Title of Invention

"A DISSOLVED GAS ANALYZER OF INSULATING OIL"

Abstract A dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil comprising: a gas extractor 3 to draw insulating oil 2 from an oil- filled equipment 1, a gas detector 15 having a plurality of semiconductor sensors sl-S7 for detecting concentration of a component gas from a plurality of component gases included in the insulating oil 2 drawn into the gas extractor 3; a sample gas supply system for sampling the plurality of component gases in the insulating oil 2 drawn into the gas extractor 3 and supplying to the gas detector 15 as the sample gas for measuring; a reference gas supply system for supplying a reference gas to be a reference for the detection values of the semiconductor sensors sl-s7 to the gas detector 15; a switch means 10 for switching between the sample gas supply system and the reference gas supply system and supplying the component gases or the reference gas to the gas detector 15; and a calculation device 201-205 for calculating the concentration of the plurality of component gases dissolved in the insulating oil 2 based on the detection values measured by the plurality of semiconductor sensors sl-s7 in the gas detector 15 for the sample gas and the reference gas.
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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
DISSOLVED GAS ANALYZER OF INSULATING OIL AND METHOD FOR
ANALYZING DISSOLVED GAS ANALYZER OF INSULATING OIL
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[Field of the Invention]
The present invention relates to a dissolved gas
analyzer of insulating oil such as an insulating oil-filled
transformer and a method for analyzing dissolved gas
analyzer of insulating oil.
[Prior Art]
One of the prior art of the dissolved gas analyzer of
insulating oil relating to insulating oil in the
transformer which is oil-filled or oil-sealed equipment is
disclosed in the Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
Publication No. Sho 59 (1984)-160745. In this prior art, a
gas permeable material is used to separate the gas in the
insulating oil, and the separated gas is detected by a
plurality of semiconductor sensors which react with various
types of gases. A plurality of calculation formulas which
show the relationship between gas concentration and
reactivity as a simultaneous algebraic equation is used to
solv the gas concentration, thereby the concentration of
hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, ethane,
ethylene, and acetylene are obtained.

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Another prior art relating to a dissolved gas analyzer
is disclosed in the Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
Publication No. Hei 5 (1990)-52787. In this prior art,
gases dissolved in the oil are extracted by various
extraction methods and hydrogen or acetylene in the gases
is detected respectively by using a semiconductor sensor
such a sensor which reacts only with hydrogen or acetylene
without the step of separation into single gas.
Similarly, an other prior art relating to a dissolved
gas analyzer is disclosed in the Japanese Patent
Application Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 6 (1991)-160329.
In this prior art, gases dissolved in the oil are extracted
by various extraction methods and hydrogen, carbon monoxide
or combustible gases is detected respectively by using
semiconductor sensors such as sensors which reacts only
with hydrogen, carbon monoxide, or total combustible gases
such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane, ethane,
ethylene or acetylene without the step of separation into
single gas.
In addition, if abnormalities such discharging or
overheating occurs inside the oil-immersed transformer,
insulating oil is resolved and gas is generated in the oil.
The amount of gas generated in the oil and the pattern of
gas generation varies depending on the type of abnormality
occurring inside the transformer. As a result, by referring

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to past examples and adjusting the amount of gas generated
and the pattern of gas generation, it is possible to
determine abnormal types or levels. Thus, in the past, one
method of deterioration or abnormality detection in the
oil-immersed transformer has been analysis of the gases
dissolved in the insulating oil (simply called dissolved
gas analysis hereinafter).
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-
Open Publication No. Sho 59 (1984)-160745
Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 5
(1990)-52787
[Patent Document 3] Japanese Patent Application Laid-
Open Publication No. Hei 6 (1991)-160329
Patent Document 4: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 5
(1990)-346414
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A semiconductor sensor formed from metallic oxides such
as tin oxide, tungsten oxide, and zirconium oxide which is
a general use semiconductor which detects gas using a
dissolved gas analyzer based on various gas detection
methods reacts with various gases, but on the other hand,
there is a problem in that the concentration of a
particular gas cannot be accurately detected. Furthermore,
another property of the semiconductor sensor is that the

