{"title":"Research on the online monitoring technique for transformer oil level based on ultrasonic sensors","authors":"Yongcan Zhu, Kaiyang Bing, Dongyang Liu, Jiacheng He, Haonan Shi, Xinbo Huang","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/smt2.12203","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In order to solve the problem of remote oil level measurement for unmanned transformers, this paper proposes an online monitoring technology for transformer oil level based on ultrasonic sensors. Subsequently, a finite element model and experimental testing platform were constructed to analyse and verify the influencing factors of the transformer oil level sensors. The results indicated that there is a lower measurement error at 140 kHz in the ultrasonic frequency range of 20–320 kHz, which can be selected as the recommended frequency. The impurities in the oil and the thickness of the tank wall have a slight impact on the accuracy of oil level measurement, and can lead to a decrease in the signal-to-noise ratio of the echo. Furthermore, as the speed of sound increases by about 4 m/s, for every 1°C increase in oil temperature, it is necessary to calibrate the measurement results based on the oil temperature. The test results of actual experimental transformers showed that the designed online monitoring device can achieve high-precision monitoring of transformer oil level, with a relative error generally less than 3%.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12203","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142160257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reconstruction of rough surfaces from a single receiver at grazing angle","authors":"Yuxuan Chen, Mark Spivack, Orsola Rath Spivack","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/smt2.12207","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article develops a method for recovering a one-dimensional rough surface profile from scattered wave field, using a single receiver and repeated measurements when the surface is moving with respect to source and receiver. This extends a previously introduced marching method utilizing low grazing angles, and addresses the key issue of the requirement for many simultaneous receivers. The algorithm recovers the surface height below the receiver point step-by-step as the surface is moved, using the parabolic wave integral equations. Numerical examples of reconstructed surfaces demonstrate that the method is robust in both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, and with respect to different roughness characteristics and measurement noise.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12207","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142160148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal behaviour of a transformer mineral oil-tank surface under incipient turn-to-turn short-circuit fault","authors":"Si Chen, Yingting Luo, Gehao Sheng, Junfei Jiang","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12200","DOIUrl":"10.1049/smt2.12200","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A slight turn-to-turn short-circuit fault in the incipient stage does not trigger fuse protection, and the regular transmission and transformation functions of the transformer within the power grid are not affected very much by the incipient turn-to-turn short-circuit fault. Therefore, the incipient turn-to-turn short-circuit faults are often undetected, resulting in massive accidents. Incipient turn-to-turn short-circuit faults lead to localized overheating in the transformer, which changes the transformer's oil-tank surface temperature (OTST). A thermal simulation model (TSM) is presented. Based on the TSM, OTST data with different load rates and fault parameters are collected. The steady-state and transient characteristics of OTST are analysed by extracting the OTST feature vector and the temperature difference of specific regions. The results show that the growth of the heat production value of faulty coils causes a rise in the OTST; higher faulty coils' locations lead to wider OTST differences; the temperature difference's area S can follow the incipient short-circuit fault in the first 20 min after it occurs, which is faster than the top oil temperature. This study gives insight into the thermal behaviour of OTST, assisting in fault detection and location at the incipient fault stage.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12200","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141365584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jianke Li, Shan Xue, Chengyang Luo, Zongqi Cai, Yan Chen, Yuan Chi
{"title":"Simultaneous electromagnetic field probing system with Y-shaped separation detection structure","authors":"Jianke Li, Shan Xue, Chengyang Luo, Zongqi Cai, Yan Chen, Yuan Chi","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/smt2.12201","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Simultaneous electromagnetic field probing system (SEMPS) has been popular in recent years. Herein, a simultaneous electromagnetic field probing system with Y-shaped separation detection structure (SEMPS Y) is first proposed, in which the electric field probing region and the magnetic field probing region of the probe are separated by completely covering the shield along the loop and adding a pin-shaped metal wire to capture the electric field, which are not the same as the classical dual probe structure. Combined with the non-rotating asymmetric calibration method (NRACM), a 4-port vector network analyser (VNA) and a highly symmetric grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) calibrator are used to solve the calibration matrix of the asymmetric SEMPS Y. The high symmetry GCPW calibrator is used to generate the standard electromagnetic field for calibration. The results of standing wave measurements show that the SEMPS Y can achieve ultrawideband electromagnetic field measurement of up to 20 GHz. Based on near-field scanning measurements, SEMP Y can obtain results consistent with the calculation. In addition, when the probe is rotated 90° to invalidate the H-field input, the decoupling curves of E-field and H-field are measured. Results show that the separation detection structure can effectively solve the cross-coupling problem.