The aging of oil-paper insulation in power transformers may cause serious power failures. Thus, effective monitoring of the condition of the transformer insulation is the key to prevent major accidents. The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of confocal laser Raman spectroscopy (CLRS) for assessing the aging condition of oil-paper insulation. Oil-paper insulation samples were ...

Silicon-based dielectric thin films such as SiO2 and Si3N4 are commonly used as insulation layers in electrostatic microactuators to protect the device from short circuiting if the electrodes are in contact. However, dielectric films can store bulk and/or surface static charges. In this paper, the effect that these static charges have on the force applied by an electrostatic actuator is analyze...

This research deals with the Non-Isolated Bidirectional Dc-Dc Converter (NBDC) control unit development for a smart power supply system using personal residential Photovoltaic-Power Conditioning Subsystem (PV-PCS), the results of circuits evaluation, and isolated PV-PCS operation connected battery storage (Electric vehicle storage etc.). The smart power supply system using the existing resident...

Motors are critical components for electric utilities and process industries. A motor failure can result in the shutdown of a generating unit or production line, or require that redundant plant be utilized to circumvent the problem. One major cause of failures is breakdown of the tum insulation leading to puncture of the groundwall. Early detection of intertum shorts during motor operation woul...

The belt-driven-type integrated starter generator motor in a hybrid electric vehicle is vulnerable to thermal problems owing to its high output power and proximity to the engine. These problems may cause demagnetization and insulation breakdown, reducing the performance and durability of the motor. Hence, it is necessary to evaluate the thermal performance and enhance the cooling capacity of th...

Partial discharge (PD) detection under oscillating switching impulse (OSI) voltage was performed on three types of insulation defects, including a protrusion on a conductor, a particle on an insulator surface, and a void in an insulator, which are three kinds of the common potential insulation hazards in gas insulated power apparatus. Experiment indicated that the PD sequences under OSI were co...

Partial discharges are localized electric discharges that do not bridge the electrodes. For high voltage components measurements of partial discharges are commonly used to diagnose the condition of the insulation system. Traditionally partial discharges are measured at a single frequency of the applied voltage. However the rather newly developed technique of Variable Frequency Phase Resolved Pa...

Defective cables in the electric power systems of nuclear power plants can cause failure of essential components in control and instrumentation or power distribution subsystems, resulting in potential safety concerns. Due to this problem, a nondestructive and non-intrusive condition assessment technique is highly desirable to evaluate cable status and to predict the remaining useful life of a c...