Systematic diagnostic measures for asset management

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Project abstract

As it gets more and more difficult to plan outages for maintenance in the electric power transmission network, it is necessary to develop new methods for condition monitoring. This project focuses on circuit breakers and disconnectors. The methods should be done with energized equipment. Both failures of the electric contacts and the mechanical parts are studied.

An extension of the risk matrix with uncertainty, a survey of statistics and condition monitoring methods for circuit breakers and disconnectors, the method of condition measuring for a system with IR sensors at contacts at disconnectors, a thermography scheduling method, and a framework for lifetime modelling and condition measuring are presented. They can improve the planning of outages for maintenance.

Summary of work

2015. A survey of lifetime statistics and condition-monitoring methods for circuit breakers and disconnector has been presented. No method for monitoring electric contacts at the voltages of the transmission grid has been found. An analysis model of the temperature rise of disconnector contacts has been developed, based on data from IR sensors placed at the contacts. It can be used to rank disconnectors according to the need for maintenance.

2016. A disconnector renovation project has provided resistance measurements before and after, which gives an estimate of the effect of maintenance. Also it has given ideas for improvement of the measurement techniques.

2016. A statistical method for the choice of time for thermography has been presented at the conference PMAPS 2016. It explains two thirds of the variation of the current throughout the year using as independent variables the time of the day, the day of the week and the week number.

2016. A new method of estimating the uncertainty of the risk has been developed.

2017. A general framework for lifetime modelling and condition measuring is developed as a model with specified tasks. The framework is illustrated with examples. The effect of maintenance of the contacts is shown for four disconnectors.

2017. The uncertainty of the risk matrix is simulated for some cases.

2017. The doctoral thesis was written. It has also a chapter with a summary of the history of the Swedish electrical system.

Event log

2015. A visit for three months at the department of statistics of UC3M in Spain, to develop better methods of estimating lifetime with censored data.

2016. Invitation to hold a seminar about the reliability of the electrical system at the Centre for safety at KTH's School of Architecture and the Built Environment, for an undergraduate course in May.

2016. Invitation to join the Cigré working group A3.32 (Non-intrusive methods for condition assessment of distribution and transmission switchgear), as a consequence of a condition monitoring article.

2016. A visit for three months (September to December) at Kinectrics in Toronto, Canada, to develop a better understanding of the aging of electrical contacts and the treatment of failure data, together.

2017. The Cigré working group A3.32 (Non-intrusive methods for condition assessment of distribution and transmission switchgear), to which Per Westerlund contributes by supplying references and structuring them, by proof-reading and by writing the conclusion, is about to publish its technical brochure.

2017. Invitation to hold a seminar about the reliability of the electrical system at the Centre for safety at KTH's School of Architecture and the Built Environment, for an undergraduate course during spring.

2017. Attendence of the Cigré colloquium in Winnipeg, Canada, where the paper received the Best student paper award for Study Group A3.

Project reference-group

Tommie Lindquist,  Svenska kraftnät
Milan Radosavljević ,  Svenska kraftnät
Claes Ahlrot,  Eon
Susanne Olausson,  Energiforsk AB
Ying He,  Vattenfall AB
Susann Persson,  Jämtkraft AB
Matz Tapper,  Svensk Energi
Johan Öckerman,  Vattenfall
Erik Jenelius,  Trafik och logistik KTH
Olle Hansson,  Fortum
Fredrik Carlsson,  Vattenfall
Thomas Welte,  Sintef Energi
Robert Saers,  ABB Transformers
Malin Ågren,  Ellevio
Anna Lilly Brodersson,  Vattenfall

Publications by this researcher

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A general model, estimation, and procedure for modeling recurrent failure process of high-voltage circuit breakers considering multivariate impacts
Wei Hu,   Per Westerlund,   Patrik Hilber,   Chuanhai Chen,   Zhaojun Yang.
2022,   Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 220

Investments in data quality : Evaluating impacts of faulty data on asset management in power systems
Sylvie Evelyne Koziel,   Patrik Hilber,   Per Westerlund,   Ebrahim Shayesteh.
2021,   Applied Energy, vol. 281

CIGRE JWG A3.43 progress report “Tools for lifecycle management of T&D switchgear based on data from condition monitoring systems"
Nicola Gariboldi,   Javier Mantilla,   Dan Catanese,   Sébastien Poirier,   Ryszard Pater,   Alexander Herrera,   Andreas Nenning,   Per Westerlund.
2020,   Cigré Canada conference

Forecasting cross-border power exchanges through an HVDC line using dynamic modelling
Sylvie Evelyne Koziel,   Patrik Hilber,   Per Westerlund,   E. Shayesteh.
2019,   2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2019, 9 December 2019 through 12 December 2019

