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Standardized Procedure For

PARTIAL DISCHARGE TEST

Prepared By Syed Mujahid

Technical Support Industrial Services Enterprise Date

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High performance PD sensors The FMC (Flexible Magnetic Coupler) is a partial discharge sensor whose
working principle is based on a direct magnetic coupling with the cable conductor and shield.

It picks up a magnetic signal given by PD activity. His compact and robust design makes the FMC the
optimal sensor for direct installation on cables and accessories such as joints and termination as well as
GIS/GIL.

This sensor has a sensitive side which has to face to the object under test, while the other side (shielded)
reject the noise from the environment. Applications For usage medium voltage cables, high voltage
cables, terminations or joints and GIS/GIL. When other kind of sensors lacks in easiness of use or
whenever an outage cannot be met, this sensor is a good choice. In many practical cases we don’t have
ground cables where other type of sensors could fit (i.e. HF CTs) and FMCs can make the difference
between the possibility to perform a PD measurement or not. Two versions are available, depending on
the size of the cable. For high voltage cables (higher than 100kV) the larger version is more suitable
while for smaller cables the medium voltage version should be chosen.

FMC – Flexible Magnetic Coupler Specifications Bandwidth 500 kHz – 50 MHz

Working principle Inductive coupling

Overall Dimensions (High Voltage version) 500 x 120 x 10 mm approx (L x W x H)

Overall Dimensions (Medium Voltage version) 500 x 40 x 10 mm approx (L x W x H)

Overall Dimensions (with IP68 cover) 710 x 170 x 100 mm approx (L x W x H)

Connector BNC Power Supply Needed only for optional devices (AFMC amplifier) Installation Tied to the
cable in proximity of cable joint or cable terminal Operating temperature: -20°C to +65°C

UV resistance Excellent Oil resistance Excellent Acid resistance Good Suitable For Several different
sensors are available, fully compatible with Techimp Global Diagnostic platform.

They can be freely combined at customer needs provided they can be applied for the specific
application. FMC – Flexible Magnetic Coupler HVAC CABLE MVAC CABLE GIS GIL GIB HVDC CABLE
Installation Examples FMC sensor can be simply laid on the cable and shaped according on the device
bending. It should be tied with cable ties or tape, depending if we are performing a spot measurement
or if it has to remain in place for a long period. If the measurement object is a cable accessory (whether
a joint or cable termination), the FMC should be placed on the cable itself but very close to the joint.
Optional dedicated amplifiers (AFMC) as well as signal conditioning devices are available by Techimp to
get improved sensitivity and excellent signal-to-noise ratio.
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An optional cover can be provided for all cases where flooding (i.e. in manholes) or adverse weather
conditions are expected. In these cases the IP68 option is preferable. Example of FMC on high voltage
cable Example of FMC on high voltage cable with IP68 protection cover Standard installation on HV
cable, with Amplifier Example of FMC on medium voltage cables
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Procedure to perform the test after installing FMC

This window will be automatically opened by clicking on the Advanced button located in each
panel in main window (see paragraph 3.1). Advanced window is composed of multiple PD tools,
i.e. Separation, Pattern Filter, Identification, TDR location, Pattern Movie, Trending and Report.
Each tool has a dedicated tab which can be activated and visualized in the Advanced window by
clicking the relevant button on upper-left part of the window.
Below the PD tools, the Class list allows to select and display on the PD Pattern one of the
Classes defined through the Separation tool (see paragraph 0 for more details about the logical
operation of class definition). When no PD tool is activated the Advanced window shows on the
right side (graphs section) PD Pattern, Classification map and, only for waveform files, the
waveform and pulse spectrum graphs. Moving the horizontal slide bar in the lower part of the
window it is possible to plot all the waveforms and pulse spectra of the loaded acquisition file.
Acquisition circuit allows to change the setting of the measurement circuit, which may be
either direct (i.e. measurement impedance in series with the EUT) or indirect (i.e. measurement
branch in parallel with the EUT). It is important to set the proper measurement circuit because
Automatic identification algorithm relies on this information.
Full scale and Phase shift allow to change the Full scale and Phase shift values, in order to get a
better visualization of the pattern. It is possible to change this values either by clicking the up
and down arrows or writing the value in the relevant box. To reset the value to the original one,
right click mouse button and select reset. It is important to set the proper full scale and phase
shift measurement circuit because Automatic identification algorithm relies on this information.
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The Back to Viewer button allows to go back to the main window of the software. All the
manual operations performed in the Advanced window (e.g. Separation, Pattern filter, etc.) are
lost.

On the Pulse Spectrum graph zooming can be performed by clicking with left mouse button on
the pulse spectrum graph and dragging the cursor in order to have a better visualization in the
selected frequency range. To reset the visualization, right click mouse button and select reset.
Right - click mouse button functions:
Right - click on Classification Map graph:

Filters enables or disables the visualization of map-filter regions in the Classification Map;
Pointer cursor shows the equivalent frequency and the equivalent time values of the selected
dot on the Classification Map. If the loaded file is a waveform acquisition, the waveform and
pulse spectrum graphs will show the data relevant to the dot selected by pointer cursor. If the
pointer cursor is activated on PD Pattern too each movement of one cursor will move the other
one accordingly over the corresponding dot on its reference graph;
Monochromatic – Color enables or disables the color on the PD Pattern and Classification Map.
Copy Data allows to perform a print screen of the Classification Map, available on your clip
board.

Trigger shows the trigger level set during file acquisition;

Pointer cursor shows the Amplitude and the Phase values of the selected dot on the PD
Pattern. If the loaded file is a waveform acquisition, the waveform graph will show the data
relevant to the dot selected by pointer cursor. If the pointer cursor is activated on Classification
Map too too each movement of one cursor will move the other one accordingly over the
corresponding dot on its reference graph.

Monochromatic – Color enables or disables the color on the PD Pattern and Classification map;
Copy data allows to perform a print screen of the PD Pattern picture on your clip board.
Right click on Full scale and Phase shift text box.
Reset will reset the full scale or phase shift value to the ones set during the acquisition.

MENU BAR
File >>> Open >>> Data File opens a new acquisition file in the Advanced window.
File >>> Open >>> Classification allows to load a classification that has been previously defined
for the currently displayed acquisition file.
File >>> Save >>> Classification allows to save the defined classification.
File >>> Exit closes the current Advanced window.
Tools >>> Auto Filtering (see section 4.4.2)
Tools >>> Set Report Path opens a browsing window in order to select the folder where report
files are saved.