JP2007232623A - Method of locating fault point on electric power cable - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the precision of locating a fault point of an electric power cable than before. <P>SOLUTION: The method of locating a fault point is constituted in that when an end of a conductor of a power cable is impressed with DC voltage for making discharge between the shield layer and the conductor, and when the pulse generated by the discharge propagates, a first pulse wave propagated to the end of the power cable is made to pass through the first BPF 31. Further, the rising part of the first pulse wave is segmented by the first window function 32, the segmented part of the first pulse wave is made the first signal wave shape by Fourier transform process by the first FFT part 33. Further, the second pulse wave propagated to the conductor of the other end of the power cable is made the second signal wave form by the similar process, for obtaining the phase difference for every frequency of the first signal wave form and the second signal wave form, and based on the obtained phase difference the fault point is detected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a power cable failure point detection method, and more particularly to a power cable failure point detection method capable of detecting a failure point with high accuracy.

Conventionally, as a failure detection method for a power cable, a method is used in which a DC high voltage is applied to the failure phase of the power cable to generate a discharge at the failure point, and the failure point is detected from the propagation time of pulses caused by this discharge in the power cable. (For example, refer nonpatent literature 1).
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the measurement method in this case is as follows. First, the far end of the conductor 51a of the failure phase 51 and the far end of the conductor 52a of the healthy phase 52 of the power cable 50 are connected, and a DC high voltage is applied to the measurement end of the conductor 51a of the failure phase 51 via the blocking resistor 53. And discharge at the failure point 51x of the failure phase 51. The pulse waveform when the pulse generated by this discharge reaches the measurement end of the conductor 51a of the fault phase 51 is detected by the first detector 61 to obtain the pulse waveform of CH1, and the pulse generated by the discharge is the healthy phase. The second detector 62 detects the pulse waveform when it reaches the measurement end of the conductor 52a of 52, and obtains the pulse waveform of CH2.
FIG. 8 shows an example in which the pulse waveform of CH1 and the pulse waveform of CH2 are displayed on an oscilloscope 63. Then, the CH1 pulse waveform and the CH2 pulse waveform can be observed with an oscilloscope 63, and the time difference ΔT can be obtained visually.
In addition, when a reflected wave is superimposed on the detected pulse waveform, when the contract origin is obtained by the method described in JEC-187, a large time difference occurs between the actual waveform starting point and the obtained contract origin. As a technique for solving this problem, the peak point of the waveform obtained by differentiating the detected pulse waveform is used as the starting point of the waveform, and the accuracy of the time difference ΔT based on this starting point is compared with the method described in JEC-187. There is also a method for improving this (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
"Electrical Engineering Pocketbook" P775, edited by the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, published by OHM Co., Ltd. January 20, 2001 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-170587