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sensor output is not fixed even for a fixed concentration
of a particular gas and this is problematic in that the
sensor output changes. This is caused by the effect of
water particles or contaminants which adhere to the surface
of the semiconductor sensor.
In the method for detecting gas described in Patent
Document 1 and Patent Document 4, only the gas in the
insulating oil is measured using the semiconductor sensor,
but even in that case, the output is not fixed and there is
a problem in that measurement repeatability cannot be
obtained.
In the gas detection method of Patent Document 2 and
Patent Document 3 also, gas concentration is obtained using
a semiconductor which has gas sensitivity, but the sensor
output is not fixed and measurement repeatability is not
obtained.
In addition, in the gas detection method of Patent
Document 2 and Patent Document 3, gas concentration is
obtained by using a semiconductor sensor which has gas
selectivity, but the semiconductor sensors that have gas
sensitivity can only detect hydrogen, carbon monoxide and
acetylene and cannot detect the gas component
concentrations for methane, ethane and ethylene.
The object of the present invention is to provide a
dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil and a method for

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analyzing dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil to
detect the concentration of various gases with high
detection repeatability using a general-use semiconductor.
The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil in the
present invention comprising: a gas extractor to draw
insulating oil from an oil-filled equipment, a gas detector
having a plurality of semiconductor sensors for detecting
concentration of a component gas from a plurality of
component gases included in the insulating oil drawn into
the gas extractor; a sample gas supply system for sampling
the plurality of component gases in the insulating oil
drawn into the gas extractor and supplying to the gas
detector as the sample gas for measuring; a reference gas
supply system for supplying a reference gas to be a
reference for the detection values of the semiconductor
sensors to the gas detector; a switch means for switching
between the sample gas supply system and the reference gas
supply system and supplying the component gases or the
reference gas to the gas detector; and a calculation device
for calculating the concentration of the plurality of
component gases dissolved in the insulating oil based on
the detection values measured using the plurality of
semiconductors in the gas detector for the sample gas and
the reference gas.
In addition, the method of analyzing dissolved gas of

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insulating oil comprising the steps of: drawing insulating
oil stored in an oil-filled equipment and supplying the
insulating oil to a gas extractor; sampling a plurality of
component gases included in the insulating oil drawn in the
gas extractor and then allowing supply to a gas detector
via a sample gas supply system as a sample gas to be
measured; allowing a reference gas to be the detection
value of the plurality of semiconductor sensors provided in
a gas detector to be supplied to the gas detector via the
reference gas supply system; switching between the sample
gas to be supplied via the sample gas supply system and the
reference gas to be supplied via the reference gas supply
system and supplying to the gas detector; detecting the
concentration of component gas from the plurality of
components gas Included in the sample gas and the
concentration of the reference gas by the plurality of
semiconductors provided in the gas detector; and
calculating the concentration of the plurality of component
gases included in sample gas based on each of the detection
values measured by the plurality of semiconductor sensors
in the gas detector for the sample gas and the reference
gas.
According to the present invention, a dissolved gas
analyzer of insulating oil and a method for analyzing
dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil enable to detect

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the concentration of various gases with high detection
repeatability using a general-use semiconductor is realized.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a general schematic view to show a dissolved
gas analyzer of insulating oil according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a flow chart to show the dissolved gas
analysis steps in the dissolved gas analyzer of insulating
oil shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a general schematic view to show opened and
closed states of the four-way valve at the time of
dissolved gas extraction in the dissolved gas analyzer of
insulating oil according to the embodiment of the present
invention shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a general schematic view to show opened and
closed states of the four-way valve at the time sample gas
measurement in the dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to the embodiment of the present invention shown
in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a characteristic chart to show the output of
the semiconductor sensors of the gas detector for detecting
the gas concentrations of the various gases dissolved in
the insulating oil in the dissolved gas analyzer of
insulating oil according to the embodiment of the present

