A transformer hydrogen gas monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a sensor module, which is disposed to allow at least a part thereof to meet hydrogen gas in a transformer and measures a resistance value of a member having a variable resistance value according to a hydrogen concentration in the transformer; and a multi-task module for receiving a sensing result of the sensor module, generating hydrogen concentration information corresponding to resistance value information included in the sensing result, and remotely transmitting information corresponding to the generated hydrogen concentration information.

An electric device includes a tank and a cable box connected to the tank, the tank and the cable box being filled with an insulating liquid electric connection system for connecting a power cable through the cable box to the tank and a current measuring device for measuring electric current in the electric connection system, wherein the current measuring device is located adjacent to a housing of the cable box.

A hardened inductive device and systems and methods for protecting the inductive device from impact is provided. The inductive device is hardened with protective coating and/or an armor steel housing. The hardened inductive device is protected from impact by an object such as a bullet and leakage of dielectric fluid is prevented. Acoustic and vibration sensors are provided to detect the presence and impact, respectively, of an object in relation to the inductive device housing. The measurements of the acoustic and vibration sensors are compared to thresholds for sending alarms to the network control center and initiating shut-down and other sequences to protect the active part. The acoustic sensor results are utilized to determine the location of origin of the projectile.

A pressure relief device for a power transformer provided with a tank filled with an insulating liquid, the pressure relief device including: a support flange operatively coupleable with the tank and including a through port coupleable with an opening of the tank; a valve element displaceable between a closed position, at which it obstructs the through port, and an open position, at which it is spaced away from the support flange; a protection cover fixed with the support flange and spaced apart from the support flange and the valve element; first elastic means adapted to urge the valve element in the closed position and contrast a movement of the valve element from the closed position to the open position; and at least a switch device adapted to signal a movement of the valve element from the closed position to the open position. The switch device includes a switch pin reversibly movable between a compressed position and a released position. A movement of the switch pin from the compressed position to the released position is responsive to a movement of the valve element from the closed position to the open position.

A method for generating an object detector based on deep learning capable of detecting an extended object class is provided. The method is related to generating the object detector based on the deep learning capable of detecting the extended object class to thereby allow both an object class having been trained and additional object class to be detected. According to the method, it is possible to generate the training data set necessary for training an object detector capable of detecting the extended object class at a low cost in a short time and further it is possible to generate the object detector capable of detecting the extended object class at a low cost in a short time.

A hardened inductive device and systems and methods for protecting the inductive device from impact is provided. The inductive device is hardened with protective coating and/or an armor steel housing. The hardened inductive device is protected from impact by an object such as a bullet and leakage of dielectric fluid is prevented. Acoustic and vibration sensors are provided to detect the presence and impact, respectively, of an object in relation to the inductive device housing. The measurements of the acoustic and vibration sensors are compared to thresholds for sending alarms to the network control center and initiating shut-down and other sequences to protect the active part. The acoustic sensor results are utilized to determine the location of origin of the projectile.

The subject of the present application is a cover for distribution transformer filled with a dielectric liquid, equipped with electronic device integrated with the cover which is applied for transmission and distribution of electric energy. The cover is characterized in that the electronic device is immersed in the dielectric liquid filling a cooling compartment fixed on the cover; the cooling compartment has side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall which bottom wall is matched in the window made in the cover and the bottom wall forms a thermal barrier between the interior of the electric power device and the interior of the cooling compartment and the both interiors of the cooling compartment and of the electric power device are hermetically closed together.

A dynamic assessment system for monitoring high-voltage electrical components, which includes a computer system that is configured to receive data from a plurality of on-line sensors configured to monitor various operating parameters associated with the operation of a plurality of electrical components such as a plurality of electrical transformers. The computer system is configured to automatically and continuously correlate the data from the on-line sensors with data from various off-line databases and supervisory networks associated with monitoring the operation of the power distribution network, so as to generate dynamic operating condition assessments, including risk of failure assessments, of each of the monitored electrical components.

The present technology relates a transformer condition monitoring system including a light source configured to produce an emitted light beam. A plurality of optical sensors are configured to be positioned at a plurality of separate locations on a transformer, receive the light beam from the light source, and generate product light beams from the emitted light beam. A detector is positioned to receive the product light beams from the optical sensors and is configured to measure intensity values of the product light beams for each of the optical sensors. A computing device is coupled to the detector and includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processor executes programmed instructions stored in the memory to determine, based on the measured intensity values for the product light beams for the optical sensors, at least a displacement value, a current value, and a voltage value for the transformer.

Sensing methods and systems for transformers, and the construction thereof, are described herein. Example transformer systems and example methods for constructing a core for the system are disclosed. The example system includes a core with a bottom plate, two or more limbs mounted to the bottom plate and a top plate enclosing the core. At least one of the bottom plate, the limbs and the top plate is formed with a sensing component therein. The sensing component can be mounted to a spacer layer assembled within a stack of laminated layers. The sensing component can be mounted within a path defined within the spacer layer, for example. Methods for detecting operating conditions within the transformer are also disclosed.