Partial Discharge Characteristics of Typical Defects in Oil-Paper Insulation Based on Photon Detection Technology

Zhengyan Zhang, Yong Yi, Ji Qi, Qian Wang, Weiqi Qin, Xianhao Fan () and Chuanyang Li ()
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Zhengyan Zhang: Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Yong Yi: Shenzhen Power Supply Co., Ltd., Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Source-Grid-Load-Storage Interactive Collaborative Technology (No. 2024B1212020004), Shenzhen 518000, China
Ji Qi: Shenzhen Power Supply Co., Ltd., Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Source-Grid-Load-Storage Interactive Collaborative Technology (No. 2024B1212020004), Shenzhen 518000, China
Qian Wang: Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Weiqi Qin: Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Xianhao Fan: Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Chuanyang Li: Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 18, 1-13

Abstract: As a key equipment in the power system, the insulation state of oil-immersed transformer is directly related to the safe and stable operation of the power grid. To explore the feasibility of optical detection methods for detecting transformer insulation defects and further analyze the trend of partial discharge optical signal characteristics under typical oil-paper insulation defects in transformers, this paper proposes a method for detecting insulation defects in transformers based on photon detection technology. This method can not only reflect the periodicity and phase characteristics of photon signals, but also exhibits higher sensitivity compared to the traditional PRPD method. Firstly, the study builds an experimental platform for optoelectronic combined transformer partial discharge based on photon detection technology and carries out partial discharge simulation experiments on four typical insulation defect models through the step-up method to collect their pulse current signals and photon signals. Then, a phase-resolved photon counting (PRPC) method is proposed to analyze the signals during the development of partial discharges. Finally, the optical signal characteristics of the four defect models are extracted for comparative analysis. The results show that the optical signals of partial discharges can effectively respond to the generation and development process of partial discharges inside the transformer, and different types of insulation defects and development stages can be clearly distinguished according to the phase distribution characteristics and characteristic parameters of the optical signals. This study verifies the effectiveness of photon detection technology and provides a new effective tool for the detection of transformer oil-paper insulation defects.

Keywords: oil-immersed transformers; defect detection; partial discharges; optical inspection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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