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invention shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is a block diagram for calculating the gas
concentration of the various dissolved gases dissolved in
the insulating oil in the dissolved gas analyzer of
insulating oil according to the embodiment of the present
invention shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 7 is a general schematic view to show a portable
dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil according to
another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a flow chart to show the dissolved gas
analysis steps in the dissolved gas analyzer of insulating
oil shown in Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is a general schematic view to show opened and
closed states of the four-way valve at the time of
dissolved gas extraction in the dissolved gas analyzer of
insulating oil according to the another embodiment of the
present invention shown in Fig. 7.
Fig. 10 is a general schematic view to show opened and
closed states of the four-way valve at the time sample gas
measurement in the dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to the embodiment of the present invention shown
in Fig. 7.
Fig. 11 is a block diagram for calculating the gas
concentration of the various dissolved gases dissolved in
the insulating oil in the dissolved gas analyzer of

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insulating oil according to the another embodiment of the
present invention shown in Fig. 7.
Fig. 12 is a general schematic view to show a
monitoring device of the transformer including a dissolved
gas analyzer of insulating oil as an embodiment of the
present invention.
FIG. 13 is a sectional view to show a structure of a
gas extractor in a dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to one of other embodiment of the present
invention.
FIG. 14 is a plain view to show a grooved flange of a
gas extractor in a dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to the one of other embodiment of the present
invention shown in Fig. 13.
FIG. 15 is a plain view to show a grooved flange of a
gas extractor with an arc-shaped gas reservoir in a
dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil according to the
one of other embodiment of the present invention shown in
Fig. 13.
FIG. 16 is a plain view to show a grooved flange of a
gas extractor with a zigzag shape gas reservoir in a
dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil according to the
one of other embodiment of the present invention shown in
Fig. 13.
FIG. 17 is a plain view to show a grooved flange of a

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gas extractor with a spiral shape gas reservoir in a
dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil according to the
one of other embodiment of the present invention shown in
Fig. 13.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, a dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil which
is an embodiment of the present invention is explained by
referring drawings.
[Embodiment 1 of the invention]
Fig. 1 shows the structure of the dissolved gas
analyzer 20 of insulating oil installed in the insulating
oil immersed transformer as the first embodiment of the
present invention and this is the type of dissolved gas
analyzer of insulating oil that is attached to the
transformer, inside of which is filled or sealed with
insulating oil. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating
oil is installed in the oil immersed transformer of this
embodiment of the present invention performs dissolved gas
analysis in the insulating oil for hydrogen, carbon
monoxide, acetylene, ethylene, methane and ethane.
In Fig. 1, the inside of the oil immersed transformer 1
is filled with insulating oil 2. The dissolved gas analyzer
20 is provided with the gas extractor 3 which causes
insulating oil to flow into and out of the oil immersed

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transformer 1 connected to the oil immersed transformer 1
via the pipe 25A and the pipe 25B, and the gas generated in
the insulating oil 2 filled or sealed in the oil immersed
transformer 1 is extracted by using the bubbling method in
the gas extractor 3.
The main body of the gas extractor 3 has an open and
close valve 4. The pipe 25A and 25B have an oil feed pump
5A and 5B respectively and the oil feed pump 5A supplies a
prescribed amount of the insulating oil from the oil
immersed transformer 1 to the gas extractor 3. In addition,
the oil feed pump 5B returns the insulating oil 2 from the
gas extractor 3 to the oil immersed transformer 1 after the
gas has been extracted.
There is a nitrogen pump 6 which supplies nitrogen and
the nitrogen is led from the nitrogen pump 6 to the four-
way switching valve 10 which is described hereinafter via
the nitrogen supply pipe 18A. There is also an oxygen pump
7 which supplies oxygen and the oxygen is led from the
oxygen pump 7 to the gas regulator 13 which is described
hereinafter, via the oxygen supply pipe 18B.
The oxygen supply pipe 18A and the nitrogen supply pipe
18B have the regulators 8A and 8B respectively, and the
pressure of the nitrogen and oxygen supplied from the
oxygen pump 6 and the nitrogen pump 7 to the four-way
switching valve 10 and the gas regulator 13 can be

