Subestações blindadas são utilizadas por empresas de energia há mais de 50 anos. Muitas destas subestações estão em operação até os dias de hoje, sem qualquer modificação em seu projeto original, e ainda assim continuam operando sem apresentar problemas ou indícios de fadiga. Isto pode ser atribuído a sua qualidade construtiva em conjunto com o material isolante utilizado por este tipo de equipamento, o Hexafluoreto de Enxofre (SF6). Este gás possui todas as características desejáveis para manter adequadas as propriedades dielétricas da subestação, além de ser inerte e extremamente estável. O tempo de vida nominal de uma subestação blindada pode ser de 30 a 50 anos, dependendo de suas características ou recomendação do fabricante. A proximidade, ou até a ultrapassagem, do final do tempo de vida gera preocupação às empresas detentoras destes equipamentos antigos no que diz respeito a operação da subestação com segurança. Outro aspecto importante está relacionado a vazamentos de gás na atmosfera, pois o SF6 está entre os elementos mais danosos para o efeito estufa. Por estas razões este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um sistema para monitoramento de vazamentos e também de parâmetros indicativos do gás SF6 em uma subestação blindada antiga. O objetivo principal foi de desenvolver um sistema com dados históricos para se realizar estudos a respeito do comportamento do gás. A subestação utilizada neste trabalho não possuía nenhum sistema de monitoramento online. Assim, foi desenvolvido um sistema de tempo real para coletar dados de densidade do gás e de ponto de orvalho nos compartimentos da subestação. O sistema de coleta de dados foi instalado em três bays de uma subestação. Foram instalados sensores para medir estas duas grandezas, e também, módulos de aquisição de dados de baixo custo que se comunicam por meio de protocolos padrão e abertos. A partir do sistema instalado, no longo prazo, se espera a redução de vazamentos de gás com a possibilidade de inspeções online. Pode ser atribuído como resultado do trabalho a redução de custos, pois os dados históricos com indicativos favoráveis permitem estender o tempo entre manutenções preventivas. Como resultado complementar deste trabalho, o monitoramento de perdas de gás se torna mais eficiente e rápido, colaborando, assim com as expectativas ambientais atuais. / Gas Insulated Substations (GIS) are used by energy companies for over 50 years. Many early substations have been in operation until the present day, without any modification in its original design, and still are operating without problems or indications of fatigue. This can be attributed to its constructive quality along with the insulating material used for this type of equipment, the gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). This gas has all the desirable features for maintaining the dielectric of the substation as well as being inert and extremely stable. The nominal lifetime of a GIS substation can be 30 to 50 years, depending on their characteristics or manufacturer\'s recommendation. The proximity, or even exceeding, the lifetime generates concern to companies holding these old equipment as regards the operation of the substation safely. Another important aspect is related to gas leakages into the atmosphere because SF6 is among the most damaging elements to the greenhouse effect. Therefore, this work presents the development of a system for monitoring leakage and also indicative parameters of SF6 gas at an old GIS. The main objective was to develop a system with historical data to conduct studies about the behavior of the gas. The substation used for this work had no online monitoring system. Thus, it was developed a real-time system for collecting data of gas density and dew point in the compartments of the substation. The data collection system was installed in three bays of the substation. Sensors were installed to measure these two quantities, and also low cost data acquisition modules which communicate via standard and open protocols. In long term, with the system, there should be a reduction of gas leakages with the possibility of online inspections of the gas. May be assigned as a result the reduction of costs, since the historical data with good indicative allows extending the time for preventative maintenance. As additional result of this work, it is expected that the monitoring of leakage become more efficient and faster, thus contributing to the current environmental expectations.

