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Partial Discharge Pattern Analysis (PRPDA)

Electron generation and streamer process - keys to PD classification
Displaying PD data as "Phase Resolved Partial Discharge" (PRPD) patterns was introduced in the late 80's and quickly became a standard in interpreting and analysing PD data. The method is based on the physical electron generation and streamer propagation processes in gaseous dielectrics.

List of useful papers: The Importance of Statistical Characteristics of Partial Discharge Data; B. Fruth and L. Niemeyer; IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation Vol. 27 No. 1, February 1992 Computer-aided recognition of Discharge Sources; E. Gulski and F. H. Kreuger; IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation Vol. 27 No. 1, February 19922 A Generalized Approach to Partial Discharge Modeling; L. Niemeyer ; IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Vol. 2 No. 4, August 1995 "Partial Discharge Pattern Recognition"; R. Badent R., O. Rudolph, W. Zierhut, A. Breuer, A. Schwab; CEIDP/IEEE, Atlanta, U.S.A., 1998

Discharge process in an attached void

The key to PD pattern analysis is understanding the physical nature of ionization and recombination of gas molecules in the electric field considering the surrounding geometry and material parameters. Each parameter involved has an impact on the statistical behaviour of the PD. Taken together, pulses of a certain fault type form one or multiple clusters with a characteristic shape. Identifying the type and quantity of shapes enables the confirmation and classification of the source of the PD signal. However, although skilled engineers can nowadays do the job of classification quite well, to date, commercially available PD testing and monitoring equipment has not been supplied with suitable and reliable analysis software. PRPDA's unique technology called PDScrypt allows classification based on expert rule sets derived from physical processes and considers both cluster shapes and pulse statistics using fuzzy logic. The expert system user interface called PDExplorer provides a probability sorted list of potential root causes for each identified signal.

"Quality Criteria of Partial Discharge Patterns"; O. Rudolph; CEIDP/IEEE Atlanta, U.S.A., 1998 Pattern Analysis of Partial Discharges in SF6 GIS; S. Meijer, E. Gulski, J. J. Smit; IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Vol. 5 No. 6, December 1998 "Influence of Modifications in a Neural Networks Recognition Ability"; R. Badent, O. Rudolph, W. Zierhut; ISH/IEE, London, U.K., 1999 Analysis of phase-resolved partial discharge patterns of voids based on a stochastic process approach; R. Altenburger, C. Heitz, J. Timmer; Journal o Physics D: Applied Physics, 35 (2002) 1149 1163

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