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Diagnosis of Medium Voltage Cables for Nuclear Power Plant

  • Ha, Che-Wung;Lee, Do Hwan
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.1369-1374
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    • 2014
  • Most accidents of medium-voltage cables installed in nuclear power plants result from the initial defect of internal insulators or the initial failure due to poor construction. However, as the service years of plants increase, the possibility of cable accidents is also rapidly increases. This is primarily caused by electric, mechanical, thermal, and radiation stresses. Recently, much attention is paid to the study of cable diagnoses. To date, partial discharge and Tan${\delta}$ measurements are known as reliable methods to diagnose the aging of medium-voltage cables. High frequency partial discharge measurement techniques have been widely used to diagnose cables in transmission and distribution systems. However, the on-line high frequency partial discharge technique has not been used in the nuclear power plants because of the plant shutdown risk, degraded measurement sensitivity, and application problems. In this paper, the partial discharge measurement with a portable device was tried to evaluate the integrity of the 4.16kV and 13.8kV cable lines. The test results show that the high detection sensitivity can be achieved by the high frequency partial discharge technique. The present technique is highly attractive to diagnose medium voltage cables in nuclear power plants.

Measurement of Discharge Using the Entropy Concept (엔트로피 개념에 의한 유량측정 기법)

  • Choo, Tai-Ho;Lee, Seung-Kwan
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.342-346
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    • 2006
  • The method presented is also efficient and applicable in estimating the discharge in high flows that are very difficult or impossible to measure before, due to technical or theoretical reasons. The method can drastically reduce the time and cost of measurement, regardless of the irregularity in the geometrical shape. With Microwave Water Surface Velocity Meter, An entropy based method for determining the discharge in the rivers can be used to develop real-time discharge measurement system (RDMS) which can carry out the real-time inflow hydrograph.

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UHF Sensor Development for Partial Discharge Exclusively for Measurement in 25.8kV GIS (25.8kV GIS 부분방전 측정전용 UHF센서 개발)

  • Choi, Mun-Gyu;Cha, Hanju
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.65 no.6
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    • pp.1083-1088
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    • 2016
  • 25.8kV GIS part generated by sensors to measure contact an inflow of noise depending on the extent of the measured discharge occurs often not easy. Partial discharge signal measurement sensor suitable for developing a more useful measurements at the scene to this, partial discharge waveform analysis developed a sensor, and to utilize forSensor on the development of the most important is VSWR decided to (voltage standing wave ratio) voltage standing-wave ratio less than 1.5 and decided less than at the full spectrum bands that are measured, this time Return loss, as measured value by absolute criteria 14.0 dB produced the sensor, designed to or more. UHF 1.5~0.5 GHz bandwidth spectrum to be measured in GIS. UHF bands were designed to be able to measure the best signal. Recently, 25.8kV GIS production company has been increasing variety of GIS were made open spacer in partial discharge in accordance with the not very easy to detect the signal. The sensor is designed height of four cm external spacer is attachment GIS in an influx of outside noise measurement, and be so manufactured as to facilitate the least we've done. Also, since partial discharge which occur can measure the frequency of the 170kV GIS external partial-discharge signals that occur at the scene of insulation applied to the spacer. Features, and also derived good results using global positioning. Also measured discharge point about sensors that are stable and the reliability of the development and local substation equipment failure occurring signal analysis through the discharge for the prevention of widely. There should be to believe that used.

