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Condition Monitoring of Subsea Connectors - Partial Discharge Detection Using a High Frequency Sensor

Myklatun, Jon Thore
Master thesis
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2014
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Abstract
This thesis discusses possible causes of failure and potential condition indicators

that may be used to monitor the condition of the insulation system of a subsea

connector. The main focus is to describe how high frequency capacitive couplers

can be used to detect the presence of partial discharges in subsea connectors. Fac-

tors relevant to the sensitivity and implementation of high frequency capacitive

couplers are discussed and an approximate model of the coupler is created.

The experimental work were conducted at the high voltage laboratory at NTNU/Sintef Energy Research where capacitive couplers were constructed using

copper foil before being mounted on the outer semi-conductive screen of a 12

kV medium voltage cable. The functionality and sensitivity of the couplers were

investigated with both pulses from a calibrator and real partial discharges. The

signal received from the capacitive couplers were analyzed using a spectrum ana-

lyzer and the signal power were compared to the measured apparent charge from

a conventional partial discharge measuring setup.

The results show that by connecting a simple high frequency capacitive coupler,

mounted on the outside of the outer semi-conductive layer to a spectrum analyzer,

partial discharges can be detected. The experiments suggest that calibration sig-

nals down to a magnitude equivalent of an apparent discharge of 2 pC can be

detected, depending on the location of the discharge. The frequency spectrum

of the partial discharge signal is shown to be dependent on the type of discharge

and the measured signal magnitude increases with increasing partial discharge

activity. Based on the results obtained it was concluded that high frequency

capacitive couplers is a promising way of detecting and monitoring partial dis-

charges for the purpose of on-line condition monitoring of high voltage subsea

connectors.
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