However, in the method of Non-Patent Document 1 described above, as shown in FIG. 8, the high-frequency component at the rising portion of the pulse waveform is lost due to the attenuation of the pulse when propagating through the power cable 50. There was a problem that errors were likely to occur when measuring ΔT. In the method of Patent Document 1 described above, the measurement error can be reduced as compared with the method specified in JEC-187, but the method of Non-Patent Document 1 is used for a waveform in which a high-frequency component of the pulse waveform is lost. It is considered that improvement in measurement accuracy cannot be expected.
Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to improve the detection accuracy of the failure point of the power cable as compared with the conventional technique.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 applies a DC voltage to the conductor at one end of the power cable, and discharges between the conductor and the shielding layer of the power cable at the failure point of the power cable. When a pulse generated by the electric discharge propagates through the power cable, the pulse propagated to the one end of the power cable is defined as a first pulse wave, and the first pulse wave passes through a first BPF (band pass filter). Further, the rising portion of the first pulse wave is cut out by the first window function, the portion of the cut out portion of the first pulse wave is subjected to Fourier transform processing, and the first signal waveform is obtained. The pulse propagated to the conductor at the other end is set as a second pulse wave, the second pulse wave is passed through the second BPF, and further, the second pulse function is used to generate the second pulse wave. The rising portion of the second pulse wave is cut out, and the portion of the second pulse wave cut out is subjected to Fourier transform processing to obtain a second signal waveform, and a phase difference for each frequency between the first signal waveform and the second signal waveform is obtained. A failure detection method for a power cable, wherein the failure point is detected based on a phase difference.
Thus, by passing the first pulse wave in the conductor at one end of the power cable through the first BPF, the low-frequency portion unnecessary for detection of the high-frequency noise component and the pulse waveform is cut, and the waveform is shaped. Emphasizes the rising portion of the first pulse wave by the window function, converts it to the Fourier series by Fourier transform processing to obtain the first signal waveform, and passes the second pulse wave at the other end of the power cable through the second BPF By cutting the low frequency part unnecessary for the detection of the high frequency noise component and the pulse waveform, the waveform shaping is performed, and the rising part of the second pulse wave is emphasized by the second window function, and the Fourier transform process is performed. The second signal waveform is converted into a Fourier series. For this reason, since both the first signal waveform and the second signal waveform have discrete frequency components, the phase difference can be obtained by comparing components having the same frequency. Then, since the obtained phase difference indicates the difference between the propagation distance of the pulse from the failure point to the one end of the power cable and the propagation distance of the pulse from the failure point to the other end, the failure of the power cable is determined from this phase difference. A point can be detected.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the power cable failure point detecting method according to the first aspect, a first impulse synchronized with the time of the first pulse wave is generated, and the first impulse is subjected to a Fourier transform process. In addition to the first signal waveform, a first synthesized waveform is generated, a second impulse synchronized with the time of the second pulse wave is generated, and the second impulse is subjected to Fourier transform processing and added to the second signal waveform. A failure point detection method for a power cable, characterized in that a phase difference for each frequency of the first synthesized waveform and the second synthesized waveform is obtained as a second synthesized waveform, and the failure point is detected based on the obtained phase difference. It is.
As a result, the first synthesized waveform obtained by subjecting the first impulse synchronized with the time of the first pulse wave to the first signal waveform after Fourier transform processing is the low-frequency component of the original first pulse wave due to the BPF. Even if it is removed, the low-frequency component of the original first pulse wave is accurately represented. Similarly, the second synthesized waveform obtained by performing Fourier transform on the second impulse synchronized with the time of the second pulse wave and adding it to the second signal waveform has a low-frequency component of the original second pulse wave due to BPF. Even if it is removed, the low-frequency component of the original second pulse wave is accurately represented.
For this reason, the phase difference for each frequency of the first synthesized waveform and the second synthesized waveform accurately represents the phase difference between the original first pulse wave and the second pulse wave. As a result, the failure point can be detected with high accuracy.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the power cable failure point detecting method according to the first or second aspect, the obtained phase difference is converted into a time difference, and the obtained time difference and the propagation speed of the pulse in the power cable are calculated. A failure detection method for a power cable, wherein the failure point is detected.
Thereby, the position of the failure point can be detected by converting the obtained phase difference into a time difference and obtaining the product of the time difference and the propagation speed of the pulse in the power cable measured in advance.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the phase difference is obtained for each identical frequency component of the detected pulse waveform, so that the failure point of the power cable can be detected more accurately than in the past.
Furthermore, according to the invention described in claim 2, together with the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the failure point of the power cable can be detected with higher accuracy by combining the low frequency components.
Furthermore, according to the third aspect of the invention, the failure point of the power cable can be detected with higher accuracy than in the prior art.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 shows a measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows means for processing a pulse wave measured by the measuring apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows a pulse wave measured by the measuring apparatus of FIG. 4 shows a state where the pulse wave of FIG. 3 is processed, FIG. 5 shows a phase difference when the processed waveform is Fourier transformed, and FIG. 6 shows a state where the phase difference is unwrapped. .

The power cable failure point detection method according to the present invention is as follows.
That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the far end of the conductor 11a of the failure phase 11 of the power cable 10 and the far end of the conductor 12a of the healthy phase 12 are connected. Then, a DC voltage is applied to the measurement end of the conductor 11a of the fault phase 11 serving as a conductor of one end of the power cable 10, and the conductor 11a and the conductive shielding layer 11b of the fault phase 11 are interposed at the fault point 11x of the power cable 10. So that the pulse wave generated by the discharge is propagated through the failure phase 11 and the healthy phase 12.

