed Ricardo Albarracín Zaharias D. Zaharis Robert C. Atkinson Christos Tachtatzis Ian A. Glover |
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| description | The term partial discharge (PD) refers to a partial bridging of insulating material between electrodes that sustain an electric field in high-voltage (HV) systems. Long-term PD activity can lead to catastrophic failures of HV systems resulting in economic, energy and even human life losses. Such failures and losses can be avoided by continuously monitoring PD activity. Existing techniques used for PD localization including time of arrival (TOA) and time difference of arrival (TDOA), are complicated and expensive because they require time synchronization. In this paper, a novel received signal strength (RSS) based localization algorithm is proposed. The reason that RSS is favoured in this research is that it does not require clock synchronization and it only requires the energy of the received signal rather than the PD pulse itself. A comparison was made between RSS based algorithms including a proposed algorithm, the ratio and search and the least squares algorithm to locate a PD source for nine different positions. The performance of the algorithms was evaluated by using two field scenarios based on seven and eight receiving nodes, respectively. The mean localization error calculated for two-field-trial scenarios show, respectively, 1.80 m and 1.76 m for the proposed algorithm for all nine positions, which is the lowest of the three algorithms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-058a7dc264244bfeb360af6eba0d428d2022-12-22T04:19:47ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-11-011811400010.3390/s18114000s18114000An Efficient Algorithm for Partial Discharge Localization in High-Voltage Systems Using Received Signal StrengthUmar F. Khan0Pavlos I. Lazaridis1Hamd Mohamed2Ricardo Albarracín3Zaharias D. Zaharis4Robert C. Atkinson5Christos Tachtatzis6Ian A. Glover7Department of Engineering & Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKDepartment of Engineering & Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKDepartment of Engineering & Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKDepartmento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica, Automática y Física Aplicada, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial (ETSIDI), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ronda de Valencia 3, Madrid 28012, SpainDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UKDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UKDepartment of Engineering & Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKThe term partial discharge (PD) refers to a partial bridging of insulating material between electrodes that sustain an electric field in high-voltage (HV) systems. Long-term PD activity can lead to catastrophic failures of HV systems resulting in economic, energy and even human life losses. Such failures and losses can be avoided by continuously monitoring PD activity. Existing techniques used for PD localization including time of arrival (TOA) and time difference of arrival (TDOA), are complicated and expensive because they require time synchronization. In this paper, a novel received signal strength (RSS) based localization algorithm is proposed. The reason that RSS is favoured in this research is that it does not require clock synchronization and it only requires the energy of the received signal rather than the PD pulse itself. A comparison was made between RSS based algorithms including a proposed algorithm, the ratio and search and the least squares algorithm to locate a PD source for nine different positions. The performance of the algorithms was evaluated by using two field scenarios based on seven and eight receiving nodes, respectively. The mean localization error calculated for two-field-trial scenarios show, respectively, 1.80 m and 1.76 m for the proposed algorithm for all nine positions, which is the lowest of the three algorithms.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/11/4000field trialslocalization algorithmleast squares algorithmpartial dischargeratio and search algorithmRSS |
| spellingShingle | Umar F. Khan Pavlos I. Lazaridis Hamd Mohamed Ricardo Albarracín Zaharias D. Zaharis Robert C. Atkinson Christos Tachtatzis Ian A. Glover An Efficient Algorithm for Partial Discharge Localization in High-Voltage Systems Using Received Signal Strength Sensors field trials localization algorithm least squares algorithm partial discharge ratio and search algorithm RSS |
| title | An Efficient Algorithm for Partial Discharge Localization in High-Voltage Systems Using Received Signal Strength |
| title_full | An Efficient Algorithm for Partial Discharge Localization in High-Voltage Systems Using Received Signal Strength |
| title_fullStr | An Efficient Algorithm for Partial Discharge Localization in High-Voltage Systems Using Received Signal Strength |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Efficient Algorithm for Partial Discharge Localization in High-Voltage Systems Using Received Signal Strength |
| title_short | An Efficient Algorithm for Partial Discharge Localization in High-Voltage Systems Using Received Signal Strength |
| title_sort | efficient algorithm for partial discharge localization in high voltage systems using received signal strength |
| topic | field trials localization algorithm least squares algorithm partial discharge ratio and search algorithm RSS |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/11/4000 |
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