Review on peak detect and hold circuits and their applicability in partial discharge detection
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Martin Fritsch
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Christoph Andres
Abstract
This article reviews various designs of electrical peak detect and hold circuits and tests their applicability for the detection of partial discharge pulses. Since partial discharges are very short pulses in the nanosecond range, the peak detector circuit must be very fast and thus work precisely over a wide bandwidth up to the GHz range. The article begins with a comprehensive literature review and gives an overview of the state of the art of peak detector circuits. As a result of the literature research, four different peak detector designs are identified that appear suitable for measuring partial discharges. These four circuits are then simulatively tested for their performance in measuring the pulse height of various partial discharge pulses. It turns out that two of the identified circuits are able to measure nanosecond pulses of small amplitude. These two circuits must be further optimized for partial discharge detection in the future. In addition, the circuit should be tested prototypically with real partial discharge pulses.
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Artikel untersucht verschiedene elektrische Spitzenwerterfassungsschaltungen auf ihre Anwendbarkeit zur Detektion von Teilentladungsimpulsen. Da Teilentladungen sehr kurze Impulse im Nanosekundenbereich sind, muss die Spitzenwerterfassung sehr schnell sein und daher über eine große Bandbreite bis in den GHz-Bereich präzise arbeiten. Der Artikel beginnt mit einer umfassenden Literaturrecherche und gibt einen Überblick über den Stand der Technik von Spitzenwerterfassungsschaltungen. Als Ergebnis der Literaturrecherche werden vier verschiedene Schaltungsdesigns identifiziert, die zur Detektion von Teilentladungen geeignet erscheinen. Die Performance dieser vier Schaltungen hinsichtlich der Messung der Impulshöhe verschiedener Teilentladungsimpulse wird anschließend simulativ getestet. Es stellt sich heraus, dass zwei der identifizierten Schaltungen in der Lage sind, Nanosekundenpulse mit kleiner Amplitude zu messen. Diese beiden Schaltungen müssen in Zukunft für die Teilentladungsdetektion weiter optimiert werden. Darüber hinaus sollte die Schaltung prototypisch mit realen Teilentladungspulsen getestet werden.
About the authors
Martin Fritsch received his B.Eng. from Frankfurt University of Applied Science in 2016, his M.Sc. in 2018 and his Ph.D in 2024 from the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), Germany, all in electrical engineering. He is currently working as a Research Assistant at the Chair of Electric Power Networks and Renewable Energy at the OVGU. His research interests include the modeling of electric power systems and the detection of partial discharges.
Christoph Andres received his B.Sc. in 2022 and his M.Sc. in 2024 from the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, and currently works there as a Research Assistant at the Chair of Electric Power Networks and Renewable Energy. His research interests are energy harvesting systems, partial discharge detection and modeling of electric power systems.
Martin Wolter received his diploma degree in 2006, his Ph.D in 2008 and his venia legendi in 2012 all from Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. He was Head of the System Operation Concept Development Team at 50 Hz Transmission GmbH, for four years. Since 2015 he has been Head of the Chair Electric Power Networks and Renewable Energy at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany. His research interests are modeling and simulation of interconnected electric power systems, development of planning and operation strategies and multi-agent systems.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: Not applicable.
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