Electric Power ›› 2023, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (4): 167-174.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202103071

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Miniaturized Multi-band Compound Antenna for Detecting Partial Discharge in GIS

FENG Yang1, ZHOU Lei2, MA Quanfu1, YIN Song1, WANG Shuo3   

  1. 1. Training Center of State Grid Ningxia Electric Power Co., Ltd., Yinchuan 750002, China;
    2. Beijing Kedong Electric Power Control System Co., Ltd., Beijing 100192, China;
    3. School of Telecommunication Technology, Zhejiang Post and Telecommunication College, Shaoxing 312000 China
  • Received:2021-03-09 Revised:2022-07-29 Accepted:2021-06-07 Online:2023-04-23 Published:2023-04-28
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by Zhejiang Basic Public Welfare Research Project (Research on Key Technologies of Noise Testing for Hydraulic System of Electromechanical Equipment and Development of Testing Equipment, No.GG19E050010), Science & Technology Project of State Grid Ningxia Electric Power Co., Ltd. (Development of Digital Twin Application Tool for Electrical Test Based on VR Technology, No.9129JP200037).

Abstract: In order to detect the UHF signal of partial discharge (PD) in gas insulated switchgear (GIS), a multi-frequency point broadband compound antenna was designed for detecting PD in GIS. Firstly, the principle of miniaturization and broadbandization of the compound antenna was analyzed to realize the miniaturization of the antenna. Then the voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of the antenna was tested by vector network analyzer. Finally, a GIS partial discharge test system was built in the laboratory to conduct the actual measurement study on the antenna. The test results show that the compound antenna has the characteristics of multi-band, miniaturization and high gain; it has a VSWR of less than 2 with a wide frequency range and can record most of the partial discharge information in the frequency range of 0.75 GHz to 0.90 GHz, 1.23 GHz to 1.48 GHz, 1.78 GHz to 2.12 GHz and 2.42 GHz to 2.79 GHz. with the increase of frequency, the antenna’s gain gradually increases with a maximum gain reaching up to 6.5 dB, which can effectively receive weak UHF signals. It is concluded that the designed antenna has a good performance and is quite promising for PD on-line detection applications.

Key words: UHF, GIS, partial discharge, multi-frequency point, composite antenna, miniaturize