PowerPD Product Spec

On-Line Partial Discharge Continuous
Monitoring System
PowerPD, Inc.
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E-mail : PowerPD@PowerPD.net
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On-Line Partial Discharge

Continuous monitoring System
Partial Discharges:PD?
Partial discharge is defined as an electrical spark discharge that bridges a
portion of the insulation between energized conductors in a dielectric. It need
not occur at either of the conduction bodies, but anywhere in between where
the electric field strength exceeds the breakdown strength of that portion of the
dielectric material. This occurrence is due to imperfections, voids, contaminants,
cracks and other irregularities in the dielectric.
Type of Partial Discharge.

Internal Discharge : Inner part of Mold (TR. CT, PT) Inner part of Cable
connection material, Interfacial short circuit of Mold
Surface Discharge : Bus holding insulator surface. Arrester, SA insulator
surface. Molded switchgear surface. Cable connection
material Skirt surface.
Corona Discharge : Bus, Cable connection part, Mold transformer tap, DS,
COS etc. Switch contact part
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TM)
Product brief(PowerPDTM)
PowerPDTM detects and analyze the generation of PD (Partial Discharge),

on-line, from the power facility and provides monitoring in real-time. It saves
and manages the measured data from PD generation for over 30 years. It is a
diagnostic monitoring system that analyzes the PD signal and its trend to give
user the warning for a preventive measure and alarm the user when PD
progression is at the dangerous level.
TM Application
PowerPDTM
Transformer
CGIS, GIS:Gas Insulated Switchgear
Cable terminals
Circuit Breakers
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TM System Structure
PowerPDTM
Equipments
AE
Sensors
(Transformer,
GIS)
HFCT
PowerPDTM
PowerPDTM
PD-TP500A
Server(PC)
PD-TM500A
Sensors
TCP/IP
* AE: Acoustic (Ultrasonic) Emission
Internet
HFCT: High Frequency Current Transformer

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(Option)
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TM System Model
PowerPDTM
<PD-TM1500A>
<PD-TP500A>
<PD-MAT400A>
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TM Future
PowerPDTM
Highly sensitive equipment that detects from 20 pC(Acoustic signal) 5 pC(HFCT: electrical
signal)
Functions for the various signal process to analyze PD signal in precision

- Noise Filtering: Hardware and software filtering
BPF, Adaptive Filter, BSF
- Programmable Threshold level
- Analysis of PD signal
Usage of double sensors, simultaneously, to increase filtering outside noise

- AE sensor and HFCT sensor are used at the same time to distinguish
the signals from outside that are similar to PD signal
* pC: 10-12 Coulomb
BPF: Band Pass Filter
BSF: Band Stop Filter
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TM Future
PowerPDTM
Model
PowerPDTM composes of two series in consideration of the usage and the cost:
* PD-TP/TM Series
- Measures the signal wave of sensor and detects PD signal in precision
- High priced
- Model: PD-TP500A, PD-TM1000A, PD-TM1500A
* PD-MAT Series
- Confirms PD generation and continuously monitors PD progression
- Low priced
- Model: PD-MAT400
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PowerPDTM
Specification
On-Line Partial
Discharge Continuous
monitoring System
Sensors
Specification
Acoustic
Emission
Frequency range
60 ~ 600 KHz
Pre-Amp. Gain
40 dB (x 100)
Channel
4 Channel
(AE sensor)
(Option: Channel expended;4 channels base)
High
Frequency
Current
Transducer
Frequency range
100 KHz ~ 30 MHz
Pre-Amp. Gain
1: 4.6( 1mA:4.6mV)
Channel
1 Channel
(HFCT)
(Option: Channel expended; a channel base)
Installation
AE Sensor
HFCT Sensor
Typically sensors are installed on each side of wall;

apply the sensor surface epoxy resin and fix it with
the Magnetic holder
Attach the clamp type sensor to the earth line of
transformer (GIS)
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PowerPDTM
Specification
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Sensors
Photos
AE Sensor
HFCT Sensor
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PowerPDTM
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Specification
Output from
sensor
Items
AE Sensor
(Amplification)
Filter Range
HFCT Sensor
Preamplifier : 40 dB
Preamplifier : 1:1.6 or 1:4.5
Gain : x10, x20, x50, x100
Gain : x100, x300, x1000
H/W Filter: 50 ~ 300 KHz
H/W Filter: 100~ 30,000 KHz
S/W Filter: 10 ~ Sampling Freq.
S/W Filter: 10 ~ Sampling Freq.
Filtering
Band Pass Filter(BPF)

