Method and Experimental Research of Transmission Line Tower Grounding Body Condition Assessment Based on Multi-Parameter Time-Domain Pulsed Eddy Current Characteristic Signal Extraction

Yun Zuo, Jie Wang, Xiaoju Huang, Yuan Liu, Zhiwu Zeng, Ruiqing Xu, Yawen Chen, Kui Liu, Hongkang You and Jingang Wang ()
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Yun Zuo: Construction Branch of State Grid Jiangxi Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330036, China
Jie Wang: Construction Branch of State Grid Jiangxi Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330036, China
Xiaoju Huang: Construction Branch of State Grid Jiangxi Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330036, China
Yuan Liu: Construction Branch of State Grid Jiangxi Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330036, China
Zhiwu Zeng: Construction Branch of State Grid Jiangxi Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330036, China
Ruiqing Xu: Construction Branch of State Grid Jiangxi Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330036, China
Yawen Chen: Construction Branch of State Grid Jiangxi Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330036, China
Kui Liu: Jiangxi Power Transmission and Transformation Engineering Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330043, China
Hongkang You: State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Jingang Wang: State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: Pole tower grounding bodies are part of the normal structure of the power system, providing relief from fault currents and equalizing overvoltage channels. They are important devices; however, in the harsh environment of the soil, they are prone to corrosion or even fracture, which in turn affects the normal utilization of the transmission line, so accurately assessing the condition of grounding bodies of the power grid is critical. To assess the operational status of a grounding body in a timely manner, this paper proposes a multi-parameter pulsed eddy current (PEC) time-domain characteristic signal corrosion classification method for the detection of the state of a pole tower grounding body. The method firstly theoretically analysed the influence of multi-parameter changes on the PEC response time-domain feature signal caused by grounding body corrosion and extracts the decay time constant (DTC), and the decay time constant stabilization value (DTCSV) and time to stabilization (TTS) were obtained based on the DTC time domain characteristics for describing the corrosion of the grounding body. Subsequently, DTCSV and TTS were used as inputs to a support vector machine (SVM) to classify the corrosion of the grounding body. A simulation model was constructed to investigate the effect of multiparameter time on the DTCSV and TTS of the tower grounding body based on the single-variable method, and the multiparameter time-domain characterization method used for corrosion assessment was validated. Four defects with different corrosion levels were classified using the optimized SVM model, with an accuracy rate of 95%. Finally, a PEC inspection system platform was built to conduct classification tests on steel bars with different degrees of corrosion, and the results show that the SVM classification model based on DTCSV and TTS has a better discriminatory ability for different corrosive grounders and can be used to classify corrosion in the grounders of poles towers to improve the stability of power transmission.

Keywords: grounding body condition assessment; pulsed eddy current; decay time constant; multiparameter extraction; corrosion classification (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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