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<p>This paper presents the design and development of a distributed measurement system for measuring pressure in high voltage circuit breakers (HV CB) and other switching apparatuses, during no-load operations. Instead of using traditional pressure transducers which require significant installation space, additional data acquisition cards and often demand for complex wiring, an in-house solution of pressure measurement is proposed. The system consists of miniature sensors, accompanied with a suitable amplifier, microcontroller unit and communication module, which may be distributed inside the interrupter unit in convenient locations. Due to the fact that the measurement values are transmitted digitally, measurement noise is significantly reduced while the wiring of the system is additionally simplified. The proposed measurement system is tested using two different interrupters (HV CB and a load break switch). The experimental results have demonstrated that the developed system is applicable, accurate, cost-effective, flexible and simple to use.</p>
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This paper presents the design and development of a distributed measurement system for measuring pressure in high voltage circuit breakers (HV CB) and other switching apparatuses, during no-load operations. Instead of using traditional pressure transducers which require significant installation space, additional data acquisition cards and often demand for complex wiring, an in-house solution of pressure measurement is proposed. The system consists of miniature sensors, accompanied with a suitable amplifier, microcontroller unit and communication module, which may be distributed inside the interrupter unit in convenient locations. Due to the fact that the measurement values are transmitted digitally, measurement noise is significantly reduced while the wiring of the system is additionally simplified. The proposed measurement system is tested using two different interrupters (HV CB and a load break switch). The experimental results have demonstrated that the developed system is applicable, accurate, cost-effective, flexible and simple to use.

Design, Development and Implementation of a Distributed Measurement System for No-Load Pressure Measurement in High Voltage Circuit Breakers

B&H Electrical Engineering

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This paper presents the design and development of a distributed measurement system for measuring pressure in high voltage circuit breakers (HV CB) and other...

Design, Development and Implementation of a Distributed Measurement System for No-Load Pressure Measurement in High Voltage Circuit Breakers

Published Online: Nov 07, 2022

Page range: 35 - 43

Received: Oct 01, 2019

Accepted: Nov 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhee-2019-0004

Keywords
distributed measurement system, pressure measurement, microcontroller, communication, high voltage circuit breaker

© 2019 Emir Sokić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Design, Development and Implementation of a Distributed Measurement System for No-Load Pressure Measurement in High Voltage Circuit Breakers

Published Online: Nov 07, 2022

Page range: 35 - 43

Received: Oct 01, 2019

Accepted: Nov 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhee-2019-0004

Keywordsdistributed measurement system, pressure measurement, microcontroller, communication, high voltage circuit breaker

© 2019 Emir Sokić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
distributed measurement system, pressure measurement, microcontroller, communication, high voltage circuit breaker