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Abstract
Operation voltage is disconnected before measuring surface charges on gas-insulated transmission line (GIL) insulators (i.e., offline measurement). However, the spontaneous dissipation of surface charges reduces the accuracy. In this paper, the input aperture, the diameter, and the height of sensitive electrodes are optimised by the measurement model of electrostatic probes. The electric field distribution, induced potential, and spatial resolution of probes are analysed. The results indicate that the radius of the input aperture and the height of sensitive electrodes should exceed 3 and 11 mm, respectively, to avoid the shielding effect of the grounded shell. Furthermore, the maximum electric field on the sensitive electrode surface reduces with increased diameters. However, there is a positive correlation with heights. Therefore, the radius of the input aperture is 4 mm. The height and the diameter of sensitive electrodes are 12 mm and 1.6 mm, respectively. For ±320 kV GIL basin insulators, the induced potential distribution measured by probes matches the surface charge, and the spatial resolution is 1091mm2. This shows that capacitive electrostatic probes are suitable for the online measurement of surface charges on basin insulators, which provides a reference for the prevention of flashovers resulting from surface charge accumulation on DC GIL insulators.
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IET Science, Measurement & Technology publishes papers in science, engineering and technology underpinning electronic and electrical engineering, nanotechnology and medical instrumentation.The emphasis of the journal is on theory, simulation methodologies and measurement techniques.
The major themes of the journal are:
- electromagnetism including electromagnetic theory, computational electromagnetics and EMC
- properties and applications of dielectric, magnetic, magneto-optic, piezoelectric materials down to the nanometre scale
- measurement and instrumentation including sensors, actuators, medical instrumentation, fundamentals of measurement including measurement standards, uncertainty, dissemination and calibration
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