Sensor assembly and method for sensing status condition of electrical equipment

Barbara Panella (Inventor), Jacobus Lodevicus Martinus van Mechelen (Inventor), Robin Gremaud (Inventor), Pierre Lorin (Inventor)

Research output: PatentPatent publication

Abstract

A sensor assembly for sensing a status condition of a liquid-filled electrical equipment comprising: a light source; a hydrogen detection section optically coupled to the light source for receiving light therefrom and having a hydrogen sensitive layer that changes an optical response with respect to the received light depending on whether an amount of hydrogen at the hydrogen sensitive layer is above or below a threshold; and an output section optically coupled to the hydrogen detection section for receiving light having interacted with the hydrogen sensitive layer, the received light depending on the optical response of the hydrogen sensitive layer. The output section outputs an output signal as a low-hydrogen output signal when the optical response corresponds to an amount of hydrogen below the threshold, and as a high-hydrogen output signal, different from the low-hydrogen output signal, when the optical response corresponds to an amount of hydrogen above the threshold.

Original languageEnglish
Patent numberCA2846373
IPCG01R 31/ 06 A I
Priority date15/03/13
Publication statusPublished - 15 Sept 2014
Externally publishedYes

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Sensor assembly and method for sensing status condition of electrical equipment'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this