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12201","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142160187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multimodal imbalanced-data fault diagnosis method based on a dual-branch interactive fusion network","authors":"Jing He, Ling Yin, Zhenwen Sheng","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/smt2.12205","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bearing-fault diagnosis in rotating machinery is essential for ensuring the safety and reliability of mechanical systems. However, under complicated working conditions, the number of normal mechanical equipment samples can far exceed the number of faulty ones. When the data are so imbalanced, data fault diagnosis cannot be easily conducted using conventional deep learning methods. This study proposes a fault diagnosis method based on a dual-branch interactive fusion network, which improves the accuracy and stability of bearing-fault diagnosis. First, a dual-branch feature representation network comprising an iterative attention-feature fusion residual neural network and a long short-term memory network is designed for extracting different modal features. Meanwhile, intermodal fusion of the extracted features is performed through multilayer perception. Based on the cost-sensitive regularization loss, a new joint loss function is then designed for network training. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified through comparative experiments, visualization analyses, ablation experiments, and generalization performance experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12205","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142160204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qingyu Wang, Xiaoyu Zhou, Wei Yang, Di Hu, Shoufeng Jin, Tao Xie, Peng Liu, Zongren Peng
{"title":"Analysis of electrical contact characteristics of strap contacts used in high voltage bushings under eccentric conditions","authors":"Qingyu Wang, Xiaoyu Zhou, Wei Yang, Di Hu, Shoufeng Jin, Tao Xie, Peng Liu, Zongren Peng","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12202","DOIUrl":"10.1049/smt2.12202","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The contact finger electrical connection structure is a crucial component of high voltage bushings, and its safety and reliability directly impact the operational stability of the bushing. To investigate electrical contact performance of the contact finger under eccentric conditions, a three-dimensional electrical, thermal, and force multi-physics coupling calculation model was established. Additionally, a test platform was constructed to measure electrical contact characteristics of the contact finger. The contact characteristics of the contact finger when the male head was axially deflected and radially offset compared to the female head were obtained. The research findings indicate when the male head deflects axially, the contact force changes of the contact finger blades on both sides are opposite. Moreover, as the axial deflection angle of the male head increases, the resistance of the electrical connection structure shows a rising-slow decreasing-fluctuating trend. The resistance is highest at 3°, with a resistance increase rate of 7.35%. Furthermore, the resistance of the electrical connection structure varies with the radial offset of the male head, following a power function. Contact failure occurs when the radial offset is 1.31 mm, and the resistance increase rate reaches 24.9% at a radial offset of 1.58 mm.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12202","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141101466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yan Li, Guancheng Zhen, Yifan Liu, Haoyuan Song, Yuwei Liang, Xiaokun Liu, Shaoxin Meng, Yan Liu, Shasha Li
{"title":"Effect of temperature on partial discharges activity and electrical trees propagation in XLPE","authors":"Yan Li, Guancheng Zhen, Yifan Liu, Haoyuan Song, Yuwei Liang, Xiaokun Liu, Shaoxin Meng, Yan Liu, Shasha Li","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12199","DOIUrl":"10.1049/smt2.12199","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cables are commonly used for constructing urban power lines due to their superior properties. Insulation defects can cause partial discharge (PD) and electrical tree, which can negatively impact the insulation performance of the cable and even lead to insulation failure. During operation, cables undergo hot and cold cycles, and the temperature of the insulation layer can affect the PD and electrical tree. An experimental platform with a needle-plate electrode was developed to investigate this phenomenon. The platform was used to detect PD activity and electrical tree propagation in XLPE under a 50 Hz voltage at various temperatures. The results indicate that an increase in insulation temperature leads to an increase in the number of PDs and a decrease in the inception voltage. Simultaneously, it has been observed that a rise in temperature can facilitate the spread of electrical trees. To explicate the aforementioned PD result, a finite element analysis (FEA) model has been developed. Additionally, a molecular dynamics (MD) model of XLPE material was developed to clarify the phenomenon of electrical tree propagation. This study's findings aid in investigating the impact of temperature on XLPE defects, which is critical for assessing