APPROVAL AND DECLARATION SHEET

This project report titled STUDY AND ANALYSE THE PERFORMANCE OF

DENOISING TECHNIQUE FOR IMPULSE SIGNAL USING DISCRETE
WAVELET TRANSFORM was prepared and submitted by MUHAMAD FAKRIMY
JOHARY BIN ZAMRI (151091042) and has been found satisfactory in terms of scope,
quality and presentation as partial fulfilment of the requirement for Bachelor of
Engineering (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ENGINEERING) in University Malaysia
Perlis (UniMAP).

Checked and Approved by

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Date:
(PN. MELATY BINTI AMIRUDDIN)
Project Supervisor

School of Electrical System Engineering

Universiti Malaysia Perlis

DEC 2017

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS Page
APPROVAL AND DECLARATION SHEET i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ii
LIST OF TABLES iii
LIST OF FIGURES iv

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction of Partial Discharge (PD) 1
1.2 Problem Statement 2
1.3 Objective 2
1.4 Project Scope 3

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Introduction 4
2.2 Partial Discharge (PD) 4
2.2.1 Classification of Partial Discharge (PD) 5
2.3 Methods Used for The Detection of Partial Discharge (PD) 5
2.3.1 Optical Detection Method 5
2.3.2 Electrical Detection Method 6
2.3.3 Acoustic Detection Method 6
2.3.4 UHF Detection Method 6
2.4 Frequency 7
2.5 Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) 8
2.6 Antenna 9

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2.7 Tektronix TDS2022C Oscilloscope 9
2.8 High Voltage Direct Current (HV350R) 11
2.9 High Voltage Probe 12
2.10 Current Probe 12
2.11 Analysis of previous work 12
2.11.1 Denoising Technique for Partial Discharge Signal 12
2.11.2 Wavelet Packet denoising of Partial Discharge Data Wavelet 12
2.11.3 Removal of Interferences from Partial Discharge Pulses Using
Wavelength Transform 13
2.12 Summary and comparison of this final year project 14

CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction 15
3.2 General Flowchart 15
3.3 Project Flowchart 18
3.3.1 Set Distance from Copper to Metal Plate 19
3.3.2 High Voltage Supply 19
3.3.3 Signal in Oscilloscope 21
3.4 Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) Technique Flowchart 23
3.4.1 Denoising of Partial Discharge (PD) signal using Discrete 23
Wavelet Transform (DWT)
3.4.1.1 Selection of Mother Wavelet 24
3.4.1.2 Selection of maximum decomposition level 24
3.4.1.3 Selection of thresholding rule 25

CHAPTER 4 RESULT AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Introduction 26
4.2 Result from hardware testing 26
4.2.1 Solid Result 27
4.2.2 Liquid Result 27
4.2.3 Gas Result 28
4.2.4 Summary of the Result 28

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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION
5.1 Summary of Project 30
5.2 Recommendation for Future Work 30

REFERENCES 31

APPENDICES 33
Appendix A Gantt Chart 33

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table No. Page

2.1 Description Tektronix TDS2022C 10
3.1 Distance of Medium 19
3.2 Description and parameter in the oscilloscope for Air 22
3.3 Description and parameter in the oscilloscope for Solid 22

3.4 Description and parameter in the oscilloscope for liquid 22

4.1 Summary of Result 29

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No. Page

2.1 Wavelet-based denoising procedure 8

2.2 Wavelet Method 8
2.3 Tektronix TDS2022C 10
2.4 HV350R 11
3.1 General Fowchart 16
3.2 Project Flowchart 18
3.3 Set Distance Between Copper from Metal Plate 19
3.4 HV350R 20
3.5 Setting Voltage 20
3.6 Tektronix TDS2022C 21
3.7 Set the Parameter 21
3.8 DWT Technique Flowchart 23
4.1 PD signal produced using sand (solid) 27
4.2 PD signal produced using oil transformer (liquid) 27
4.3 PD signal produced using air (gas) 28

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