  Specifically, the power cable 10 is a three-phase AC CV cable. In the failure phase 11, an insulating layer 11c is formed outside the conductor 11a of the failure phase 11, and a conductive layer is formed outside the insulation layer 11c. The shielding layer 11b is formed in a coaxial cylindrical shape. Similarly, the healthy phase 12 has an insulating layer 12c formed outside the conductor 12a, and a conductive shielding layer 12b formed coaxially outside the insulating layer 12c. Here, the far end of the conductor 11a and the far end of the conductor 12a are connected, and the shielding layers 11b and 12b are grounded. Then, the positive electrode of the DC power supply 13 is grounded, the negative electrode of the DC power supply 13 is connected to the measurement end of the conductor 11a via the blocking resistor 14, and a DC voltage is applied to the measurement end of the conductor 11a.

In this case, a pulse propagated from the failure point 11x to the conductor 11a at the measurement end of the failure phase 11 is defined as a first pulse wave. Further, a pulse that has passed through the far end of the failure phase 11 and propagated to the conductor 12a at the measurement end of the healthy phase 12 (becomes the conductor at the other end of the power cable 10) is defined as a second pulse wave.
Specifically, the pulse wave at the measurement end (CH1) of the failure phase 11 is divided by the first capacitor (C1) 21 and the second capacitor (C2) 22, and the waveform at both ends of the second capacitor 22 is the first pulse wave. The pulse wave at the measurement end (CH2) of the healthy phase 12 is divided by the third capacitor (C3) 23 and the fourth capacitor (C4) 24, and the waveforms at both ends of the fourth capacitor 24 are defined as the second pulse wave. Then, the first pulse wave and the second pulse wave are observed with an oscilloscope 25. FIG. 3 shows an example of the first pulse wave and the second pulse wave in this case.

Then, in the first waveform processing unit 30 shown in FIG. 2, the first pulse wave is passed through the first BPF 31, and the rising portion of the first pulse wave is cut out by the first window function unit 32. A part obtained by subjecting the pulse wave to a Fourier transform process by a first FFT (fast Fourier transform) unit 33 is defined as a first signal waveform.
Further, in the second waveform processing unit 40 shown in FIG. 2, the second pulse wave is passed through the second BPF 41, and the rising portion of the second pulse wave is cut out by the second window function unit 42. The portion from which the pulse wave is cut out is subjected to Fourier transform processing by the third FFT unit 43 to obtain a second signal waveform.
Here, the first and second BPFs 31 and 41 have a high-frequency region of 5 MHz or higher in which a pulse due to the discharge at the failure point is lost while propagating through the power cable 10 (see FIG. 1), and is almost only noise. It is a band pass filter that cuts a low frequency region of 1 MHz or less that is not necessary for detecting the rising portions of the pulse wave and the second pulse wave. Further, the first and second window function units 32 and 42 use, for example, a Gaussian function as a window function in order to emphasize the vicinity of the rising points of the first and second pulse waves and cut the wave tail signal.
FIG. 4 shows an example of waveform processing in this case. As shown in FIG. 4, after passing through each of the BPFs 31 and 41, the low-frequency component and the high-frequency component of the first and second pulse waves are removed. The rising part is emphasized.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the phase difference calculation unit 47 obtains a phase difference for each frequency of the first signal waveform and the second signal waveform, and a failure point 11x (see FIG. 1) based on the obtained phase difference. Is detected.
Specifically, the phase difference is calculated from + π to −π, but the actual “frequency” versus “phase difference” has a proportional relationship. FIG. 5 shows an example of the phase difference in this case. FIG. 5A shows an example of n MHz and 3 n MHz. In this case, the arrival time difference Δt between CH1 and CH2 between nMHz and 3nMHz is the same, but the calculated phase difference α (equal to the actual phase difference) is π / 2 at nMHz, but the calculated phase difference β is −π at 3nMHz. / 2, and the actual phase difference γ is 3π / 2. The graph of FIG. 5B shows the relationship between the frequency and the calculated phase difference based on the result of FIG. In FIG. 5B, the point u indicates a point with a calculated phase difference π / 2, and the point v indicates a point with a calculated phase difference −π / 2. As a result, the propagation speed of the low-frequency component becomes slower, so it is not simply proportional, but if the frequency is doubled, the phase difference is almost doubled.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the first impulse generator 34 of the first waveform processing unit 30 generates a first impulse synchronized with the time of the first pulse wave, and this first impulse is sent to the second FFT unit 35. Fourier transform processing is performed to obtain a first composite waveform in addition to the first signal waveform. The second impulse generator 44 of the second waveform processor 40 generates a second impulse synchronized with the time of the second pulse wave, and the fourth FFT unit 45 performs a Fourier transform process on the second impulse. In addition to the second signal waveform, the second combined waveform is used. Further, the phase difference calculation unit 47 can obtain a phase difference for each frequency of the first synthesized waveform and the second synthesized waveform, and detect the failure point 11x based on the obtained phase difference.

