A method for online monitoring intermittent cable defects based on SSTDR

Abstract

With the increase of cable operating age, various latent defects gradually appear, so it is important to identify and locate the defects accurately for power operation and maintenance. The common methods for cable failure detection primarily work with cables in an offline state, which causes a certain degree of economic loss. In this research, SSTDR is used to achieve online defect detection, which can avoid further damage to the cable in a working state. This paper established the numerical model of the cable distribution characteristics and investigated how various incident signals affect the effect of defect localization. Based on the obtained results, the localization curve is wavelet decomposed in order to filter the operating frequency signal. The findings of the experiments and simulations demonstrate that SSTDR and its enhanced algorithm may achieve online cable defect detection and serve as an effective method for cable defect locating technology advancement.

Keywords

• Spread spectrum time domain reflectometry
• Online detection
• Wavelet decomposition