Study on mathematical model for VHF partial discharge of typical insulated defects in GIS

Very high frequency (VHF) measurement is a valid technique for partial discharge (PD) detection, and PD mathematical models are very important to study PD denoising and waveshape pattern recognition etc. However, these mathematical models based on the traditional PD measurement have been established according to RC or LCR resistance detection so that they are not suitable for VHF measurements. PD signals are detected based on four typical physical models of defects in gas insulated substation (GIS) using VHF method. The VHF PD mathematical models are established, and the principles and methods of establishment are summarized. Furthermore, the parameters of the mathematical models are given and the validity of PD mathematical model is proved by fitting error, power spectrum and time-frequency analysis. Results show that the VHF PD mathematical models can facilitate theoretical simulation of different insulated defects by using the values of given parameters. In the end, applications of the VHF PD mathematical models and complex wavelet transform for extracting the relevant signals from a white noise background are illustrated