Specifically, a process of converting a relationship of “frequency” to “calculated phase difference” into a relationship of “frequency” to “actual phase difference”, that is, phase unwrapping is performed.
As described above, since the low-frequency components (1 MHz or less) of the first and second pulse waves (original waveforms) that are not necessary for the detection of the rising portion are cut, the pure first first described above is separately provided in advance. Further, by adding a low-frequency component signal generated based on the rising point information (time and size) from the second impulse, unwrapping failure can be prevented.
As shown in FIG. 6A, the measurement data has a frequency component of 1 MHz to 5 MHz. That is, since the low-frequency component is cut, the initial phase difference that is the reference may be different from the actual one. As shown in FIG. 6B, the correction data is a component of 1 MHz or less and is based on the relationship between “frequency” and “phase difference” due to a low frequency component generated by a pure impulse waveform. Then, the portion A in FIG. 6A and the portion B in FIG. 6B are connected. For this reason, the data after correction shown in FIG. 6C has a frequency component of 5 MHz or less, and the relationship between “frequency” and “actual phase difference” can be obtained by unwrapping after correcting the low frequency component. . The frequency range P in FIGS. 6B and 6C is a correction data range, and the frequency range Q in FIG. 6C is a frequency range used for detecting the failure point 11x.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the time difference conversion unit 48 converts the obtained actual phase difference into a time difference, and a failure point calculation unit 49 based on the obtained time difference and the propagation speed of the pulse in the power cable 10 (see FIG. 1). Thus, the failure point 11x can be detected. The pulse propagation speed in the power cable 10 needs to be calculated by prior measurement.

The failure detection method of the power cable having the above configuration has the following effects.
As shown in FIG. 1, by passing the first pulse wave in the conductor 11a at one end of the power cable 10 through the first BPF 31, the low frequency part unnecessary for detection of the high frequency noise component and the pulse waveform is cut and the waveform is shaped. . Further, the rising portion of the first pulse wave is emphasized by the first window function unit 32, and converted into a Fourier series by the Fourier transform process to obtain a first signal waveform.
On the other hand, by passing the second pulse wave in the conductor 12a at the other end of the power cable 10 through the second BPF 41, the low-frequency portion unnecessary for detection of the high-frequency noise component and the pulse waveform is cut, and the waveform is shaped. The rising portion of the second pulse wave is emphasized by the two-window function unit 42 and converted into a Fourier series by the Fourier transform process to obtain a second signal waveform.
For this reason, since both the first signal waveform and the second signal waveform have discrete frequency components, the phase difference can be obtained by comparing components of the same frequency. The obtained phase difference is the propagation distance of the pulse wave from the failure point 11x to the one end (the measurement end of the conductor 11a) in the power cable 10, and the pulse wave from the failure point 11x to the other end (the measurement end of the conductor 12a). Since the difference in propagation distance is indicated, the failure point 11x of the power cable 10 can be detected from this phase difference.