Subestações blindadas são utilizadas por empresas de energia há mais de 50 anos. Muitas destas subestações estão em operação até os dias de hoje, sem qualquer modificação em seu projeto original, e ainda assim continuam operando sem apresentar problemas ou indícios de fadiga. Isto pode ser atribuído a sua qualidade construtiva em conjunto com o material isolante utilizado por este tipo de equipamento, o Hexafluoreto de Enxofre (SF6). Este gás possui todas as características desejáveis para manter adequadas as propriedades dielétricas da subestação, além de ser inerte e extremamente estável. O tempo de vida nominal de uma subestação blindada pode ser de 30 a 50 anos, dependendo de suas características ou recomendação do fabricante. A proximidade, ou até a ultrapassagem, do final do tempo de vida gera preocupação às empresas detentoras destes equipamentos antigos no que diz respeito a operação da subestação com segurança. Outro aspecto importante está relacionado a vazamentos de gás na atmosfera, pois o SF6 está entre os elementos mais danosos para o efeito estufa. Por estas razões este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um sistema para monitoramento de vazamentos e também de parâmetros indicativos do gás SF6 em uma subestação blindada antiga. O objetivo principal foi de desenvolver um sistema com dados históricos para se realizar estudos a respeito do comportamento do gás. A subestação utilizada neste trabalho não possuía nenhum sistema de monitoramento online. Assim, foi desenvolvido um sistema de tempo real para coletar dados de densidade do gás e de ponto de orvalho nos compartimentos da subestação. O sistema de coleta de dados foi instalado em três bays de uma subestação. Foram instalados sensores para medir estas duas grandezas, e também, módulos de aquisição de dados de baixo custo que se comunicam por meio de protocolos padrão e abertos. A partir do sistema instalado, no longo prazo, se espera a redução de vazamentos de gás com a possibilidade de inspeções online. Pode ser atribuído como resultado do trabalho a redução de custos, pois os dados históricos com indicativos favoráveis permitem estender o tempo entre manutenções preventivas. Como resultado complementar deste trabalho, o monitoramento de perdas de gás se torna mais eficiente e rápido, colaborando, assim com as expectativas ambientais atuais. / Gas Insulated Substations (GIS) are used by energy companies for over 50 years. Many early substations have been in operation until the present day, without any modification in its original design, and still are operating without problems or indications of fatigue. This can be attributed to its constructive quality along with the insulating material used for this type of equipment, the gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). This gas has all the desirable features for maintaining the dielectric of the substation as well as being inert and extremely stable. The nominal lifetime of a GIS substation can be 30 to 50 years, depending on their characteristics or manufacturer\'s recommendation. The proximity, or even exceeding, the lifetime generates concern to companies holding these old equipment as regards the operation of the substation safely. Another important aspect is related to gas leakages into the atmosphere because SF6 is among the most damaging elements to the greenhouse effect. Therefore, this work presents the development of a system for monitoring leakage and also indicative parameters of SF6 gas at an old GIS. The main objective was to develop a system with historical data to conduct studies about the behavior of the gas. The substation used for this work had no online monitoring system. Thus, it was developed a real-time system for collecting data of gas density and dew point in the compartments of the substation. The data collection system was installed in three bays of the substation. Sensors were installed to measure these two quantities, and also low cost data acquisition modules which communicate via standard and open protocols. In long term, with the system, there should be a reduction of gas leakages with the possibility of online inspections of the gas. May be assigned as a result the reduction of costs, since the historical data with good indicative allows extending the time for preventative maintenance. As additional result of this work, it is expected that the monitoring of leakage become more efficient and faster, thus contributing to the current environmental expectations.

En permettant la transmission de fortes puissances sur de grandes distances, les réseaux en haute tension à courant continu (HTCC) représentent l'avenir du transport de l'énergie électrique. Des équipements tels que les postes sous enveloppe métallique (PSEM) seront indispensables dans ces réseaux pour répartir le flux d'énergie, interrompre ou isoler certaines branches. Leur conception nécessite la prise en compte, pour les parties isolantes, de phénomènes spécifiques liés à l’application de champs électriques continus, comme la dépendance de la résistivité avec le champ et la température, mais également l’accumulation de la charge d'espace qui contribue à augmenter sensiblement les risques de claquage. Dans le composite étudié (résine époxyde chargée d’alumine), ce phénomène commence à se manifester dès que les valeurs de champ excèdent quelques kV/mm, correspondant à l’ordre de grandeur des contraintes envisagées dans les futurs PSEM HTCC.Bien que des techniques existent pour déterminer la répartition de ces charges dans les isolants solides, aucune n’est à ce jour directement applicable aux structures isolantes installées dans les PSEM HTCC.L’objectif de ce travail est ainsi de concevoir et de mettre en place une technique de mesure des charges d’espace et du champ électrique interne qui soit à résolution spatiale, non destructive et adaptée à une géométrie d’isolateur cylindrique, de type support isolant de jeu de barres.En utilisant le dispositif expérimental mis en place, le comportement du composite vis-à-vis de la charge d’espace est par la suite étudié, notamment en fonction de différentes contraintes électrothermiques représentatives du fonctionnement des PSEM. Le but final est d'aider à l'optimisation de la conception de ce type d’isolateur, en se basant sur l’analyse des résultats issus de mesures de charges d’espace. / The trend today is to develop high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology for the future electric network because it offers some advantages for the transmission on long distances. The development of HVDC networks leads to an increasing need of gas insulated substations (GIS). A problem to be dealt with when an insulator is subjected to a continuous electric field is the variation of the resistivity with the electric field and the temperature and the accumulation of space charges that can lead to dielectric breakdown. In alumina-filled epoxy resin, used as insulating material for GIS spacer, the influence of space charge start to come out when the electric fields exceed several kV/mm, corresponding to values envisaged for the future HVDC GIS.Despite that non-destructive methods exist to determine the space charge distribution in solid insulators, none of them are directly applicable to insulation structures installed in the HVDC GIS.So, the main objective of this work is to design and set up a measurement technique to observe the internal electric field and the accumulated charges. The developed method must be non-destructive and adapted for a cylindrical geometry of an insulator used as a busbar insulation support.By using the experimental bench set up, the behavior of the composite material regarding the space charge will be studied, in particular according to different thermoelectric stresses. The final aim is to contribute to the optimization of the design of this type of insulator, based on the results from space charge measurements.

