Specification of a portable on-line partial discharge

measurement and temporary monitoring system for various

assets
Content:

1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS................................................................................................................................3
1.1 BASIC FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PORTABLE ON-LINE PARTIAL DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT AND TEMPORARY
MONITORING SYSTEM FOR VARIOUS ASSETS................................................................................................................3
1.2 MATERIALS AND SYSTEM COMPONENTS................................................................................................................3
2 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................................4
2.1 PD DETECTION PRINCIPLE......................................................................................................................................4
2.2 SENSORS.................................................................................................................................................................4
2.3 DATA ACQUISITION UNIT.......................................................................................................................................4
2.4 MONITORING SOFTWARE.......................................................................................................................................5
3 Services and Maintenance............................................................................................................................................6
1 General requirements

1.1 Basic functionality of the portable on-line partial discharge measurement and
temporary monitoring system for various assets

A portable on-line partial discharge measurement and temporary monitoring system for various assets
and shall provide the following functionalities:
- The device must be suitable for multiple assets types, such as generators, motors, power
transformers, cables and accessories
- Sensitive detection of partial discharges based on multi-channel synchronous technology on all
three phases of the asset under test
- The software of the monitoring system shall include both monitoring features (e.g. trending,
alarming) and diagnosis features (e.g. defect localization, time-domain and frequency-domain
signal visualization)
- The monitoring software shall have a user-friendly web interface that can be securely reachable
from any location in the local network
- Intelligent alarming system with proven reliability against transient signals
- Data trending with the possibility of correlating data from multiple locations (of the same phase) in
one display plot
- The system must allow for easy setup, installation and configuration of new and existing assets
under test
- The monitoring capabilities shall store raw and derived data for several months and have an
internal storage of measurement data > 450 GB
- The system shall have gating functions to suppress disturbances/noise.
- The system shall have Partial Discharge source and noise source separation functions through 3-
Phase-Amplitude-Related-Diagram. 3PARD
- There must be the possibility of extension to a 4th channel for UHF measurements.
- The portable system shall be controlled by Diagnostic and Monitoring Software, to perform spot
measurements and longer duration monitoring measurements respectively.
- The operating temperature needs to be in the range of -30 °C … +55 °C

1.2 Materials and system components

The following system elements shall be included in the scope of delivery:
- Synchronous acquisition unit with at least 4 channels
- Industrial PC with monitoring and diagnosis SW
- Fiber optic LAN and appropriate converters
- Coaxial cable for sensor connection to the acquisition unit
- Documentation and certification of all system elements
- License documents for all software components required for the monitoring system operation.

2 Technical requirements

2.1 PD detection principle

Sensitive PD detection is performed by an FPGA based acquisition unit which can be operated both as a
narrow-band and a wide-band detector. The digital filter settings (central frequency and bandwidth) shall
be freely adjustable enabling an optimal signal to noise ration even under noisy substation condition.
The PD results shall be visualized as traditional, high-resolution, phase resolved PD patterns (PRPD).

For those cases when more sources of signal are detected at one location, an automated signal
separation based on a multi-channel synchronous technique shall be performed (3-Phase Amplitude
Relation Diagram – 3PARD). The separation technique shall have been commonly used in the field for
more than 15 years and shall be readily accepted by manufacturers and other users.

2.2 Sensors
The sensors installed at the asset shall be used for the PD detection. The sensors are connected to the
acquisition unit with double shielded coaxial cable via IP65 connectors.
The installation of the PD sensors shall not affect the clearances at the asset and shall not endanger in
any way the safe operation of the asset. Existing experience with the sensors shall be provided by the
portable measurement and monitoring system supplier.

The inductive sensors shall enable the PD detection in a frequency range from 80 kHz up to 25 MHz or
above.
The capacitive sensors shall enable the PD detection for voltage levels of 17 kV and 24 kV
The transformer bushing sensors shall enable the PD detection in a frequency range from 16 kHz to 10
MHz .
All sensors shall be designed in such a way that they can be left as a continuous installation at the various
assets and have a simple access point for save measurements or monitoring.

2.3 Data acquisition unit

Simple installation of the data acquisition unit.
The acquisition unit must be very versatile to allow it to be used with many different assets only requiring
small configuration changes in the monitoring or measurements software.

The unit itself must have a rugged design and allow for simple installation.

The PD signals shall be acquired by a four-channel, synchronous, FPGA-based acquisition unit and
processed by a digital band-pass filter which enables the unit to be operated both as a narrow-band and
as a wide-band PD detector. Therefore, the acquisition unit shall be suitable for both conventional (IEC
60270 compliant) and unconventional measurements (outside IEC60270 recommendations). The fourth
channel of the acquisition unit shall enable the improvement of the signal to noise ratio by means of
features, such as, channel gating available in the diagnosis software of the system.
The fourth channel of the acquisition unit can also be used for UHF measurements.