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regulated.
Similarly, the oxygen supply pipe 18A and the nitrogen
supply pipe 18B have flow meters 9A and 9B respectively and
the flow rate of nitrogen and oxygen supplied from the
nitrogen pump 6 and the oxygen pump 7 to the four-way
switching valve 10 and the gas regulator 13 respectively
can be measured.
The four-way switching valve 10 is connected to the
nitrogen supply pipe 18A for supplying nitrogen from the
nitrogen pump 6 and the gas extraction pipe 18C1 which
leads the nitrogen supplied via the nitrogen supply pipe
18A to the gas extractor 3.
By switching the four-way switching valve 10, the
nitrogen gas forms a path for supplying nitrogen gas from
the nitrogen pump 6 to the gas extractor 3 via the air
supply pipe 18A and the gas extraction pipe 18C1.
The four-way switching valve 10 connects the gas
extraction valve 18C2 which leads the gas mixture of
dissolved gas generated in the insulating oil 2 which is
included inside the oil immersed transformer 1 and
dissolved gas mixture supply pipe 18D which leads the gas
mixture of dissolved gases led via the gas extraction pipe
18C2 to the gas regulator 13.
By switching the four-way switching valve 10, a flow
path is formed which supplies gas mixture of dissolved

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gases from the gas extractor 3 to the gas detector 15
described hereinafter via the gas extraction pipe 18C2 and
the dissolved gas mixture supply pipe 18D.
The gas extraction pipe 18C1 has an air pump 11, and
when this air pump 11 is operated, bubbling occurs. In
addition, the gas extractor 3 has a filter 12 and when the
gas mixture of dissolved gases generated in the insulating
oil included inside the oil immersed transformer 1 that is
led to the gas extractor 3 is led out to the four-way
switching valve 10 from the gas extractor 3 via the gas
extraction pipe 18C2, the insulating oil that is mixed into
the gas mixture of dissolved gases in an atomized state is
removed.
The gas mixture of dissolved gases generated in the
insulating oil included inside the oil immersed transformer
1 that is led to the gas extractor 3 is supplied to the gas
detector 15 via the gas extraction pipe 18C2, the dissolved
gas mixture supply pipe 18D and the sample gas supply pipe
18E.
The connection portion of the dissolved gas mixture
supply pipe 18D and the sample gas supply pipe 18E has a
gas regulator 13 and the oxygen supply pipe 18B which
supplies oxygen from the oxygen pump 7 is connected to the
gas regulator 13.
In addition, oxygen is mixed with the gas mixture of

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dissolved gases supplied to the gas detector 15 in a
prescribed proportion using the gas regulator 13. The
sample gas generated at the gas regulator 13 is supplied to
the thermostat 14 via the sample gas supply pipe 18E, and
the temperature of the sample gas which is a gas mixture in
which nitrogen, oxygen and dissolved gas are mixed in the
gas regulator 13 is regulated to a prescribed temperature
by the thermostat 14.
The gas detector 15 has semiconductor sensors formed
from metal oxides such as tin oxide, tungsten oxide,
zirconium oxide and the gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen
and the gas mixture of nitrogen, oxygen and gas dissolved
in the insulating oil respectively which are the reference
gases, are measured using the semiconductor sensor and
these measured values are output to the computer 16 as
output signals.
At the computer 16, the concentration of the gas
component of the gas dissolved in the insulating oil is
calculated by computations based on the output signal from
the semiconductor sensor in the gas detection section 15
and the calculated concentration of the gas composition of
the gas in the dissolved in the insulating oil is displayed
on a monitor or the like.
In addition the computer 16 sends commands to the
elements comprising the dissolved gas analyzer disposed in

