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    Accurate Loss Tangent Determination in Damped Alternating Voltage Tests
    (2024-01-01) ; ;
    Paophan, Busayapol
    Underground cables are crucial for sustainable energy systems due to their minimal visual impact, reliability, and resilience against weather-related disruptions. As reliance on renewable energy sources rises, their importance grows. Regular evaluation of these cables is essential for ensuring safety, reliability, and resilience of electricity networks. By promptly identifying risks like insulation degradation, utilities can optimize maintenance, prioritize repairs, and bolster the integration of renewables, enhancing overall infrastructure performance. Loss tangent is the most significant value used for evaluation of the cable condition. This paper presents an alternative method for estimation of loss tangent in comparison with a conventional approach in damped alternating current voltage (DACV) tests. In the loss tangent estimation, the equivalent circuit of the DACV test system and a damping factor of the measured test voltage are utilized in the loss tangent estimation. From simulation experimental results, it is found that the conventional method is not accurate in loss tangent estimation in cases of low loss tangent measurement in the range of 0.1% which is a typical value of the new and used underground power cables. However, the accuracy of the proposed method is still in the acceptable range for estimation of the loss tangent in the range of 0.1%
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    A System for PD Pulse Generating, Monitoring, and System Characterization
    (2024-01-01) ;
    Paophan, Busayapol
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    This paper introduces a system for generating and measuring pulse signals used in calibrating and evaluating the performance of partial discharge detection systems. A LabVIEW-based software program has been created to control a digital oscilloscope and an arbitrary waveform generator. The program functionality includes pulse signal generation, measurement of partial discharge (PD) pulse current and charge, and characterization of PD measurement circuits in accordance with standards such as IEC 60270 and IEC 60885-3. This system can generate accurately calibrated pulse charges ranging from 2 pC to 100 pC. Additionally, it can generate a double pulse with an adjustable interval time between pulses ranging from 0.2 μ s to 100 μ s, with the frequency of the calibrated charge signal also adjustable. Test results demonstrate that the developed system can generate calibrated pulse signals meeting standard requirements, with a charge generation tolerance of approximately 2%. Furthermore, this system offers a cost-effective alternative compared to commercial solutions. Its implementation in the High Voltage Laboratory enhances its capability to conduct partial discharge calibrations and accurately assess the characteristics of partial discharge measurement systems.
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    The performance of a high frequency current transducer for partial discharge measurement under testing with a power frequency converter
    (2018-11-01) ;
    Paophan, Busayapol
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    In this paper, the performance of a high-frequency current transducer (HFCT) for partial discharge measurement under testing with a power frequency converter is presented. The performances of the HFCT in comparison with the conventional partial discharge detection system (Omicron MPD600) were investigated terms of the ability to classify partial discharges and the background noises in the system from PD test cells in case of corona discharge, internal discharge and surface discharge. It's found that the presented system provides the better performances (in terms of the background noise) than conventional PD detection system and it can also be used to distinguish type of partial discharges. In addition, the presented system has been used for the real partial test on the PD test cells successfully. The HFCT for PD detection is an attractive choice in the PD tests of high-voltage equipment.