Extracting Power Transformer Vibration Features by a Time-Scale-Frequency Analysis Method

Shuyou WU, Weiguo HUANG, Fanrang KONG, Qiang WU, Fangming ZHOU, Ruifan ZHANG, Ziyu WANG

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DOI: 10.4236/jemaa.2010.21005                

Abstract

In order to take advantage of the merits of WPT and HHT in feature extraction from vibration signals of power transformer, a time-scale-frequency analysis method is developed based on the combination of these two techniques. This method consists of two steps. First, the desirable wavelet packet nodes corresponding to characteristic frequency bands of power transformer are selected through a Correlation Degree Threshold Screening (CDTS) technique for reconstructing a time-domain signal that contains useful information of power transformer. Second, the HHT is then conducted on the reconstructed signal to track the instantaneous frequencies corresponding to natural characteristics of power transformer. Experimental results are provided by analyzing a real power transformer vibration signal. Compared with the features extracted by directly using HHT, the features obtained by the proposed method reveal clearer condition pattern of the transformer, which shows the potential of this method in condition monitoring of power transformer.

Keywords

Power Transformer, Wavelet Packet Transform, Hilbert-Huang Transform, Mother Wavelet Selection,

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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