Novel noise reduction method based on improved empirical wavelet transform and kurtosis for partial discharge signal of high-voltage cables

Partial discharge (PD) detection is useful to the online monitoring of high-voltage cables, which are affected by periodic narrowband interference and random white noise. To suppress the influence of complex noise signals on the measurement of PD signals, a novel noise reduction method based on impr...

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Main Authors: Xinghe Ma, Dengkui Zhang, Ying Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-11-01
Series:The Journal of Engineering
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Online Access:https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2020.0140
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Summary:Partial discharge (PD) detection is useful to the online monitoring of high-voltage cables, which are affected by periodic narrowband interference and random white noise. To suppress the influence of complex noise signals on the measurement of PD signals, a novel noise reduction method based on improved empirical wavelet transform (IEWT) and kurtosis for the PD signals of high-voltage cables is proposed. First, empirical wavelet function (EWF) signals arranged in order of frequency are obtained by decomposing the signal with IEWT. Then, the kurtosis criterion is introduced, and the reconstructed inherent modal function is adaptively screened. Finally, the improved threshold function is used in eliminating residual noise information in the reconstructed signal. Compared with the noise reduction methods based on EWT and EMD, the proposed noise reduction method can effectively suppress noise information in PD and has good practicability.
ISSN:2051-3305