During the last years the medium voltage world has seen a strong increase in demand of flexibility, simplicity and automation of the distribution networks. The Smart Grids concepts have changed network’s needs and solutions with innovative design are required to satisfy these new demands. The standard IEC61850 is driving the innovation in the energy distribution devices enabling new functionali...

Abstract—Voltage level must be raised in order to deliver the produced energy to the consumption zones with less loss and less cost. Power transformers used to raise or lower voltage are important parts of the energy transmission system. Power transformers used in switchgear and power generation plants stay in human's intensive habitat zones as a result of expanding cities. Accordingly, noise l...

The up-gradation of an Electrical power generation network results in higher levels of short circuit fault current. Thereby, the existing protection equipment like circuit breakers, isolators and fuses become under capacity and not capable of withstanding higher short circuit currents. Thus the system is highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of short circuits. Replacing the whole protection ...

In recent years there has been widespread use of power electronics devices and nonlinear elements in rectification and switchgear applied to various areas of power system. Power systems contain levels of harmonics which can no longer be ignored by engineers, planners, energy conservationists and economists due to the presence of non-linear loads. A simulated case study of distributed system in ...

The detection of partial discharge through analysis of SF(6) gas components in gas-insulated switchgear, is significant for the diagnosis and assessment of the operating state of power equipment. The present study proposes the use of a TiO(2) nanotube array sensor for detecting the SF(6) decomposition product SO(2), and the application of the anodic oxidation method for the directional growth o...

Based on the characteristics of partial discharge (PD) defects in gas insulated switchgear (GIS), four typical single defects were designed for the present paper. PD three-dimensional (3D) patterns were constructed based on the ultra high frequency detection systems. The pulse-coupled neural networks (PCNN) and wavelet packet decomposition (WPD) method were used in PD feature extraction. The re...

This paper describes the development of a partial discharge measurement system that utilises a multiplexed approach to ultra-high-frequency monitoring on many pieces of equipment using a single cable loop connected to only two sampling channels. It is envisioned that the system could be used in partial discharge monitoring of medium voltage metal-enclosed switchgear, or several power transforme...

In this paper, Gas insulated Switchgear bus bar has been investigated using 3D coupled multiphysics finite element analysis. The coupled field analysis involved consecutive multi-physics interactions. The interaction is characterized as a two-way sequential electromagnetic-thermal field coupling. The temperature rise in the GIS bus bar is due to the Joule’s losses in the conductor and induced e...