Filter type
Band Stop Filter(BSF)

Adaptive Filter(AF)
Convert from Analog to

Digital
(Digitizing)
Sampling Rate: 16 MHz (Max.)
Sampling Rate: 20 MHz (Max.)
Resolution
Resolution
: 12 bits
Analog Level : +/- 2 V
: 12 bits
Analog Level : +/- 2 V
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PowerPDTM
Specification
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Signal Mode
Items
Contents
Measuring Mode
Triggering Mode : Measure signals from all of the channels,

simultaneously, when the signal above the threshold
level is detected from any one of the sensors (AE
and HFCT Sensors) .
Sync. Mode
: synchronize all the channels and simultaneously
measure signals on 0 phase (50/60 Hz AC line)
AE Signal : 512K Word(Max.)
Data Storage Capability
- When digitizing in 4MHz(digitize each channel in 1MHz

for 4 channel case), it measures maximum 7 Cycle (60Hz
AC standard) in real time. 7
HFCT Signal : 1 MWord(Max.)
- When digitizing in 20 MHz, it measures maximum 3 cycle
(60Hz AC standard) in real time.
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PowerPDTM
Specification
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Measuring data
(Waves)
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PowerPDTM
Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Analysis of signal
Frequency
: Analyze the frequency from the signal wave measured from the sensor
Amplitude
: Analyze the magnitude of the signal
Analysis of signal pattern
: Analyze the duration time to distinguish the signals, mechanical or PD signals, and analyze the
signal
pattern to determine the PD condition and the warning/alarm.
Pulse-Phase
: Analyze the relationship between the signal detected from the sensor and the AC Line Phase in
order
to distinguish the PD signal from the outside noise.
Spectrum Analysis of the detected signals
: FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) the signal wave to analyze the frequency. Using a band pass filter,
a filtered signal can be displayed.
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Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Analysis of signals
Zoom-in/Zoom-out
: Precision analysis of the signal wave in time domain.
Digital Amplifier
: Amplifies up to 10X by software.
- H/W Filter and S/W Filter
Filtering
- BPF, BSF, AF
PD Signal detection & analyze

Step 1 : Determine the PD signal by analyzing the amplitude,
frequency and duration time.
Definition of PD
Step 2 : Determine the pattern from the Signal Phase (AC Line
power).
Step 3 : When 1st and 2nd steps are confirmed by detecting
signals from AE Sensor and HFCT Sensor
simultaneously, it is determined to be PD signal
generating
from the inside.
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PowerPDTM
Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
PD Signal
detection & analyze
(Filter range: AE; 60 200
KHz, CT; 200-1000KHz)
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PowerPDTM
Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Analysis &
definition for PD
(Screen from AE
signal)
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PowerPDTM Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Analysis &
definition for PD
(Screen from HFCT
signal)
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PowerPDTM
Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
PD Direction or Location detection
PD direction or location detection.

- Step1: Analyze the difference in arrival time of the signal (There is a difference in
arrival time depending on the distance between the PD source and the sensor).
Step 2: Define the source with X, Y cross point, arriving time and amplitude.
Step 3: Calculate the location by clicking Location Detection when the signals
are detected from all four AE Sensors (3 Dimension).
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PowerPDTM
Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
PD Data Management
Data
- Converts the PD signal into the pulse form, then the amplitude, pulse count and the phase
are recorded in the database.
- Records the signal wave of sensor (setting by the user).
- Stores the data up to 30 years maximum.
Type
- S/W pulse data
: PD determined by the software algorism and converts the data to pulse form.
(Data includes the sensor name, amplitude, pulse count (in pps: pulse per second), phase
and date/time)
- H/W pulse data (Option)
: The PD signal measured from each sensor is shown in pulse count, in real time.
(includes the sensor name, pulse count and date/time)
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Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Analysis & Monitoring of PD