Reliability and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Various HV Substation Configurations
Aleksandar Boričić,   Dhruv Bhatt,   Per Westerlund.
2019,   14e congrès annuel de CIGRE Canada 14th annual congress of Cigre Canada, September 16-19, 2019

Extreme Value Analysis of Power System Data
Per Westerlund,   Wadih Naim.
2019,   ITISE 2019 - International Conference on Time Series and Forecasting, 25-27 September 2019 Granada (Spain)

Prediction of Current by Artificial Neural Networks in a Substation in order to Schedule Thermography
Per Westerlund,   Ilias Dimoulkas.
2018,   International conference on Time Series and Forecasting, September 19th-21th, 2018

Non-intrusive methods for condition assessment of distribution and transmission switchgear
Nenad Uzelac,   Christian Heinrich,   Ryszard Pater,   Jack Arnold,   Daniel Eichhoff,   Venanzio Ferraro,   Nicola Gariboldi,   Mario Germain,   Alejandro Gioseffi,   Takashi Ito,   Petr Kopejtko,   Albert Livshitz,   José López-Roldán,   Jason MacLeod,   Javier Mantilla,   Ana Milosevic,   Sébastien Poirier,   Bernd Schuepferling,   Rene Smeets,   Johan Smit,   Erik Taylor,   Theo van Rijn,   Xiaohua Wang,   Per Westerlund.

Prediction of high current for thermography in maintenance of electrical networks
Per Westerlund,   Jesper Rydén,   Patrik Hilber,   Tommie Lindquist.
2018,   27th Nordic Conference in Mathematical Statistics

Condition measuring and lifetime modelling of disconnectors, circuit breakers and other electrical power transmission equipment
Per Westerlund.
2017,   Thesis (PhD), Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, TRITA-EE 2017:134

Condition monitoring of disconnectors in the electric power transmission grid with temperature sensors
Per Westerlund,   Patrik Hilber,   Tommie Lindquist.
2016,   International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, vol. 23(1)

Prediction of time for preventive maintenance
Per Westerlund,   Patrik Hilber,   Tommie Lindquist.
2016,   Nordstat 2016,26th Nordic Conference in Mathematical Statistics, June 27 - 30, Denmark

Prediction of current in a substation in order to schedule thermography
Per Westerlund,   Patrik Hilber,   Tommie Lindquist.
2016,   PMAPS 2016 2016 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems Oct. 16-20, 2016 Beijing, China

Condition measuring and lifetime modelling of electrical power transmission equipment
Per Westerlund.
2015,   Thesis (Licentiate), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, TRITA-EE 2015:026

The reliability chain
Patrik Hilber,   Per Westerlund,   Tommie Lindquist.
2015,   2015 CIGRE SC A3 & B3 joint colloquium

Function test and condition test for disconnecting circuit breakers
Per Westerlund,   Patrik Hilber,   Tommie Lindquist.
2015,   2015 CIGRE SC A3 & B3 joint colloquium

A review of methods for condition monitoring, surveys and statistical analyses of disconnectors and circuit breakers
Per Westerlund,   Patrik Hilber,   Tommie Lindquist.
2014,   2014 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2014, Durham, United Kingdom, 7-10 July 2014

Grade levels for multiple-choice tests
Per Westerlund,   Patrik Hilber,   Tommie Lindquist.
2014,   Nordstat 2014, Turku, Finland, 02-06 Jun 2014

Reliability Data : A Review of Importance, Use, and Availability
Niklas Ekstedt,   Carl Johan Wallnerström,   Sajeesh Babu,   Patrik Hilber,   Per Westerlund,   Jan Henning Jürgensen,   Tommie Lindquist.
2014,   NORDAC 2014 (Eleventh Nordic Conference on Electricity Distribution System Management and Development, Stockholm, 8 - 9 September 2014)

Using power system temperature sensors for moreuses than originally intended : Exemplified by investigating dynamic rating possibilities
Carl Johan Wallnerström,   Per Westerlund,   Patrik Hilber.
2014,   NORDAC 2014 (Eleventh Nordic Conference on Electricity Distribution System Management and Development, Stockholm, 8 - 9 September 2014)

Condition monitoring of the disconnectors in the electric power transmission grid with temperature sensors
Per Westerlund,   Patrik Hilber,   Tommie Lindquist.
2013,   MPMM 3rd International Conference on Maintenance Performance Measurement and Management, MPMM 2013, Lappeenranta, Finland, 12-13 September 2013

Benefits of Reliability Centred Asset Management
Patrik Hilber,   Carl Johan Wallnerström,   Johanna Rosenlind,   Sajeesh Babu,   Per Westerlund.
2013,   22nd International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, CIRED 2013

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