Analysis and Comparison of Stream Discharge Measurements in Jeju Island Using Various Recent Monitoring Techniques (다양한 첨단 유량 계측기기를 활용한 제주도 하천 유출 비교 분석)

  • Yang, Sung-Kee;Kim, Dong-Su;Jung, Woo-Yul;Yu, Kwon-Kyu
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.783-788
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    • 2011
  • Different from the main land of South Korea, Jeju Island has been in difficulties for measuring discharge. Due to high infiltration rate, most of streams in Jeju Island are usually in the dried state except six streams with the steady base flow, and the unique geological characteristics such as steep slope and short traveling distance of runoff have forced rainfall runoff usually to occur during very short period of time like one or two days. While discharge observations in Jeju Island have been conducted only for 16 sites with fixed electromagnetic surface velocimetry, effective analysis and validation of observed discharge data and operation of the monitoring sites still have been limited due to very few professions to maintain such jobs. This research is sponsored by Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs to build water cycle monitoring and management system of Jeju Island. Specifically, the research focuses on optimizing discharge measurement techniques adjusted for Jeju Island, expanding the monitoring sites, and validating the existing discharge data. First of all, we attempted to conduct discharge measurements in streams with steady base flow, by utilizing various recent discharge monitoring techniques, such as ADCP, LSPIV, Magnetic Velocimetry, and Electromagnetic Wave Surface Velocimetry. ADCP has been known to be the most accurate in terms of discharge measurement compared with other techniques, thus that the discharge measurement taken by ADCP could be used as a benchmark data for validation of others. However, there are still concerns of using ADCP in flood seasons; thereby LSPIV would be able to be applied for replacing ADCP in such flooded situation in the stream. In addition, sort of practical approaches such as Magnetic Velocimetry, and Electromagnetic Wave Surface Velocimetry would also be validated, which usually measure velocity in the designated parts of stream and assume the measured velocity to be representative for whole cross-section or profile at any specified location. The result of the comparison and analysis will be used for correcting existing discharge measurement by Electromagnetic Wave Surface Velocimetry and finding the most optimized discharge techniques in the future.

Technical tendency of electric field measurements in glow discharge plasmas using laser spectroscopy (레이저를 이용한 방전 플라즈마중의 전계측정 기술 동향)

  • Choi, Y.W.;Bowden, M.;Muraoka, K.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1997.07e
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    • pp.1663-1665
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    • 1997
  • Direct measurements of electric fields in a glow discharge are difficult because the measurement method should be sensitive to the electric field and non-intrusive. Laser spectroscopy is very suitable in that it is non-intrusive and allow in-situ measurements to be made. In this report, the measurement techniques of electric fields in glow discharge using laser spectroscopy were described.

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The Development of the Automatic Discharge Acquisition & Management System (ADAMS) using Ubiquitous Technique

  • Park, Jae-Young;Oh, Byoung-Dong;Jeon, Seon-Mee;Kim, Jae-Bok
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.488-493
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    • 2006
  • Accurate river discharge is the most important factor in managing river basins and for successfully maintaining total maximum daily loads in Korea. It is not easy to measure the discharge directly in large rivers owing to physical and environmental constraints, even after investing much time and money. Recently, to overcome these historical drawbacks in river discharge measurement, we have developed the Automatic Discharge Acquisition & Management System (ADAMS) that scans the river cross-section and measures each cell $(1m{\times}1m)$ velocity using HADCP. The hardware system is composed of an HADCP sensor and winch, as well as a PC and software system for the discharge calculation module and hardware control module. It is controlled remotely via the internet and uses the velocity-depth integration method and the velocity-contour method for calculating river discharges. The characteristics of ADAMS are a ubiquitously accessible system, featuring real time automatic discharge measurement, remote control via the internet. The results using ADAMS at the Jindong stage site show less than 5% uncertainty and are 4 times more efficient than the ADCP & Q-boat system. This system can be used to measure any large river, river mouth or tributary river affected by backwater, all of which have a very difficult measuring real time discharge. The next generation of ADAMS will feature an upgrade to increase portability and GPS integration.

