An ultrawideband patch antenna for UHF detection of partial discharge

• Published in: 2015 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC) p. 1
• Main Authors: Zhang, Y., Upton, D., Jaber, A., Khan, U., Saeed, B., Ahmed, H., Mather, P., Atkinson, R., Lazaridis, P., Vieira, M.F. Q, Glover, I.A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Radio Science (URSI) 01-05-2015
• DOI: 10.1109/URSI-AT-RASC.2015.7302824

The location of partial discharge (PD) sources by free-space UHF detection is an attractive approach for condition monitoring of high voltage equipment in substations. A low-cost, radiometric, PD wireless sensor network (WSN) has been proposed to provide continuous real-time coverage for an entire substation (J.M. Neto, Y. Zhang, A. Jaber, M. Zhu, M. Judd, R. Atkinson, J. Soraghan, J.S. Neto, M.F. Vieira, I.A. Glover, 2014 XXXIth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), Beijing, 16 - 23 Aug. 2014, pp.1-4). A suggested band for UHF PD detection is 0.3 - 1.5 GHz (Z. Tang, C. Li, X. Cheng, W. Wang, J. Li, IEEE Trans. Dielectr. Electr. Insul., 6, 2006, pp. 1193-1199). A novel ultrawideband (UWB) printed monopole antenna is presented here for PD WSN applications.