Gas leakage detection system and gas leakage detection method
View Patent ↗A gas leakage detection system 1 with high detection accuracy for a remaining gas amount and a gas leakage amount of an insulation gas 28 in a container 27 forming a electrical apparatus 2 is provided. The gas leakage detection system 1 includes: the electrical apparatus 2 including: the container 27 to which a power distribution apparatus 29 is fixed and in which the insulation gas 28 is contained; a plurality of divided spaces 21 in the container 28 divided in parallel with a ground; a plurality of temperature sensors 22 which detects temperature of the insulation gas 28 and which is positioned in the plurality of the divided spaces 22 ; and a pressure sensor 23 which detects a pressure in the container 27 ; and a monitor 3 which calculates the remaining gas amount Mg of the insulation gas 28 remaining in the container 27 based on the temperature Ta and Tb of the insulation gas 28 detected by the plurality of the temperature sensors 22 and the pressure Pg of the insulation gas 28 detected by the pressure sensor 23.
1. A gas leakage detection system comprising:
an electrical apparatus comprising:
a container to which a power distribution apparatus is fixed and in which an insulation gas is contained;
a plurality of divided spaces in the container divided in parallel with a ground;
a plurality of temperature sensors which detects temperature of the insulation gas and which is positioned in the plurality of the divided spaces; and
a pressure sensor which detects a pressure in the container; and
a monitor which calculates a remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the container based on the temperature of the insulation gas detected by the plurality of the temperature sensors and the pressure of the insulation gas detected by the pressure sensor,
wherein
the container is connected to a circulator to circulate the insulation gas,
the circulator includes a cooler, and
the monitor calculates a total remaining gas amount by adding the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the container and a remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the cooler.
2. The gas leakage detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the monitor calculates the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the container by calculating the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas for each of the divided spaces based on the temperature of the insulation gas detected by the plurality of the temperature sensors and the pressure of the insulation gas detected by the pressure sensor, and adding the calculated remaining gas amount of the insulation gas for each of the divided spaces.
3. The gas leakage detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the monitor calculates the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the container based on an average molar volume calculated by multiplying a predetermined weighting factor to the temperature of the insulation gas detected by the plurality of the temperature sensors and the pressure of the insulation gas detected by the pressure sensor.
4. The gas leakage detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the divided spaces is divided and formed by a partition plate provided in the container in parallel with the ground.
5. The gas leakage detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the monitor divides a space in the cooler into a plurality of n spaces, and the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the cooler is calculated based on temperature calculated for each of the n spaces in the cooler and a volume of the insulation gas per a unit amount.
6. The gas leakage detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the monitor calculates a gas leakage amount of the insulation gas based on the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the container, and outputs an alert to an outputted when the gas leakage amount becomes equal to or more than a reference value.
7. The gas leakage detection system according to claim 6 , further comprising an air-temperature sensor detecting an outside temperature,
wherein the monitor stops calculating the gas leakage amount of the insulation gas when a change of the outside temperature detected by the air-temperature sensor per a unit time exceeds a predetermined reference value.
8. A gas leakage detection method for an electrical apparatus comprising a container to which a power distribution apparatus is fixed and in which an insulation gas is contained, a plurality of divided spaces in the container divided in parallel with a ground, a plurality of temperature sensors which detects temperature of the insulation gas and which is positioned in the plurality of the divided spaces, and a pressure sensor which detects a pressure in the container,
the gas leakage detection method comprising: calculating the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the container by calculating the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas for each of the divided spaces based on the temperature of the insulation gas detected by the plurality of the temperature sensors and the pressure of the insulation gas detected by the pressure sensor, and adding the calculated remaining gas amount of the insulation gas for each of the divided spaces,
wherein
the container is connected to a circulator to circulate the insulation gas,
the circulator includes a cooler, and
the monitor calculates a total remaining gas amount by adding the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the container and a remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the cooler.
9. A gas leakage detection method for an electrical apparatus comprising a container to which a power distribution apparatus is fixed and in which an insulation gas is contained, a plurality of divided spaces in the container divided in parallel with a ground, a plurality of temperature sensors which detects temperature of the insulation gas and which is positioned in the plurality of the divided spaces, and a pressure sensor which detects a pressure in the container,
the gas leakage detection method comprising: calculating the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the container based on an average molar volume calculated by multiplying a predetermined weighting factor to the temperature of the insulation gas detected by the plurality of the temperature sensors and the pressure of the insulation gas detected by the pressure sensor,
wherein
the container is connected to a circulator to circulate the insulation gas,
the circulator includes a cooler, and
the monitor calculates a total remaining gas amount by adding the remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the container and a remaining gas amount of the insulation gas remaining in the cooler.