Radiometric Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring of Partial Discharge Sources in Electrical Substations

A wireless sensor network (WSN) with the potential to monitor and locate partial discharge (PD) in high-voltage electricity substations using only received signal strength (RSS) is proposed. The advantages of an RSS-based operating principle over more traditional methods (e.g., time-of-arrival and t...

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Main Authors: Yong Zhang, David Upton, Adel Jaber, Hamd Ahmed, Bahghtar Saeed, Peter Mather, Pavlos Lazaridis, Alexandre Mopty, Christos Tachtatzis, Robert Atkinson, Martin Judd, Maria de Fatima Queiroz Vieira, Ian Glover
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Published: Wiley 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/438302
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David Upton
Adel Jaber
Hamd Ahmed
Bahghtar Saeed
Peter Mather
Pavlos Lazaridis
Alexandre Mopty
Christos Tachtatzis
Robert Atkinson
Martin Judd
Maria de Fatima Queiroz Vieira
Ian Glover
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David Upton
Adel Jaber
Hamd Ahmed
Bahghtar Saeed
Peter Mather
Pavlos Lazaridis
Alexandre Mopty
Christos Tachtatzis
Robert Atkinson
Martin Judd
Maria de Fatima Queiroz Vieira
Ian Glover
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description A wireless sensor network (WSN) with the potential to monitor and locate partial discharge (PD) in high-voltage electricity substations using only received signal strength (RSS) is proposed. The advantages of an RSS-based operating principle over more traditional methods (e.g., time-of-arrival and time-difference-of-arrival) are described. Laboratory measurements of PD that emulate the operation of a PD WSN are presented. The hardware architecture of a prototype PD WSN is described and the particular challenges of an RSS-based location approach in an environment with an unknown, and spatially varying, path-loss index are discussed. It is concluded that an RSS-based PD WSN is a plausible solution for the monitoring of insulation integrity in electricity substations.
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spelling doaj-art-bbb8641c70fe4b8e86ba6958d4d8105a2025-08-20T03:22:54ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772015-09-011110.1155/2015/438302438302Radiometric Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring of Partial Discharge Sources in Electrical SubstationsYong Zhang0David Upton1Adel Jaber2Hamd Ahmed3Bahghtar Saeed4Peter Mather5Pavlos Lazaridis6Alexandre Mopty7Christos Tachtatzis8Robert Atkinson9Martin Judd10Maria de Fatima Queiroz Vieira11Ian Glover12 Department of Engineering and Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK Department of Engineering and Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK Department of Engineering and Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK Department of Engineering and Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK Department of Engineering and Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK Department of Engineering and Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK Department of Engineering and Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK L’École Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, France Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK High Frequency Diagnostics and Engineering Ltd., Glasgow G2 6HJ, UK Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 58429-900 Campina Grande, PB, Brazil Department of Engineering and Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKA wireless sensor network (WSN) with the potential to monitor and locate partial discharge (PD) in high-voltage electricity substations using only received signal strength (RSS) is proposed. The advantages of an RSS-based operating principle over more traditional methods (e.g., time-of-arrival and time-difference-of-arrival) are described. Laboratory measurements of PD that emulate the operation of a PD WSN are presented. The hardware architecture of a prototype PD WSN is described and the particular challenges of an RSS-based location approach in an environment with an unknown, and spatially varying, path-loss index are discussed. It is concluded that an RSS-based PD WSN is a plausible solution for the monitoring of insulation integrity in electricity substations.https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/438302
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Martin Judd
Maria de Fatima Queiroz Vieira
Ian Glover
Radiometric Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring of Partial Discharge Sources in Electrical Substations
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
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title_fullStr Radiometric Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring of Partial Discharge Sources in Electrical Substations
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title_short Radiometric Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring of Partial Discharge Sources in Electrical Substations
title_sort radiometric wireless sensor network monitoring of partial discharge sources in electrical substations
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