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The localization of partial discharges (PD) is important to monitor the conditioning of high voltage insulator materials. One of the key components in power grids is the high power transformer. Localization of PDs in these pieces of equipment can increase ...

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Currently, plenty of sensitive electronic devices are installed in secondary circuits in substations and power plants. Electronic devices may malfunction and become damaged owing to electromagnetic disturbances caused mainly by lightning surges. To protect ...

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Superconductors for power applications: an executable and web application to learn about resistive fault current limiters

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High-temperature superconductors (HTS) can be superconducting in liquid nitrogen (77 K) at atmospheric pressure, which holds immense promises for our future such as nuclear fusion, compact medical devices and efficient power applications. In a power system ...

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Hybrid modular multilevel converter control and design for pumped hydro storage plants is presented, addressing application-specific shortcoming of conventional back-to-back half-bridge modular multilevel converter: high common-mode-voltage machine stress. ...

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Partial discharge localization using time reversal: application to power transformers and gas-insulated substations

Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Amirhossein Mostajabi, Hamidreza Karami

A method for locating one or multiple partial discharge sources in a power transformer or a Gas-Insulated Substation, whereby the partial discharges emit electromagnetic and acoustic waves, the method comprising recording a signal corresponding to the wave ...

2021

Fast Hotspot Detection in SFCLs by Exploiting Strain Response in Optical Fiber Sensing

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Superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) can be used to limit fault currents in both meshed DC and AC grids by transitioning from superconducting to resistive state, in the presence of high currents. While the device is theoretically a great way to p ...

2021

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