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Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2009
Applicants:

John Horowy, Rockford, IL (US);

Neal D. Clements, Roscoe, IL (US);

Inventors:

John Horowy, Rockford, IL (US);

Neal D. Clements, Roscoe, IL (US);

Assignee:

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G01R 31/12 (2006.01); H01H 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of detecting partial corona discharge in a targeted circuit of an electrical apparatus, comprises the steps of: wrapping a Rogowski coil around a leg of the targeted circuit to produce a Rogowski coil signal that represents electrical current rate of change in the leg of the targeted circuit; coupling the Rogowski coil signal to a three-dimensional display device that may represent the dimension of time, the dimension of amplitude as a function of a time, and the dimension of duration of amplitude as a function of time in successive periods of that have a preselected duration; monitoring the display device to detect deviations of the duration of amplitude as a function of time from a normal waveform in the leg of the targeted circuit; and correlating ones of the detected deviations of the duration of amplitude as a function of time from a normal waveform that exceed a preselected deviation level as indicative of partial corona discharge within the targeted circuit.


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