Preliminary investigation for application of MEMS acceleration sensor to SF6 gas circuit breaker

Author

Ikeda, Hisatoshi ; Makisaka, Kentaro ; Harada, Katsutoshi ; Ohtsuka, Shinya ; Hikita, Masayuki ; Iwamoto, Katsuharu ; Nagata, Toshikazu

Author_Institution

Kyusyu Inst. of Technol., Tokyo

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 April 2008

Firstpage

873

Lastpage

876

Abstract

With an aim of applying a MEMS (micro electrical mechanical system) acceleration sensor as a diagnosis tool for a mechanical degradation of a SF₆ gas circuit breaker, we investigated the fundamental characteristics. It is confirmed that the MEMS acceleration sensor with a maximum acceleration number of 250 G and a frequency band width up to 400 Hz can be applied to measure an acceleration number of the model GCB, while all tests were carried out under no electromagnetic stresses on the GCB. In addition an optical acceleration sensor by using a photo-reflector was developed to be applied in a severe electromagnetic field. The first model of the optical sensor showed insufficient frequency band width for the purpose.

Keywords

acceleration measurement; gas blast circuit breakers; microsensors; optical sensors; MEMS acceleration sensor; gas circuit breaker; microelectrical mechanical system; optical acceleration sensor; photo-reflector; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Frequency; Gas detectors; Life estimation; Mechanical sensors; Mechanical systems; Micromechanical devices; Optical sensors; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Acceleration; Accelerometer; Dead tank; Frequency band width; Hydraulic driving mechanism; Maximum measurable acceleration number; Mechanical degradation; Micro Electric Mechanical System; Operating rod; Optical sensor; Photo-reflector; SF6 gas circuit breaker;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis, 2008. CMD 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1621-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1622-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMD.2008.4580422

Filename

4580422