Return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor

Due to their reliability and accuracy, many modern diagnostics based on dielectric voltage response, such as polarization/depolarization current (PDC), voltage decay (VD) and return voltage (RV) measurements, have been used in monitoring ageing processes of metal oxide (MO) varistors. Among these di...

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Main Author: Ahmad Noorden, Zulkarnain
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Language:English
Published: 2009
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spelling my-utm-ep.120652017-09-14T03:48:07Z Return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor 2009-11 Ahmad Noorden, Zulkarnain TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Due to their reliability and accuracy, many modern diagnostics based on dielectric voltage response, such as polarization/depolarization current (PDC), voltage decay (VD) and return voltage (RV) measurements, have been used in monitoring ageing processes of metal oxide (MO) varistors. Among these diagnostics, recently, RV measurement (RVM) seems to be an increasingly popular method as it has high sensitivity to the condition of varistors and low sensitivity to disturbances in vicinity of the field measurements. Nonetheless, the basic interpretation based on the RVM essential parameters – peak RV, time-to-peak RV and initial slope of RV - provides insufficient information of the MO varistors condition since they are inevitably dependent on the measuring parameters such as the charging and discharging times as well as the test object temperature. Hence, this project focuses on a new way in interpreting the RVM parameters based on dielectric time constants analysis using an equivalent circuit of varistor microstructure, namely the Maxwell-Model. In order to investigate the ageing processes of MO varistors, two types of accelerated degradation techniques – impulse and heat degradations – are systematically conducted on test samples. Experimental results are presented and discussed in detail according to the underlying physical mechanism. On the basis of this concept, a sensible ageing parameter, p-factor, is used for better characterization of the ageing status of varistors. 2009-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12065/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12065/5/ZulkarnainAhmadNoordenMFKE2009.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language English
topic TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
Ahmad Noorden, Zulkarnain
Return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor
description Due to their reliability and accuracy, many modern diagnostics based on dielectric voltage response, such as polarization/depolarization current (PDC), voltage decay (VD) and return voltage (RV) measurements, have been used in monitoring ageing processes of metal oxide (MO) varistors. Among these diagnostics, recently, RV measurement (RVM) seems to be an increasingly popular method as it has high sensitivity to the condition of varistors and low sensitivity to disturbances in vicinity of the field measurements. Nonetheless, the basic interpretation based on the RVM essential parameters – peak RV, time-to-peak RV and initial slope of RV - provides insufficient information of the MO varistors condition since they are inevitably dependent on the measuring parameters such as the charging and discharging times as well as the test object temperature. Hence, this project focuses on a new way in interpreting the RVM parameters based on dielectric time constants analysis using an equivalent circuit of varistor microstructure, namely the Maxwell-Model. In order to investigate the ageing processes of MO varistors, two types of accelerated degradation techniques – impulse and heat degradations – are systematically conducted on test samples. Experimental results are presented and discussed in detail according to the underlying physical mechanism. On the basis of this concept, a sensible ageing parameter, p-factor, is used for better characterization of the ageing status of varistors.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Ahmad Noorden, Zulkarnain
author_facet Ahmad Noorden, Zulkarnain
author_sort Ahmad Noorden, Zulkarnain
title Return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor
title_short Return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor
title_full Return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor
title_fullStr Return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor
title_full_unstemmed Return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor
title_sort return voltage measurements to investigate the degradation of zinc oxide varistor
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2009
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12065/5/ZulkarnainAhmadNoordenMFKE2009.pdf
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