Detecting oil dissolved gases using carbon nanotubes sensor

Author

Chang, Tao ; Zhang, Xiaoxing ; Liu, Wangting ; Sun, Caixin

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Power Transm. Equip. & Syst. Security & New Technol., Chongqing Univ., Chongqing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

11-14 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

645

Lastpage

648

Abstract

The detection and analysis of dissolved gases in oil is an important means to determine the early latent faults of oil-immersed power transformer. A dissolved gases in oil detection method is presented based on carbon nanotubes sensor. A kind of MWNTs (Multi-wall carbon nanotubes) gas sensor modified by mixed acid was developed based on printed circuit board to detect dissolved gases in oil. The electrical properties and gas sensing response mechanism of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was analyzed. The gas sensing response for dissolved gases in oil was tested using the MWNTs sensor in the laboratory. Test results showed that, the developed MWNTs sensor has more defects, contains activity functional groups and with strong absorption capacity for dissolved gases in oil, which exhibits good sensitivity and fast response characteristics.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; fault diagnosis; gas sensors; power transformer insulation; printed circuits; transformer oil; carbon nanotubes sensor; faults detection; oil detection method; oil dissolved gases; oil-immersed power transformer; printed circuit board; Carbon nanotubes; Gases; Oil insulation; Petroleum; Power transformers; Resistance; Sensitivity; carbon nanotubes; dissolved gases in oil; gas sensor; gas-sensing response;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8283-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHVE.2010.5640786

Filename

5640786