Development of an Online Detection Setup for Dissolved Gas in Transformer Insulating Oil
The type and concentration of dissolved gases in transformer insulating oil are used to assess transformer conditions. In this paper, an online detection setup for measuring the concentration of multicomponent gases dissolved in transformer insulating oil is developed, which consists of an oil-gas s...
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| description | The type and concentration of dissolved gases in transformer insulating oil are used to assess transformer conditions. In this paper, an online detection setup for measuring the concentration of multicomponent gases dissolved in transformer insulating oil is developed, which consists of an oil-gas separation system and an optical system for acquiring the transformer status in real time. The oil-gas separation system uses low pressure, constant temperature, and low-frequency stirring as working conditions for degassing large-volume oil samples based on modified headspace degassing. The optical system uses tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) to determine the gas concentration. Six target gases (methane, ethylene, ethane, acetylene, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide) were detected by three near-infrared lasers (1569, 1684, and 1532 nm). The stability of the optical system was improved by the common optical path formed by time-division multiplexing (TDM) technology. The calibration experiments show that the second harmonics and the concentrations of the six gases are linear. A comparison experiment with gas chromatography (GC) demonstrates that the error of acetylene reaches the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>nL</mi><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">L</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> level, while the other gases reach the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">L</mi></mrow><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">L</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> level. The data conforms to the power industry testing standards, and the state of the transformer is analyzed by the detected six characteristic gases. The setup provides an effective basis for the online detection of dissolved gas in transformer insulating oil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83dc5ce99a4842f48f7efb4e1430afce2023-11-23T03:44:00ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-12-0111241214910.3390/app112412149Development of an Online Detection Setup for Dissolved Gas in Transformer Insulating OilYang Chen0Zhentao Wang1Zhao Li2Hongquan Zheng3Jingmin Dai4School of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92, Xidazhi Street, Harbin 150001, ChinaSchool of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92, Xidazhi Street, Harbin 150001, ChinaSchool of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92, Xidazhi Street, Harbin 150001, ChinaSchool of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92, Xidazhi Street, Harbin 150001, ChinaSchool of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92, Xidazhi Street, Harbin 150001, ChinaThe type and concentration of dissolved gases in transformer insulating oil are used to assess transformer conditions. In this paper, an online detection setup for measuring the concentration of multicomponent gases dissolved in transformer insulating oil is developed, which consists of an oil-gas separation system and an optical system for acquiring the transformer status in real time. The oil-gas separation system uses low pressure, constant temperature, and low-frequency stirring as working conditions for degassing large-volume oil samples based on modified headspace degassing. The optical system uses tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) to determine the gas concentration. Six target gases (methane, ethylene, ethane, acetylene, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide) were detected by three near-infrared lasers (1569, 1684, and 1532 nm). The stability of the optical system was improved by the common optical path formed by time-division multiplexing (TDM) technology. The calibration experiments show that the second harmonics and the concentrations of the six gases are linear. A comparison experiment with gas chromatography (GC) demonstrates that the error of acetylene reaches the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>nL</mi><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">L</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> level, while the other gases reach the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">L</mi></mrow><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">L</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> level. The data conforms to the power industry testing standards, and the state of the transformer is analyzed by the detected six characteristic gases. The setup provides an effective basis for the online detection of dissolved gas in transformer insulating oil.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/24/12149near-infraredmulticomponent gas detectionTDLASoil-gas separationtransformer |
| spellingShingle | Yang Chen Zhentao Wang Zhao Li Hongquan Zheng Jingmin Dai Development of an Online Detection Setup for Dissolved Gas in Transformer Insulating Oil Applied Sciences near-infrared multicomponent gas detection TDLAS oil-gas separation transformer |
| title | Development of an Online Detection Setup for Dissolved Gas in Transformer Insulating Oil |
| title_full | Development of an Online Detection Setup for Dissolved Gas in Transformer Insulating Oil |
| title_fullStr | Development of an Online Detection Setup for Dissolved Gas in Transformer Insulating Oil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of an Online Detection Setup for Dissolved Gas in Transformer Insulating Oil |
| title_short | Development of an Online Detection Setup for Dissolved Gas in Transformer Insulating Oil |
| title_sort | development of an online detection setup for dissolved gas in transformer insulating oil |
| topic | near-infrared multicomponent gas detection TDLAS oil-gas separation transformer |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/24/12149 |
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