Smart Asset Management

Stephen McArthur
s.mcarthur@eee.strath.ac.uk

Drivers
Key requirements:
State and health of assets
Real-time rating
Prognostics

Environment
Solar radiation
Wind speed and direction
Atmospheric pressure
Relative humidity
Precipitation

Main tank (3 phases)

Temperature
Vibration
Acoustic
Internal UHF probe
Tap changer
Temperature
Vibration

Cooling circuit
Dissolved gas
Temperature
(external and internal)
Fans
Moisture
Load current

Conservator tank

Oil pump motor

Temperature
Load current
Vibration

Cooling radiators

Condition monitoring is increasing:

In terms of new sensors and sensor technology
In terms of more condition monitoring systems
In terms of deployment, both on-line & offline
Improved engineering support is necessary:
In terms of managing and interpreting data
In terms of corroborating evidence from different sensors and monitoring
systems
Provision of decision support

Smart Asset Management

New sensor technology, artificial intelligence and advanced software
techniques to embed intelligence within plant and equipment,
integrated with:
Knowledge/models of physical behaviour
Knowledge/ models of degradation
Materials knowledge
Statistical models of asset performance

Self-learning monitoring and diagnostic systems:

Adapt to new plant and equipment
Can diagnose defects in the absence of detailed experience of
applying the monitoring technologies

ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGNOSTIC FRAMEWORK

Across multiple plant items

Reusable, generic, framework
Optimal Condition
Monitoring Policies

ASSET
MANAGEMENT
DECISION
METHODS

Strategic Management
of System Assets

ASSET PROGNOSTICS

Optimal Outage Planning

Asset Management Decision

Making Under Extreme
Uncertainty

Unified Model of Plant

Combine:
Online monitoring data
Codified expertise / knowledge
Statistics-based health &
degradation models
Physics based degradation
models
Using:
AI based methods
Statistical techniques

On-line Condition Monitoring

Continuous Learning of Asset

Behaviour and Degradation

Physical Models of Asset

Degradation

Statistical Models of Asset

Degradation

Unlocking the true value of CM

Combine condition monitoring with real time
network control decisions

Local intelligence
Local data management

Link condition monitoring with utility asset

management systems combine business
and technical information

Substation D
Local intelligence
Local data management

Local intelligence
Local data management

Substation A

Substation B

Local intelligence
Local data management

Substation C

EPSRC AMPerES Demonstrator

- Two sister transformers

- Manufacturer: GEC Witton

- 275/132kV, 180MVA
- One fine, one in poorer health
- Transfix on-line dissolved gas monitoring

Environment
Solar radiation
Wind speed and direction
Atmospheric pressure
Relative humidity
Precipitation

Main tank (3 phases)

Temperature
Vibration
Cooling circuit
Acoustic
Internal UHF probe Dissolved gas
Temperature
Tap changer
(external and
internal)
Temperature
Fans
Moisture
Vibration
Load current

Conservator tank

Oil pump motor

Temperature
Load current
Cooling radiators
Vibration

SGT1 sensors
Oil cooling circuit

Gases (Transfix & Hydran), top oil temp., bottom

oil temp., bottom oil humidity

Main tank

External temp. (6), vibration (4), acoustic

emission, oil pressure

Pumps (2)

Temperature, vibration, load current

Fans (4)

Load current

Environment

Weather station, solar radiation

SGT2 sensors
Oil cooling circuit

Gases (Transfix & Hydran), top oil temp., bottom

oil temp., bottom oil humidity

Main tank

External temp. (6), vibration (4), acoustic

emission, oil pressure

Pumps (2)

Temperature, vibration, load current

Fans (4)

Load current

Environment

Weather station, solar radiation

User requirements
Generic handling of data sources
Learn per-item normal behaviour
Periodic re-learning
Conventional data interpretation
Retain all data
User interface is important

How do we deliver a Smart Grid which employs innovative products

and services together with intelligent monitoring, control,
communication, and self healing technologies ?

Distribute intelligence and control:

Provide localised autonomy within the power system
Break down the complexity
Manage and interpret data locally
Arbitrate and co-operate globally

Implement automated data interpretation techniques

Automatically aggregate interpreted data into meaningful information

Provide plug and play architectures flexible and extensible

Deliver tailored information to support various engineering functions

Control centres
Asset managers
Field support

Extensible & Dynamic Architecture

Anomaly Detection
-A class of machine learning techniques

-Potential for false alarms

-Therefore, Conditional Anomaly Detection

Conditional Anomaly Detection

-Aims to reduce false alarms
-Classifies an anomaly if context doesnt explain outliers
Context is environmental weather parameters

Only looks for anomalies in transformer data

Uses statistical models of environment and

transformer parameters

The need for wireless sensing

A generic diagnostic condition monitoring architecture has been
created through AMPerES
A number of novel sensors have also been developed through
AMPerES
However, deployment of new sensors is challenging..
Widescale deployments can be underpinned by Wireless
Sensor Networks (WSNs) with in-built data processing and
diagnostics

Partial discharge diagnostics:

The conventional approach

Integrate into a wireless CM sensor

Sensor architecture overview

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Wireless sensor
technology

Agent-based architecture

Knowledge-based
Diagnostics

How do we deliver a Smart Grid which employs innovative products

and services together with intelligent monitoring, control,
communication, and self healing technologies ?

Distribute intelligence and control:

Provide localised autonomy within the power system
Break down the complexity
Manage and interpret data locally
Arbitrate and co-operate globally

Implement automated data interpretation techniques

Automatically aggregate interpreted data into meaningful information

Provide plug and play architectures flexible and extensible

Deliver tailored information to support various engineering functions

Control centres
Asset managers
Field support