The pulse data from each sensor can be selected by the date or time and displayed in various
different graph form. User can see the PD progression to determine the condition of transformer (or
GIS) for a preventive measure.
Pulse-Time Graph
: Analyze PD data in time domain
- Shows the PD pulse data in pps for the period user sets.
- Time domain is set by the user by the time or date.
- The pulse data for each sensor can be displayed separately or simultaneously.
- Shows the PD trend as time passes, and gives warning and alarm when PD increases
rapidly in continuous manner.
Pulse-Phase Graph
: Analyze the PD data in phase of AC one cycle
- Shows the PD pulse data in magnitude (User selects the period)
- Phase domain unit: 1 r
- Pulse data for each sensor can be shown separately or simultaneously
- When PD pattern is compared to the phase of AC power, PD can be determined.
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PowerPDTM
Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Analysis &
Monitoring of PD
Pulse-Time Graph
shows on screen
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PowerPDTM Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Analysis & Monitoring of PD
Pulse-Phase Graph shows on screen
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PowerPDTM
Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Operation Mode
Auto Mode
- User can set the period, time, threshold level, filter range and blind time to measure the signal
and analyze PD, automatically.
- Shows the PD pulse count in pps for each sensor.
- Records PD signals that converts into the pulse data.
Manual Mode
- Runs the signal measurement manually and analyze.
- Save the PD pulse data and/or the wave data (create the file name for saved data).
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PowerPDTM Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
PowerPDTM ; Main Screen
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PowerPDTM
Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Data Communication
PowerPDTM composes of the communication between; PC and PD device; PC and server.
Communications between PC and PD device

- USB(Universal Serial Bus): At site(Max. 2M) high speed communication: 12 Mbps rate
- RS-422 : High speed long distance communication: 500 Kbps , distance: 300m (Max.)
- Optical Fiber (Option): 500 Kbps, distance: 1000 m
- 4-20 mA current loop: Input temperature and voltage of transformer and trend with PD signal
. Input: 6 channel (per one board)
. User selects the unit and the scale
Commutations between Server & PC
- Network: data access (PD pulse database and signal wave) through internet
. Protocol: TCP/IP
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PowerPDTM Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Built-in-Test
Shows the result of self-test for the normal operation of major hardware (PC board).
Alarm List
The system gives an alarm when the PD pulse count is larger than the threshold count set
by the user, and records the data.
<Alarm Information>
- Transformer name, sensor name, date and time, unusual condition.
Fault List
Shows the fault(s) of the system and records the information.
<Fault Information>
- Transformer name, sensor name, date and time, unusual condition.
Temperature and Voltage Monitoring (Optional)

Monitors the data of temperature and voltage of the transformer in 4-20mA with PD
data.
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PowerPDTM Function
On-Line Partial
monitoring System
Built-in-Test
shows on screen
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Application on Field
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Failing Preventive Maintenance
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On-Line Partial Discharge Continuous

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On-Line Partial Discharge

Type of Partial Discharge.

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On-Line Partial Discharge

PowerPDTM detects and analyze the generation of PD (Partial Discharge),

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On-Line Partial Discharge

HFCT: High Frequency Current Transformer

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On-Line Partial Discharge

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On-Line Partial Discharge

Functions for the various signal process to analyze PD signal in precision

Usage of double sensors, simultaneously, to increase filtering outside noise

BPF: Band Pass Filter

BSF: Band Stop Filter

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On-Line Partial Discharge

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100 KHz ~ 30 MHz

(Option: Channel expended; a channel base)

Typically sensors are installed on each side of wall;

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Preamplifier : 1:1.6 or 1:4.5

Gain : x10, x20, x50, x100

Gain : x100, x300, x1000

H/W Filter: 50 ~ 300 KHz

H/W Filter: 100~ 30,000 KHz

S/W Filter: 10 ~ Sampling Freq.

S/W Filter: 10 ~ Sampling Freq.

Band Pass Filter(BPF)

Band Stop Filter(BSF)

Convert from Analog to

Sampling Rate: 16 MHz (Max.)

Sampling Rate: 20 MHz (Max.)

Analog Level : +/- 2 V

Analog Level : +/- 2 V

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Triggering Mode : Measure signals from all of the channels,

Data Storage Capability

- When digitizing in 4MHz(digitize each channel in 1MHz

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PD Signal detection & analyze

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PD Direction or Location detection

PD direction or location detection.

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Analysis & Monitoring of PD

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Analysis & Monitoring of PD

Pulse-Phase Graph shows on screen

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PowerPDTM ; Main Screen