| Abstract: | Insulation deterioration of power cables can be measured by the method of partial discharge. If a large partial discharge is detected in a cable, the cable is considered to be defective and a partial discharge is located to find the position of the defect. However, partial discharge location methods are generally disadvantageous in that they require much skill for operation and have inferior sensitivity and accuracy. To solve these problems, the authors developed a locating method using two-phase cable and an automatic partial discharge locator which automatically localizes the generating site of discharge immediately after making partial discharge measurement by simple operations. Field measurements are made on SL (separately lead-covered) cables and other cables with the locator to test its accuracy and reliability, and it was found that the device is effective and useful. |