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the insulating oil immersed transformer in the embodiment
of this invention which include the ON and OFF for the
pumps and the switching operations and open and close
operations for the switch valve and the exhaust valves.
The gas composition of the sample gas in which nitrogen,
oxygen and gas dissolved in the insulating oil that was
detected by the semiconductor sensor disposed in the gas
detector 15 are sent to the outside via the exhaust pipe
18G after the concentration of each of the gas components
is detected, but the exhaust pipe 18G has a check valve 17
which prevents the air from outside from flowing into the
gas detector 15.
Of the aforementioned pipes, the gas extraction pipe
18C1 is a pipe which runs from the four-way switching valve
10 via the air pump 11 that is installed in the gas
extraction pipe 18C1, the gas extractor 3, the filter 12
installed in the gas extractor 3 and the gas extraction
pipe 18C2 and returns once again to the four-way switching
valve 10.
Also, the dissolved gas mixture supply pipe 18D is a
pipe which leads the gas mixture of nitrogen and gas
dissolved in the insulating oil to the thermostat 14 and
the gas detector 15. The sample gas supply pipe 18E is a
pipe which leads the gas mixture of gas dissolved in the
insulating oil, nitrogen and oxygen that is generated at

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the gas regulator 13 to the thermostat 14 and the gas
detector 15.
Next, the steps of the dissolved gas analyzer for the
dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil installed in the
oil immersed transformer which is shown in Fig. 1 as the
embodiment of the present invention are shown in Fig. 2. In
Fig. 2, in the measuring operation, first the measurement
preparation step 101 is performed.
Next, dissolved gas extraction step 102 is performed.
Dissolved gas extraction step 102 is performed in parallel
with the nitrogen and oxygen gas mixture measurement step
103. Finally, sample gas measurement step 104 is performed.
The gas concentration calculation step 105 in which the
concentration of each component gas is measured based on
the measurement results from the step 103 of measuring the
nitrogen and oxygen gas mixture and the step 104 of
measuring the sample gas is performed. Each of the steps in
the measurement operation is repeated.
To explain more specifically, in the step 101 of
measurement preparation, the four-way switching valve 10 is
operated as shown in Fig. 1 and nitrogen from the nitrogen
pump 6 is supplied to the four-way switching valve 10 via
the nitrogen supply pipe 18A. The supplied nitrogen flows
from the nitrogen supply pipe 18A via the four-way
switching valve 10 and into the gas extractor 3 from the

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gas extraction pipe 18C.
Subsequently, nitrogen passes through the gas extractor
3 and flows downstream to the gas extraction pipe 18C2 and
the dissolved gas mixture supply pipe 18D, and the inside
of the devices and the flow paths which reach the dissolved
gas mixture supply pipe 18D from the nitrogen supply pipe
18A are displaced with nitrogen.
In addition, oxygen is supplied to the gas regulator 13
from the oxygen pump 7 via the oxygen supply pipe 18B, and
the supplied oxygen is mixed with nitrogen gas in the gas
regulator 13 and forms the gas mixture of nitrogen and
oxygen which will become the reference gas.
Subsequently, the gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen
which is the reference gas generated at the gas regulator
13 flows down to the thermostat 14 and the gas detector 15
via the sample gas supply pipe 18E and the inside of the
devices and the flow paths are replaced with the gas
mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the reference gas.
Next, in step 102 of dissolved gas extraction, as shown
in Fig. 3, the four-way switching valve 10 is operated and
switching is done. In addition, by switching the four-way
switching valve 10, the flow path A which forms a closed
system of the gas extraction pipe 18C1, the gas extraction
pipe 18C2, and the gas extractor 3, as well as the flow
path B which supplies nitrogen from the nitrogen pump 6 to

