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creators_name: Bakar, Norazhar Abu
creators_name: Abu-Siada, A.
creators_name: Cui, Huize
creators_name: Li, Shengtao
title: Improvement of DGA interpretation using scoring index method
ispublished: pub
keywords: Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Ethylene; Gases; Insulating oil; Partial discharges; Power transformers; Dissolved gas analyses (DGA); Duval triangle methods; Health condition; Incipient faults; Knowledge and experience; Paper degradation; Transformer oil samples; Weighting factors; Oil filled transformers
note: Cited by: 19
abstract: Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is the most effective method to detect incipient faults in power transformers. It uses the concentrations of various gases dissolved in the transformer oil due to decomposition of the oil and paper insulation. Gases such as hydrogen, methane, acetylene, ethylene, and ethane are generated as a results of oil decomposition, while carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are generated due to the paper degradation. In the meantime, faults such as partial discharge, overheating, and arcing produce a range of gases. The concentrations of these gases can be used to identify faults and estimate their severity. Various techniques have been developed to interpret DGA results such the key gas method, Doernenburg, Rogers, IEC ratio-based methods, Duval triangles, and the latest Duval Pentagon methods. However, each of these techniques relies on the accumulated knowledge and experience of experts rather than quantitative scientific models, therefore different diagnoses may be reported for the same oil sample. Hence the accountability of the judgment is questionable if it only relies on one interpretation technique. This paper proposes the use of scoring point method to improve the accountability of DGA interpretation process. In this context, DGA results of several transformer oil samples are analyzed with four existing interpretation techniques; Doernenburg, Rogers, IEC, and Duval triangle methods from which a scoring index is developed for all fault types. Based on this analysis, each technique is assigned with specific weighting factor. The summation of scoring point times weightage represents the scoring index for particular faults. The proposed method is validated through DGA historical data of various transformers of pre-known health condition and life span. Results show that the proposed method can increase the accuracy of the DGA interpretation process. © 2017 IEEE.
date: 2017
publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85027836152&doi=10.1109%2fICEMPE.2017.7982139&partnerID=40&md5=c27bc6a8020eaa0ef3d9cbcd280a8026
id_number: 10.1109/ICEMPE.2017.7982139
full_text_status: none
publication: ICEMPE 2017 - 1st International Conference on Electrical Materials and Power Equipment
pagerange: 502 – 506
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-150905736-8
citation:   Bakar, Norazhar Abu and Abu-Siada, A. and Cui, Huize and Li, Shengtao  (2017) Improvement of DGA interpretation using scoring index method.  In: UNSPECIFIED.