Fault diagnosis of power transformers is crucial to the healthy operation of transformers.In order to enhance its accuracy and reliability, a new fault diagnosis method based on Set Pair Analysis (SPA) and association rules was proposed in this paper. Via analyzing the relationship of fault symptoms and fault types, the corresponding association rules could be established. Via computing the support degrees and confidence degrees of the association rules, the constant weight coefficient of each symptom and the variable weight coefficient of each type could be obtained. The diagnosis method could avoid the subjective defects effectively. Via introducing the concept of subordinate degree, the connection degrees of each fault type and the whole running state of transformer could be obtained. This method could also improve the accuracy of uncertainty factors of transformer fault diagnosis. Experimental results of the test substation proved this method had a higher accuracy by comparing with both association rules and SPA.
A pulsed-power generator using inductive adder technology is proposed for the case of a discharge gap. The merit of this generator is to merge the pulsed-voltage and pulsed-current adders via the dual secondary windings with special circuit. For the nonlinear impedance in any discharge gap, the standalone voltage-pulse and current-pulse can be outputted successively by this generator. The proposed generator is especially useful for the common resolution of implementing pulse discharge at less cost. As an application example, a compact trigger prototype was developed to compatibly use in the gas-insulated and vacuum switches. Experiments achieved good results that the triggered switches showed stable performance and long life. If the basic circuit of this proposed generator is regarded as a pulsed-generating unit, a certain number of such units connected in parallel can be expected to form a general device with generating greater breakdown-voltage and sustained-current pulses for discharge gaps.
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