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the gas regulator 13 via the nitrogen supply pipe 18A and
the four-way switching valve 10.
In addition, by supplying oxygen from the oxygen pump 7
to the gas regulator 13 via the oxygen supply pipe 18B, the
gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the reference
gas in which oxygen, is mixed with the nitrogen that flows
down the flow path B in the gas regulator 13. This gas
mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the reference gas
is supplied to the thermostat 14 and the gas detector 15
via the sample gas supply pipe 18E.
The gas extraction operation is performed in the flow
path A. That is to say, the gas extraction operation in the
flow path A is one in which first, the release valve 4
provided in the gas extractor 3 is put in the release state
and the oil feed pump 5A in the pipe 25A is actuated and
the insulating oil 2 included inside the oil immersed
transformer 1 is supplied to the gas extractor 3.
Next, after the pouring of the insulating oil 2 into
the gas extractor 3 is complete, the release valve closes
simultaneously and the air pump 11 which is in the gas
extraction pipe 18C1 which forms the flow path A is
activated and the nitrogen inside the flow path A is
circulated and sampling of the dissolved gas that is
dissolved in the insulating oil 2 that is poured into the
gas extractor 3 due to bubbling is performed.

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Bubbling refers to a sampling method for sample gas in
which, in a sealed system, an inert gas such as nitrogen
and the like is blown into a liquid in which a gas for
sampling is dissolved and after the gas dissolved in the
liquid and the gas above the liquid surface are brought to
equilibrium, the gas above the liquid surface is sampled.
Nitrogen is used as the inert gas for performing
bubbling because it prevents oxygen from mixing in the
insulating oil. The insulating oil after dissolved gas is
sampled from the insulating oil 2 that is included in the
transformer 1 is returned to the transformer 1 from the gas
extractor 3 and then re-used, but in the case where oxygen
is mixed in the insulating oil 2, there is the concern that
the insulating oil 2 and the insulating paper will
deteriorate due to oxygen. For this reason, oxygen or inert
gases such as helium, argon and the like are used for
bubbling.
At the time of bubbling, the relationship between the
bubbling time and the gas concentration in nitrogen of the
inert gas which circulates inside the sealed system is
examined before hand so that an appropriate time is
selected.
The relationship between the concentration of the
dissolved gas in insulating oil and the concentration of
gas extracted as the sample gas by bubbling is different

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depending on the gas composition. As a result, the
correlation between the amount of dissolved gas in the
insulating oil and the amount of gas extracted by bubbling
can be obtained in advance.
Next, step 103 of measuring the gas mixture of nitrogen
and oxygen which is the reference gas, measurement of the
gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the reference
gas is performed in the gas detector 15 via the flow path B
which is formed by the switching operation of the four-way
switching valve 10.
That is to say, nitrogen from the nitrogen pump 6 is
supplied to the gas regulator 13 via the nitrogen supply
pipe 18A and the four-way switching valve 10, and oxygen
from the oxygen pump 7 is supplied to the gas regulator 13
via the nitrogen supply pipe 18B and the gas mixture of
nitrogen and oxygen (oxygen 20%, nitrogen 80%) which is the
reference gas in which the composition proportions of both
are adjusted at the gas regulator 13 is supplied to the gas
detector 15 via the sample gas supply pipe 18E and the
thermostat 14.
When the detected output of the reference gas that is
detected at the semiconductor sensors SI- S7 disposed in
the gas detector section 15 becomes stable, the detected
output is input into the computer 16 as the sensor output
for the gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the

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reference gas.
Next, in step 104 of measuring sample gas, as shown in
Fig. 4, the four-way switching valve 10 is switched and
nitrogen from the nitrogen pump 6 is supplied to the gas
extractor 3 via the nitrogen supply pipe 18A, the four-way
switching valve 10 and the gas extraction pipe 18C1, and
the supplied nitrogen flows down to the gas regulator 13
from the gas extractor 3 via the gas extraction pipe 18C2
and the dissolved gas mixture supply pipe 18D.
According to this operation, the gas mixture of
nitrogen and oxygen which was sampled from the flow path A
is pushed out by the nitrogen supplied from the nitrogen
pump 6 and led to the gas regulator 13. The oxygen supplied
from the oxygen pump 7 via the oxygen supply pipe 18B is
added to the gas mixture of dissolved gas led to the gas
regulator 13 at the gas regulator 13 and the sample gas is
generated.
In addition, the sample gas generated at the gas
regulator 13 is supplied to the gas detector 15 and the
concentration of the components of the sample gas is
detected. Here, the sample gas is formed by adding oxygen
to the gas mixture of dissolved gases in the regulator 13
because oxygen is necessary for measurement of the sample
gas using the semiponductor sensors S1 - S7 provided in the
gas detector 15.

