High resolution (<1nm) interferometric fiber-optic sensor of vibrations in high-power transformers

doi:10.1364/OE.14.009679

High resolution (<1nm) interferometric fiber-optic sensor of vibrations in high-power transformers

Jose A. Garcia-Souto and Horacio Lamela-Rivera »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 21, pp. 9679-9686 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.009679

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Abstract

A novel fiber-optic interferometric sensor is presented for vibrations measurements and analysis. In this approach, it is shown applied to the vibrations of electrical structures within power transformers. A main feature of the sensor is that an unambiguous optical phase measurement is performed using the direct detection of the interferometer output, without external modulation, for a more compact and stable implementation. High resolution of the interferometric measurement is obtained with this technique (<1 nm). The optical-fiber transducer is also specifically designed for magnifying the localized vibrations in order to modulate deeply the interferometric signal. Other advantages of the implementation for measurements within transformers are also highlighted.

OCIS Codes
(060.2370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics sensors
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(120.4290) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Nondestructive testing
(120.5050) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Phase measurement
(120.7280) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Vibration analysis

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Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology

History
Original Manuscript: June 12, 2006
Revised Manuscript: September 27, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: September 29, 2006
Published: October 16, 2006

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Jose A. Garcia-Souto and Horacio Lamela-Rivera, "High resolution (<1nm) interferometric fiber-optic sensor of vibrations in high-power transformers," Opt. Express 14, 9679-9686 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-21-9679

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C. K. Kirkendall and A. Dandridge, "Overview of high performance fibre-optic sensing", Journal Of Physics D-Applied Physics 37, 197-216 (2004). [CrossRef]
J.A. García-Souto, and H. Lamela, "Comparative analysis of optical-fibre interferometric sensors versus accelerometers: application to vibrations inside high-power transformers", Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 4, 318-326 (2002). [CrossRef]
H. Lamela, J. A. García-Souto, and J. Sanz "Measurements of mechanical vibrations at magnetic cores of power transformers with fiber-optic interferometric intrinsic sensor", IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 6, 788-797 (2000). [CrossRef]

Bartoletti, C.
Birtwhistle, D.
Bucaro, J. A.
Chen, C. H.
Cobo, A.
Cui, Y. M.
Dandridge, A.
Danver, B.
Desiderio, M.
Di-Carlo, D.
Ding, G. L.
Fazio, G.
Ferdinand, P.
García-Souto, J. A.
García-Souto, J.A.
Jackson, D.A.
Kang, P.
Kirkendall, C. K.
Lagakos, N.
Lamela, H.
Lecoy, P.
Li, S. Q.
López-Higuera, J. M.
Malki, A.
Marty, J.
Maruyama, T.
Morante, M. A.
Muzi, F.
Okada, T.
Pechstedt, R.D.
Renouf, C.
Sacerdoti, G.
Salvatori, F.
Sanz, J.
Sasaki, O.
Suzuki, T.
Tveten, A.B.
Vohra, S.T.
Zhang, D. L.

Appl. Opt.

A. Malki, P. Lecoy, J. Marty, C. Renouf, and P. Ferdinand, "Optical fiber accelerometer based on a silicon micromachined cantilever", Appl. Opt. 34, 8014-8018 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Electron. Lett.

S.T. Vohra, B. Danver, A.B. Tveten, and A. Dandridge, "High performance fiber optic accelerometers", Electron. Lett. 33, 155-157 (1997). [CrossRef]

IEE Proc. Gen. Trans. and Distrib.

P. Kang, and D. Birtwhistle, "Condition monitoring of power transformer on-load tap-changers II. Detection of ageing from vibration signatures", IEE Proc. Gen. Trans. and Distrib. 148,307-311 (2001). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Lightwave Technol.

J. M. López-Higuera, M. A. Morante, and A. Cobo, "Simple low-frequency optical fiber accelerometer with large rotating machine monitoring applications", IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 15, 1120-30 (1997). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.

H. Lamela, J. A. García-Souto, and J. Sanz "Measurements of mechanical vibrations at magnetic cores of power transformers with fiber-optic interferometric intrinsic sensor", IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 6, 788-797 (2000). [CrossRef]

IEEE Trans. Power Deliv.

C. Bartoletti, M. Desiderio, D. Di-Carlo, G. Fazio, F. Muzi, G. Sacerdoti, and F. Salvatori, "Vibro-acoustic techniques to diagnose power transformers", IEEE Trans. Power Deliv. 19, 221-229 (2004). [CrossRef]

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

J.A. García-Souto, and H. Lamela, "Comparative analysis of optical-fibre interferometric sensors versus accelerometers: application to vibrations inside high-power transformers", Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 4, 318-326 (2002). [CrossRef]

Journal Of Physics D-Applied Physics

C. K. Kirkendall and A. Dandridge, "Overview of high performance fibre-optic sensing", Journal Of Physics D-Applied Physics 37, 197-216 (2004). [CrossRef]

Opt. Eng.

T. Suzuki, T. Okada, O. Sasaki, and T. Maruyama, "Real-time vibration measurement using a feedback type of laser diode interferometer with an optical fiber", Opt. Eng. 36, 2496-2502 (1997). [CrossRef]

Rev. Sci. Instrum.

R.D. Pechstedt, and D.A. Jackson, "Performance analysis of a fiber optic accelerometer based on a compliant cylinder design", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66, 207-214 (1995). [CrossRef]
C. H. Chen, G. L. Ding, D. L. Zhang, Y. M. Cui, and S. Q. Li, "Michelson fiber optic accelerometer." Rev. Sci. Instrum. 69, 3123-3126 (1998). [CrossRef]
J. A. Bucaro, and N. Lagakos, "Lightweight fiber optic microphones and accelerometers", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72, 2816-2821 (2001). [CrossRef]

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