DETECTION OF RADIAL DEFORMATIONS OF TRANSFORMERS

• Main Authors: Babamalek Gharehpetian Gevork, Karami Porzani Hossein, Norouzi Yaser, Akhavan Hejazi Maryam Alsadat
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.12.2017
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING

A method for detecting radial deformation in a winding of a transformer may include synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging of the winding using ultra high frequency (UHF) electromagnetic signals in a first instance of the winding to obtain a first image of the winding; SAR imaging of the winding using UHF electromagnetic signals in a second instance of the winding to obtain a second image of the winding; and comparing the first image of the winding and the second image of the winding to detect a radial deformation in the winding. The UHF electromagnetic signals may be transmitted as a plurality of successive sinusoidal signals, where frequencies of the successive sinusoidal signals gradually change from a first frequency to a second frequency.