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By switching the gas supplied to the semiconductor
sensors S1 - S7 provided in the gas detector 15 from the
gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the reference
gas to the sample gas, there is a great change in the
sensor output of the sample gas detected at the
semiconductor sensor S1 - S7 around the time of switching
of the supplied gas. When the sensor output is
substantially fixed to be stable after the change in the
sensor output, the sensor outputs are input into the
computer 16 as the sensor outputs of the semiconductor
sensors S1 - S7 for the sample gas.
After the sample gas is measured by the semiconductor
sensors S1 - S7 of the gas detector 15, nitrogen from the
nitrogen pump 6 is supplied to the gas extractor 3 while
actuating the oil feed pump 5B provided in the pipe 25B and
the insulating oil 2 supplied to the gas extractor 3 is
returned to the oil immersed transformer 1. The series of
operations is performed automatically upon receiving
commands from the computer 16.
Fig. 5 is a pattern diagram showing the sensor output
of the gas detected at the semiconductor sensors S1 - S7 of
the gas detector 15 and the horizontal axis shows time t
while the vertical axis shows the electrical resistance R
of the sensor output detected at the semiconductor sensors
S1 - S7, and the sensor output is shown by the curve in the

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drawing.
In Fig. 5, the measurement time from time t = to to t =
tl shows the sensor output when the gas mixture of oxygen
and nitrogen (oxygen 20%, nitrogen 80%) which is the
reference gas.
In addition, the measurement time from time t = tl to t
= t2 shows the sensor output when the sample gas is
measured and the measurement time from time t = t2 to t =
t3 shows the sensor output when the gas mixture of oxygen
and nitrogen which is the reference gas is measured a
second time.
First, at the measurement time t = to to t = tl, the
electrical resistance R which is the sensor output of the
reference gas at the time t = tl shows R0. The sensor
output from time t = 0 to t = tl changes mildly because the
sensor output is drifting.
The measurement time from time t = tl to t = t2 shows
the sensor output when the sample gas supplied by switching
from the reference gas by the operation of the four-way
switching valve 10 is measured. By starting supply of the
sample gas at time t = tl and doing measurement, the sensor
output is suddenly reduced and then immediately, the
changes in the sensor output become mild and the sensor
output becomes stable at time t = t2.
The electrical resistance R which is the sensor output

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of the sample gas at the time t = t2 shows Rl.
The measurement time from time t = t2 to t = t3 shows
the sensor output when there is a switch once again from
supply of the sample gas to the reference gas by the
switching operation of the four-way switching valve 10 and
the gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the
reference gas is measured. By starting supply of the gas
mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the reference gas
at time t = t2 and doing measurement, the sensor output is
suddenly increased and then the changes in the sensor
output become mild and the sensor output becomes stable at
time t = t3.
The electrical resistance R which is the sensor output
of the reference gas at the time t = t3 shows R2. The
sensor output from the time t = 3 to the t = 4 does not
change much and is in a stable state.
In this case, the electrical resistance R0 of the
sensor output is detected in advance for the gas mixture of
nitrogen and oxygen which is the reference gas using the
semiconductor sensors and registered at the computer 16. In
addition, the sample gas will be the gas component for
analysis, and the electric resistance Rl which is RCO1 of
the sensor output using the semiconductor sensors in the
case of a specific concentration such a gas concentration
of 10 ppm for carbon monoxide gas is detected in advance

