A three-wavelength flexible sensor for monitoring the moisture content of transformer pressboard

Author

von Guggenberg, P.A. ; Melcher, J.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

8-12 Jul 1991

Firstpage

1262

Abstract

A three-wavelength interdigitated flexible sensor has been developed for measuring the heterogeneous properties of transformer pressboard. The imposed spatial wavelengths are 1 mm, 2.5 mm, and 5 mm, and the temporal frequency ranges from 0.005 Hz to 10000 Hz. Because the penetration depth of the electric field is approximately 1/5 of the wavelength, the sensor can be used to observe spatial as well as temporal changes in the dielectric loss of transformer pressboard. Experimental results indicate that the measured response is sensitive to changes in the moisture content of the pressboard. In addition, the sensor can be used to monitor the absorption of moisture into pressboard as a function of time. This measurement provides an estimate of the diffusion coefficient of moisture in oil-free transformer pressboard at room temperature of 3.5×10^-11 m²/s

Keywords

dielectric loss measurement; electric sensing devices; moisture measurement; transformer insulation; 0.005 to 10000 Hz; 1 to 5 mm; dielectric loss; diffusion coefficient; moisture content; penetration depth; spatial wavelengths; temporal frequency; three-wavelength flexible sensor; transformer pressboard; Computerized monitoring; Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Electric variables measurement; Electrodes; Moisture measurement; Oil insulation; Power transformer insulation; Power transformers; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials, 1991., Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-87942-568-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPADM.1991.172310

Filename

172310