IP Library Granted Patent US 11,366,025
Granted Patent B2
US 11,366,025 · App. 17/434,735 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

High voltage system comprising a temperature distribution determining device

Inventors: Tor Laneryd (Enköping, SE); Joachim Schiessling (Enköping, SE)
Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
G01K7/427G01F23/26H01B17/26G01R31/1245
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Patent No.
US 11,366,025
App. No.
17/434,735
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high voltage system including: a high voltage bushing having a bushing body configured to be assembled with a tank filled with a dielectric liquid wherein the bushing body has a cavity, and the bushing includes a dielectric liquid level sensor configured to measure a dielectric liquid level in the cavity, and a temperature distribution determining device configured to determine a heat distribution in the bushing based on the dielectric liquid level measured by the dielectric liquid level sensor.

Claims (30)

1. A high voltage system comprising:

a high voltage bushing having a bushing body configured to be assembled with a tank filled with a dielectric liquid wherein the bushing body has a cavity, and the bushing comprises a dielectric liquid level sensor configured to measure a dielectric liquid level in the cavity, and

a temperature distribution determining device configured to determine a heat distribution in the bushing based on the dielectric liquid level measured by the dielectric liquid level sensor,

wherein the bushing body has a tank end portion provided with an opening into the cavity.

2. The high voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the temperature distribution determining device is configured to receive a current value of current passing through the bushing, wherein the temperature distribution determining device is configured to determine the temperature distribution further based on the current value.

3. The high voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the temperature distribution determining device is configured to obtain an ambient air temperature of ambient air surrounding the bushing, wherein the temperature distribution determining device is configured to determine the temperature distribution further based on the ambient air temperature.

4. The high voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the temperature distribution determining device is configured to obtain a dielectric liquid temperature of the dielectric liquid in the tank, wherein the temperature distribution determining device is configured to determine the temperature distribution further based on the dielectric liquid temperature.

5. The high voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the temperature distribution determining device comprises a mathematical model of the bushing, wherein the temperature distribution determining device is configured to utilize the mathematical model to determine the temperature distribution in the bushing.

6. The high voltage system of claim 5 , wherein the mathematical model is based on the geometry of the bushing and takes weather conditions into account.

7. The high voltage system of claim 6 , wherein the mathematical model is further based on that the bushing comprises resin-impregnated material.

8. The high voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the bushing is a dry-type bushing.

9. The high voltage system of claim 1 , wherein the bushing is a resin-impregnated bushing.

10. A high voltage electromagnetic induction system comprising:

a high voltage system of claim 1 , and

an electromagnetic induction device comprising a tank filled with a dielectric liquid, wherein the bushing is assembled with the tank.

11. The high voltage electromagnetic induction system of claim 10 , wherein the bushing comprises a dry-type bushing or a resin-impregnated bushing.

12. A method of determining a temperature distribution in a high voltage bushing assembled with a tank filled with a dielectric liquid, wherein the bushing has a bushing body having a cavity, and the bushing comprises a dielectric liquid level sensor configured to measure a dielectric liquid level in the cavity, wherein the method comprises:

a) obtaining a dielectric liquid level in the cavity measured by the dielectric liquid level sensor, and

b) determining a temperature distribution in the bushing based on the dielectric liquid level,

wherein the bushing is a dry-type bushing.

13. The method of claim 12 , comprising obtaining a current value of current passing through the bushing, wherein step b) is further based on the current value.

14. The method of claim 12 , comprising obtaining an ambient air temperature of ambient air surrounding the bushing, wherein step b) is further based on the ambient air temperature.

15. The method of claim 12 , comprising obtaining a dielectric liquid temperature of the dielectric liquid in the tank, wherein step b) is further based on the dielectric liquid temperature.

16. A method of determining a temperature distribution in a high voltage bushing assembled with a tank filled with a dielectric liquid, wherein the bushing has a bushing body having a cavity, and the bushing comprises a dielectric liquid level sensor configured to measure a dielectric liquid level in the cavity, wherein the method comprises:

a) obtaining a dielectric liquid level in the cavity measured by the dielectric liquid level sensor, and

b) determining a temperature distribution in the bushing based on the dielectric liquid level,

wherein the bushing is a resin-impregnated bushing.

17. The method of claim 16 , comprising obtaining a current value of current passing through the bushing, wherein step b) is further based on the current value.

18. The method of claim 16 , comprising obtaining an ambient air temperature of ambient air surrounding the bushing, wherein step b) is further based on the ambient air temperature.

19. The method of claim 16 , comprising obtaining a dielectric liquid temperature of the dielectric liquid in the tank, wherein step b) is further based on the dielectric liquid temperature.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065549/0576 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2021
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 058601/0692 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2021
From: LANERYD, TOR; SCHIESSLING, JOACHIM
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 057319/0690 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2021
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 057319/0695 →