Further, the first synthesized waveform obtained by subjecting the first impulse synchronized with the time of the first pulse wave to the first signal waveform by performing Fourier transform processing is such that the low frequency component of the original first pulse wave is caused by the first BPF 31. Even if it is removed, the low-frequency component of the original first pulse wave is accurately represented. Similarly, the second synthesized waveform obtained by subjecting the second impulse synchronized with the time of the second pulse wave to the second signal waveform after Fourier transform processing has a low frequency component of the second pulse wave as the second BPF 41. Even if it is removed by this, the low-frequency component of the original second pulse wave is accurately represented.
For this reason, the phase difference for each frequency of the first synthesized waveform and the second synthesized waveform accurately represents the phase difference between the original first pulse wave and the second pulse wave. As a result, the failure point can be detected with high accuracy.
Furthermore, the position of the failure point 11x can be detected by converting the obtained phase difference into a time difference and obtaining the product of the time difference and the propagation velocity of the pulse in the power cable 10 measured in advance.

  In this way, by propagating through the power cable 10, the rise of the first and second pulse waves that are attenuated and dull is clarified by digital processing, and the detection of the failure point 11 x of the power cable 10 is automated. The error due to the reading of the oscilloscope 25 by the measurer can be eliminated.

In the above embodiment, the first waveform processing unit 30, the second waveform processing unit 40, the phase difference calculation unit 47, the time difference conversion unit 48, and the failure point calculation unit 49 can be constructed by a program installed in a personal computer. is there.
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the Fourier transform of the first impulse is passed through a first LPF (low-pass filter) 36 to remove unnecessary high-frequency components, and the second impulse is similarly Fourier-transformed from the second impulse. However, the first and second LPFs 36 and 46 may be omitted.

It is explanatory drawing of the measuring apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the means to process the pulse wave measured with the measuring apparatus of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the pulse wave measured with the measuring apparatus of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which processed the pulse waveform of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows a phase difference when Fourier-transforming the processed waveform. It is a graph which shows the state which unwrapped the phase difference. It is explanatory drawing which shows the measuring method of a prior art example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the pulse wave measured by the method of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Power cable 11 Failure phase 11a Conductor 11b Shielding layer 11x Failure point 12 Sound phase 12a Conductor 13 DC power supply 30 1st waveform processing part 31 1st BPF
32 1st window function part 33 1st FFT part 34 1st impulse generation part 35 2nd FFT part 40 2nd waveform processing part 41 2nd BPF
42 Second window function unit 43 Third FFT unit 44 Second impulse generation unit 45 Fourth FFT unit 47 Phase difference calculation unit 48 Time difference conversion unit 49 Failure point calculation unit

Claims (3)

When a DC voltage is applied to the conductor at one end of the power cable and a discharge is caused between the conductor and the shielding layer of the power cable at the failure point of the power cable, a pulse generated by the discharge propagates through the power cable. In case,
The pulse propagated to the one end of the power cable is defined as a first pulse wave, the first pulse wave is passed through a first band pass filter, and a rising portion of the first pulse wave is cut out by a first window function. , A first signal waveform obtained by subjecting the cut out portion of the first pulse wave to Fourier transform processing,
Further, the pulse propagated to the conductor at the other end of the power cable is set as a second pulse wave, the second pulse wave is passed through the second band pass filter, and further, the second pulse wave is transmitted by the second window function. The rising portion is cut out, the portion of the second pulse wave cut out is further subjected to Fourier transform processing to obtain a second signal waveform,
A method for detecting a failure point of a power cable, wherein a phase difference for each frequency between the first signal waveform and the second signal waveform is obtained, and the failure point is detected based on the obtained phase difference. In the power cable failure point detection method according to claim 1,
A first impulse synchronized with the time of the first pulse wave is generated, the first impulse is subjected to a Fourier transform process and added to the first signal waveform to form a first synthesized waveform;
A second impulse synchronized with the time of the second pulse wave is generated, the second impulse is subjected to Fourier transform processing and added to the second signal waveform to form a second synthesized waveform;
A power cable failure point detection method, comprising: obtaining a phase difference for each frequency of the first synthesized waveform and the second synthesized waveform, and detecting the failure point based on the obtained phase difference. In the power cable failure point detection method according to claim 1 or 2,
A method for detecting a failure point in a power cable, comprising: converting the obtained phase difference into a time difference, and detecting the failure point from the obtained time difference and a propagation speed of the pulse in the power cable.