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Case study of a low head & kaplan turbine efficiency measurement using ASFM (절대유량법(ASFM)을 이용한 저낙차.카플란 수차효율측정 적용사례 연구)

  • Lee, Yongjun;Oh, Suegyoung;Shin, Changshik;Hyun, Jungjae
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.205.1-205.1
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    • 2011
  • This study concerns a low head and kaplan turbine efficiency measurement using the acoustic scintillation flow meter(ASFM). The ASFM is one of absolute discharge measurement methods because it measures velocity-area of discharge with couples of transducers. This study shows that the highest efficiency of turbine is 87.7% and the efficiency is 85.8% in the rated output(600kW). The test result is reliable because the efficiency trend from this test is similar to the result of index test conducted in 1986. In this paper, the principle, measurement methods, application and test procedures of the test are discussed.

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A Study on the PD Measurement System for Estimating Reliabilities of Low-voltage Electrical and Electronic Components (저압용 전기전자부품의 신뢰성 평가를 위한 부분방전 측정시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Hwang-Dong;Snog, Jae-Yong;Moon, Seung-Bo;Kil, Gyung-Suk;Kang, Dong-Sik;Hwang, Don-Ha
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.321-322
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we dealt with a partial discharge(PD) measurement system that has been accepted as an effective and non-destructive technique for estimating reliabilities of low-voltage electrical and electronic components. Calibration tests on laboratory set-up have shown that the PD measurement system has a stable sensitivity of 37.6 mv/pC. In an application test on photo coupler, we could detect 0.1 pC level of partial discharge at the applied voltage of AC 520 $V_{peak}$.

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A Simple Metric for Assessing the Severity of Partial Discharge Activity Based on Time-Sequence-Analysis-Discharge Level Patterns

  • Stewart Brian G;Yang Lily;Judd Martin D;Reid Alistair;Fouracre Richard A
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.313-318
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    • 2006
  • This paper introduces a partial discharge (PD) severity metric, S, based on the evaluation of time-sequence PD data capture and resulting Time-Sequence-Analysis Discharge (TSAD) level distributions. Basically based on an IEC60270 measurement technique, each PD event is time stamped and the discharge level noted. By evaluating the time differences between a previous and subsequent discharge, a 3D plot of time-sequence activity and discharge levels can be produced. From these parameters a measurement of severity, which takes into account dynamic or instantaneous variations in both the time of occurrence and the level of discharge, rather than using standard repetition rate techniques, can be formulated. The idea is to provide a measure of the severity of PD activity for potentially measuring the state of insulation within an item of plant. This severity measure is evaluated for a simple point-plane geometry in $SF_{6}$ as a function of gap distance and applied high voltage. The results show that as the partial discharge activity increases, the severity measure also increases. The importance of future investigations, quantifications and evaluations of the robustness, sensitivity and importance of such a severity measurement, as well as comparing it with typical repetition rate assessment techniques, and other monitoring techniques, are also very briefly discussed.

The Analysis of VHF/UHF PD and 3d-PD Pattern (3d-PD 패턴과 VHF/UHF PD 신호의 고찰)

  • Lim, Jang-Seob;Park, Yong-Sik;Park, Byoung-Ha;Han, Sok-Kyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2001.05b
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    • pp.75-78
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    • 2001
  • Recently, the HFPD measurement testing is widely used in partial discharge measurement of HV machines because HFPD measurement testing receives less influence of external noise and has a merit of good sensitivity. Also HFPD testing is able to offer the judgement standard of degradation level of HV machine and can detect discharge signals in live-line. Therefore it is very useful method compare to previous conventional PD testing method and effective diagnosis method in power transformer that requires live-line diagnosis. But partial discharges have very complex characteristics of discharge pattern so it is required continuous research to development of precise analysis method. In recent, the study of partial discharge is carrying out discover of initial defect of power equipment through condition diagnosis and system development of degradation diagnosis using HFPD(High Frequency Partial Discharge) detection. In this study, simulated transformer is manufactured and HFPD occurred from transformer is measured with broad band antenna in real time, the degradation grade of transformer is analyzed through produced patterns in simulated transformer according to applied voltages.

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