Feasibility of using normalized de-trapped charge for diagnosis of power transformer insulation

Abstract

In order to use de-trapped interfacial charge as a performance parameter for diagnosis, it is necessary to reduce the influence of insulation geometry. Available literature shows that this can be done by considering dc insulation resistance R 0 as the normalization factor. Such normalization may not be always practically feasible as information regarding R 0 requires measurement of temperature sensitive low amplitude current. In this paper it is shown that geometric capacitance C 0 (instead of R 0 ) can be used as an effective normalization parameter to reduce effect of insulation geometry. Effect of normalizing freed interfacial charge using C 0 and R 0 and its subsequent effect on insulation diagnosis are presented in this paper.