Introduction: The scope of the project covers the installation, evaluation, and compatibility of new-to-market sensors for partial discharge in HV Cable. The reason this project is innovative is because this work has never been done before. National Grid have been offered a service from one manufacturer, whose kit is being tested, however this is on a stand alone platform without integration into the existing condition monitoring system. Therefore, National Grid are going to test the core technology and try to incorporate into the SAM programe.

Objectives:

To be able to provide online PD information on HV cables installed on the Transmission system.

Expected Benefits: This project will be successful if National Grid can quantitively monitor PD on HV cables.