The main characteristics of the acquisition unit shall comply with the following technical data:

- Number of input channels 4

- Connector type TNC
- Frequency range
o AC: DC … 16 kHz
o PD: 16 kHz … 30 MHz
- Sampling rate
o AC: 31.25 kS/s
o PD: 125 MS/s
- Peak input levels
o AC: 200 mA
o PD: 80 V
- Measurement accuracy*
o AC: ±0.25 %
o PD: ±5 %
- Maximum double pulse resolution < 200 ns
- PD event time resolution < 2 ns
- PD filter bandwidth 9 kHz … 5 MHz (10 bandwidth settings)
 - System noise < 1 pC

The acquisition unit shall be type tested and shall comply with the following standards and environmental
conditions:
- Protection class – IP 65
- Electromagnetic compatibility:
o Emissions:
 EN 55011/22:
o Immunity:
 EN 61000-6-5: MV/HV substations
- Safety standards – EN61010-1:
- Environmental conditions:
o Operating temperature: -30 °C … +55 °C (-22 °F … +131 °F)
o Storage temperature: -40 °C … +80 °C (-40 °F … +176 °F)
o Humidity: Up to 95 % r.H. (non-condensing)

Additionally, the acquisition unit of the monitoring system shall adhere to the specifications and the
guidelines of the council of the European Community for meeting the requirements of the member states
according to the EMC directive 2004/108/EU, LVD directive 2006/95/EU and the RoHS directive
2011/65/EU.

2.4 Monitoring and Measurement Software

The monitoring software shall run on an inbuilt industrial PC (MS Windows 10 or newer) which hosts a
SQL database for saving the historical monitoring results. For data safety reasons, data export must be
possible.

The monitoring software shall include at least the following functionalities:

- Set-up via a user-friendly web interface
- Trending of monitored parameter indicating the data timestamp and its origin location for each
phase of the asset;
- Real-time data visualization and real time color coding of the monitored values according to the
pre-set levels of warning and alarm
- Simultaneous visualization of monitoring results from multiple locations
- Set up of intelligent multi-level alarming system with proven reliability against transient signals;
- Automated separation of multiple sources of signal directly via the web interface, which shall be
based on proven 3-Pulse Amplitude Relation Diagram (3PARD) technique;
- Automated forwarding of events related to the asset or monitoring system status via email
- Automated forwarding of pre-configured basic data evaluation reports via email
- The monitoring data shall be exported to an open file format
- Accounts with different level of rights (administrator: read&write; operator: read only) enabling the
remote connection to the monitoring system from any trusted location
- A watchdog functionality shall be integrated to automatically launch the monitoring software and
periodically check the availability of installed system components; it shall automatically restart the
monitoring system in case of short duration power supply interruptions.
- Intelligent algorithms for data reduction
- Ability to integrate 3rd party sensors (such as temperature and humidity)

The monitoring software shall collect the data via an acquisition software component, which can also be
used for detailed diagnosis, when required. The diagnosis software shall have a user-friendly and intuitive
user interface, with the following functionality:

- Quasi integration of the PD signal for the apparent charge calculation; calculation of all other
relevant quantities indicated by IEC 60270 (pulse repetition rate, phase, peak charge etc.)
- Separation of multiple sources of signal based on multi-spectral synchronous technique: 3-Center
Frequency Relation Diagram (3CFRD)
- Separation of multiple sources of signal based on multi-channel synchronous technique: 3-Pulse
Amplitude Relation Diagram (3PARD)
 - Automatic recording and replaying of data sets for post processing, including all PD relevant
information for in-depth data analysis
- Visualization of the PRPD patterns of all accessories along one cable phase in one screen
(required for AC voltage after installation testing)
- Channel gating options in order to improve the signal to noise ratio
- Adjustable filter settings
- PD sampling rate of 125 MS/s

3 Services and Maintenance

The development, production, distribution and services of the system manufacturer has to be certified to
ISO 9001:2008 (certification document has to be submitted).

With the purchase of the portable on-line partial discharge measurement and temporary monitoring
system for various assets the following services shall be available:
- Customer training in system configuration and data interpretation
- Warranty period of 24 months

The supplier shall make a proposal of a maintenance service program (schedule) and related costs
including but not limited to:
- Software Updates
o Software updates for the Monitoring System available via downloads

- Regular PD Data Analysis and Monthly Report

o Regular checks and evaluation of monitoring data stored in the database of the
monitoring system.
o Provision of regular summary reports.

- Expert Consultancy in case of PD-Event

o Request of expert consultancy and support in case of repetitively reported trending alerts
or alarms detected by the monitoring system