Cette thèse s’inscrit dans le contexte de la surveillance des postes sous enveloppe métallique (PSEM) en courant continu (DC). La disponibilité de ces équipements étant primordiale pour leurs utilisateurs, il est nécessaire de disposer d’un outil de surveillance (monitoring) permettant de prévenir toute défaillance. Cet outil doit être capable de détecter et d’identifier les défauts présents, afin d’apporter une réponse adaptée. Depuis de nombreuses années, le monitoring des PSEM en AC est réalisé grâce à la mesure des décharges partielles (DP). Malheureusement, les connaissances des DP dans les PSEM en DC sont encore lacunaires, et les techniques d’identification des défauts sont intrinsèquement liées à l’environnement AC. De nouvelles techniques sont donc nécessaires en DC.Ce travail de thèse avait pour but de caractériser les décharges partielles dans les postes sous enveloppe métallique en tension continue, et de mettre en place une solution de reconnaissance automatique des défauts. Pour cela, un banc de mesure des décharges partielles a d’abord été mis en place. Afin de garantir la pertinence des résultats pour des systèmes industriels, les travaux ont été réalisés dans une section de PSEM sous tension continue. Le comportement des DP a été étudié pour deux types de défauts : des pointes sur le conducteur haute-tension et des particules libres métalliques. La caractérisation a porté sur l’influence de plusieurs paramètres : la nature et la pression du gaz, le niveau et la polarité de la tension. La mesure des DP a d’abord été réalisée en conformité avec la norme IEC 60270, permettant ainsi d’évaluer la pertinence de cette méthode pour les applications DC. La caractérisation a été complétée grâce à d’autres chaînes de mesure : une mesure de courant stationnaire, une mesure de courant haute-fréquence, une mesure de lumière, et une mesure des ondes ultra-haute fréquence (UHF). Le travail sur l’identification des défauts a d’abord consisté à construire une signature pertinente à partir des mesures de DP, puis à constituer une base de données, et enfin à implémenter un algorithme de reconnaissance automatique.Ces travaux ont montré que la méthode conventionnelle de mesure des DP présente certaines limites pour la détection des décharges partielles en DC, notamment pour les décharges couronne. Elle a tout de même permis de faire une bonne partie du travail de caractérisation. Les résultats obtenus avec les autres chaînes de mesure utilisées ont permis d’expliquer les lacunes de la méthode conventionnelle. Ils ont également permis un véritable apport pour la caractérisation des DP engendrées par des défauts de type pointe et particule. Enfin, une classification automatique efficace des défauts a été mise en place. Elle s’appuie sur le diagramme q(Δt) issu des données de la mesure conventionnelle des décharges partielles et sur un algorithme de réseau de neurones. / The framework of this thesis is the monitoring of High-Voltage, Direct Current (HVDC) Gas-Insulated Substations (GIS). The availability of these equipment is crucial for electrical networks operators. That is why they need a preventive diagnosis tool. The solution must be able to detect and identify the insulation defects, so that an appropriate maintenance can be planned. The last 40 years have seen Partial Discharges (PD) measurement become a classic monitoring tool for AC GIS. Unfortunately, there is a lack of scientific information about PD in HVDC GIS, and the known defect identification techniques are very specific to the AC environment. New techniques are thus needed in DC.This thesis aimed to characterize partial discharges in DC gas-insulated substations, and to develop an automatic defect identification tool. The first step of this work was the development of a partial discharge measuring bench. The complete study has been performed in a GIS section, so that the results can be directly applied to industrial equipment. Two kinds of defect have been investigated: protrusions on the high-voltage conductor, and free metallic particles. The influence of parameters such as gas nature and pressure, voltage level and polarity has been evaluated. First, PD have been measured in conformity with the IEC 60270 standard, and the relevance of this method in a DC environment has been evaluated. Then, other measuring chains have been used to improve the characterization of partial discharges: a steady-state current measurement, a high-frequency current measurement, a light measurement and a measurement of Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) waves. Finally, a relevant signature for defect identification has been designed and extracted from DP recordings. A database has been constituted, and an automated recognition algorithm has been implemented.The results show that the conventional PD measurement technique is not fully adapted to partial discharges detection in DC, corona discharges being the most problematic situation. Nevertheless, this method has brought enough information to start the characterization of PD. The limitations of the conventional method have been explained thanks to the results of the other measurements. These other experimental results have led to an actual improvement of the characterization of protrusion and particle-generated partial discharges. An effective automated defect classification solution has been implemented. The signature is derived from the q(Δt) diagram that has been extracted from the data obtained with the partial discharge conventional measurement. The identification algorithm has a neural network structure.