power cable performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12199","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140667245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and application of a power frequency electric field measuring device for a high-humidity environment","authors":"Yemao Zhang, Guangzhou Zhang, Zhihui Feng, Ni Li, Jianben Liu, Lijian Ding, Xiong Wu","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12195","DOIUrl":"10.1049/smt2.12195","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The power frequency electric field is the most important electromagnetic environmental factor in alternating current power transmission projects. The humidity has a negative influence on available electric field measuring devices, which may lead to discrepancies of up to seven times the actual value at a relative humidity exceeding 80%. The changes in the support and probe shell impedance may be the reason for the error. The optimization measures include modifying the communication mode, designing a suitable structure and circuit for the probe, and using composite insulating material with strong hydrophobicity for the support. A three-axis omnidirectional electric field measuring device was developed based on wireless communication and composite support. The variation of the measured electric field strength value is less than 1% at relative humidities ranging from 45% to 90% in the laboratory, and the measured results obtained in high humidity at the high-voltage test site and under the transmission line demonstrated high accuracy. The research demonstrates that the composite support can be used to improve the performance of conventional devices. The proposed device can better meet the needs for accurate measurement of electric field strength in a high-humidity environment and overcome the technical problems raised by the IEC standard.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12195","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140723954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wave propagation in finite discrete chains unravelled by virtual measurement of dispersion properties","authors":"Zixin Wang, Guoqin He, Yichen Wang, Jiangwei Fan, Yumeng Zhang, Yisheng Chai, Dashan Shang, Sigma-Jun Lu","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12193","DOIUrl":"10.1049/smt2.12193","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Travelling waves in circuit chains are studied to measure continuous dispersion. A lock-in frequency meter (LIF) is suitable for precisely determining <i>k</i> for each set <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>ω</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$omega $</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> of waves in finite alternate LC chains, where LIF has been proven to be more accurate than the fast Fourier transform. In addition to the <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>ω</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$omega $</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>–<i>k</i> measurement, the wave impedance spectrum of the travelling wave can be measured simultaneously, for investigating the dispersion and splitting of pulse propagation. The measured dispersion is validated to be consistent with the derived theoretical equations. The result provides an independent way to precisely obtain dynamical system properties for chains composed of non-ideal components, such as resistors for researching non-Hermitian behaviour under dissipation. Systematical mapping of relative deviation dependence of wave dispersion measurement with LIF on different chain length and component variation is studied, indicating boundaries of 1%, 0.1%, and 0.01% precision for guidance of experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12193","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140375460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kadri Nadjib, Ahmed Nour El Islam Ayad, Ahmet Fevzi Bozkurt, Kadir Erkan, Muhannad Alshareef, Enas Ali, Reagan Jean Jacques Molu, Sherif S. M. Ghoneim
{"title":"Experiment sorting of non-ferrous metals by new orientation of magnetic disk separator","authors":"Kadri Nadjib, Ahmed Nour El Islam Ayad, Ahmet Fevzi Bozkurt, Kadir Erkan, Muhannad Alshareef, Enas Ali, Reagan Jean Jacques Molu, Sherif S. M. Ghoneim","doi":"10.1049/smt2.12192","DOIUrl":"10.1049/smt2.12192","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Eddy-current technique has been used in several industrial applications, such as non-destructive testing and characterization, transmission systems, and separation processes. The main advantage of other separation techniques for eddy current separation is the absence of direct contact and do not use other liquid and water. This paper presents a novel configuration for a single-disk vertical eddy current separator, covered by alternating permanent magnets. Unlike several other works, which employ a horizontal orientation for magnetic disks. The advantage is that it contains one driving motor, few strong permanent magnets, and a small size and simpler construction than the usual eddy-current separators. In this work, the analysis of an eddy current separator with magnetic single disk using a numerical model based on finite element method, the obtained partial differential equation is done into the numeric solver. The experimental device was realized to separate two kinds of non-ferrous waste: aluminium and copper. The experiment results show the effect of speed variation, metals size, and kind of metal on ejection distance.</p>","PeriodicalId":54999,"journal":{"name":"Iet Science Measurement & Technology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/smt2.12192","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140378155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}