The insulation of the high voltage equipment is deteriorated due to the partial discharges (PDs). So it is required to monitor PDs continuously for prediction of insulation life, replacement time and early indication of outages of HV power equipment. In this work, an optical network is used to detect and measure the PDs in a model transformer.

BACKGROUND Man-made vitreous fibres (MMVFs) are used in products for insulation and as reinforcement in materials. Contamination of the skin may arise through direct or indirect contact, and from the deposition of airborne fibres. The scientific basis regarding the effects on skin of MMVFs dates from 1970-1980. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether currently used insulation MMVF products still ca...

Ground heat is a renewable resource that is readily available for buildings in cool climates, but its relatively low temperature requires the use of a heat pump to extract it for heating. We developed a system that uses low temperature ground heat directly in a building wall to reduce transmission heat losses. The Active Low Exergy Geothermal Insulation Systems (ALEGIS) minimizes exergy demand ...

Improved detection of thermal insulation efficiency in buildings could substantially contribute to reductions in energy consumption and the carbon footprint of domestic heating systems. Thermal insulation standards are now contractual obligations at the construction stage, although they are not standardized in buildings that are already in operation: lighting, occupancy and temperature profiles...

Moisture is an important variable that must be kept under control to guarantee a safe operation of power transformers. Because of the hydrophilic character of cellulose, water mainly remains in the solid insulation, while just a few parts per million are dissolved in oil. The distribution of moisture between paper and oil is not static, but varies depending on the insulation temperature, and th...

A full-scale experimental test was conducted to analyze the composite behavior of insulated concrete sandwich wall panels (ICSWPs) subjected to wind pressure and suction. The experimental program was composed of three groups of ICSWP specimens, each with a different type of insulation and number of glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) shear grids. The degree of composite action of each specime...

In spite of increased environmental cold stress, heat strain is possible also in a cold environment. The body heat balance depends on three factors: environmental thermal conditions, metabolic heat production and thermal insulation of clothing and other protective garments. As physical exercise may increase metabolic heat production from rest values by ten times or even more, the required therm...

People’s tendency towards living in apartment houses is increasing in a densely populated country. However, some residents living in apartment houses are bothered by noise coming from the houses above. In order to reduce noise pollution, the communities are increasingly imposing a bylaw, including the limitation of floor impact sound, minimum thickness of floors, and floor soundproofing solutio...

Abstract. Japan Atomic Energy Agency as the JApan Domestic Agency (JADA) for ITER and the Domestic Agency of EU (EUDA) agreed the procurement sharing for the ITER NBI power supply system. The JADA contributes procurement of dc -1 MV ultra-high voltage (UHV) components such as a -1 MV dc generator, a transmission line and a -1 MV insulating transformer. The dc UHV insulation has been carefully a...

The state of degradation of stator groundwall insulation in induction motor results in the state of unbalance in three-phase stator current at fundamental frequency. In this investigation, the computer simulation model to determine this state of unbalance is developed. On the basis of park’s transformation model the unbalanced stator current data in three-phase machine variable (‘abc’) form is ...