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<p>Condition monitoring of oil-immersed in-service transformers to facilitate preventive maintenance is still a challenge. Monitoring of 2-Furfuryldehyde (2-FAL), released in the transformer oil as a result of paper insulation degradation, and moisture ingress can provide insight into the health of the insulation of transformers. Since 2-FAL and moisture are high dielectric constant contamination, capacitive sensor-based detection is a potential solution. A novel Inter digital Capacitive (IDC) sensor is reported in this paper to measure the concentration of 2-FAL and moisture uses Zinc Oxide (ZnO) as a sensing film. The sensor shows good sensitivity, approximately linear characteristics, and low characteristic drift.</p>
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Condition monitoring of oil-immersed in-service transformers to facilitate preventive maintenance is still a challenge. Monitoring of 2-Furfuryldehyde (2-FAL), released in the transformer oil as a result of paper insulation degradation, and moisture ingress can provide insight into the health of the insulation of transformers. Since 2-FAL and moisture are high dielectric constant contamination, capacitive sensor-based detection is a potential solution. A novel Inter digital Capacitive (IDC) sensor is reported in this paper to measure the concentration of 2-FAL and moisture uses Zinc Oxide (ZnO) as a sensing film. The sensor shows good sensitivity, approximately linear characteristics, and low characteristic drift.

Detection of insulation degradation by-products in transformer oil using ZnO coated IDC sensor

Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University)

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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Condition monitoring of oil-immersed in-service transformers to facilitate preventive maintenance is still a challenge. Monitoring of 2-Furfuryldehyde (2-FAL),...

Detection of insulation degradation by-products in transformer oil using ZnO coated IDC sensor

Article Category: Article

Publié en ligne: 27 févr. 2024

Pages: -

Reçu: 10 août 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijssis-2024-0007

Mots clés
Transformer oil, IDC sensor, sensitivity, 2-FAL, moisture, zinc oxide

© 2024 Shaheen Parveen et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Detection of insulation degradation by-products in transformer oil using ZnO coated IDC sensor

Article Category: Article

Publié en ligne: 27 févr. 2024

Pages: -

Reçu: 10 août 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijssis-2024-0007

Mots clésTransformer oil, IDC sensor, sensitivity, 2-FAL, moisture, zinc oxide

© 2024 Shaheen Parveen et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Transformer oil, IDC sensor, sensitivity, 2-FAL, moisture, zinc oxide