Assessment of station cable condition using wireless telemetry and diagnostic tests

Author

Sedding, H.G. ; Bomben, S. ; Rizzetto, S. ; Densley, R.J.

Author_Institution

Kinectrics Inc., Toronto, Ont., Canada

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

353

Lastpage

357

Abstract

In-service failure of 15 kV XLPE insulated cables in one of Ontario Power Generation´s generating stations initiated an investigation of the root cause of breakdown. The type of failure resulted in the need to assess the condition of the remaining cables used in this application. This paper discusses the use of various analytical and diagnostic techniques used to identify the cause of failure as well as the application of wireless temperature measurements to operational condition monitoring of the remaining cables

Keywords

XLPE insulation; condition monitoring; electric breakdown; failure analysis; power cable insulation; power cable testing; telemetry; temperature measurement; 15 kV; Ontario Power Generation; XLPE insulated cables; breakdown; cable failure; diagnostic tests; generating stations; operational condition monitoring; switchgear temperatures; wireless telemetry; wireless temperature measurements; Cable insulation; Cable shielding; Cables; Power generation; Power transformer insulation; Switchgear; Telemetry; Temperature; Testing; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation Conference and Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Conference, 2001. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Cincinnati, OH

ISSN

0362-2479

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7180-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEIC.2001.965676

Filename

965676