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and registered at the computer 16. Similarly, the value for
the electric resistance R of the sensor output using the
semiconductor sensors in the case of a specific
concentration can be detected in advance and registered at
the computer 16 for hydrogen, acetylene, ethylene, methane
and ethane respectively which are other gases for detection.
In addition, as described above, by measuring the
reference gas and the sample gas using the semiconductor
sensors SI - S7 provided in the gas detector 15, the
electrical resistance RO of the sensor output for the
reference gas and the electrical resistance Rl of the
sensor output for a gas in the sample gas that is to be
measured, such as carbon monoxide for example, are measured
and the sensor output proportion R0/R1 for the carbon
monoxide gas is calculated.
The sensor output ratio R0/RCO1 is calculated based on
the electrical resistance RCO1 of the carbon monoxide gas
of a gas concentration of 10 ppm which is detected in
advance at the computer 16, and if the ratio R0/R1 of the
sensor outputs are compared, the gas concentration of the
carbon monoxide in the sample gas can be accurately
calculated.
By measuring the reference gas and the sample gas using
the semiconductor sensors SI - S7 provided in the gas
detector 16, if the ratio R0/R1 for the sensor output for

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hydrogen, acetylene, ethylene, methane and ethane which are
other gases for detection are calculated and compared, the
gas concentration of specific components in the sample gas
can be correctly calculated.
In order to prevent measurement error due to drifting,
the measurement value for the gas mixture of nitrogen and
oxygen which is the reference gas uses RO which is the
sensor output for the reference gas at time t = tl
immediately before switching to the sample gas and R2 which
is the sensor output for the reference gas at time t = t3
at which the output is stable after switching to the gas
mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the reference gas
once again.
If the measurement value for the sample gas uses Rl
which is the sensor output of sample gas at the time t = t2
immediately before switching to the gas mixture of nitrogen
and oxygen, measurement error due to drifting is prevented.
In this case, the ratio R2/R1 rather than the ratio R0/R1
for the sensor output is to be calculated.
In addition, assuming that after the time t = tl,
measurement of the gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which
is the reference gas, the sensor output RO' for the gas
mixture of nitrogen and oxygen at time t = t2 is estimated
and the output corresponding to the concentration of the
gas for detection in the sample gas may be calculated as

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the sensor output RO'/Rl.
Fig. 6 shows a block diagram for calculating the gas
concentration of the various dissolved gases dissolved in
the sample gas detected by the semiconductor sensors S1 -
S7 disposed in the gas detector 15 in the dissolved gas
analyzer of insulating oil in the first embodiment of the
present invention shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5 and the sensor
output for the sample gas are input into the computer 16
and the gas concentration of each gas in the sample gas to
be detected are calculated.
As described above, the electrical resistance R which
is the sensor output from the semiconductor sensors S1 - S7
for each gas to be detected at a specific concentration is
obtained in advance to correspond with the reference gas
and each gas to be detected.
In Fig. 6, the concentration of the gas components to
be measured that are included in the sample gas are
calculated by the calculators 201 to 205 that are installed
in the computer 16 based on the output detected by the
plurality of semiconductor sensors SI - S7 which have
different properties for the gas mixture of nitrogen and
oxygen which is the reference gas and the sample gas. The
semiconductor sensor used is preferably which reacts with
few types of gases.
In the step for calculating the gas concentration of

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each type of gas included in the sample gas to be measured,
first the gas concentration of gas components for which the
concentration can be obtained using the output detected at
a small number of semiconductor sensors from among the
semiconductor sensors S1 - S7.
Next, by substituting the concentration of the gas
components that were obtained first into a calculation
formula that shows the relationship between the reaction
properties and gas concentration, an unknown gas
concentration is calculated using the output detected using
the remaining semiconductor sensors. This calculation is
repeated to obtain the other unknown gas concentrations and
the number of unknown gas concentrations is gradually
decreased until the concentration of all the gas components
are finally obtained.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the
concentrations are calculated in the order of hydrogen,
carbon monoxide, acetylene, ethylene, methane and then
ethane.
Of the semiconductor sensors S1 - S7, by first
obtaining the gas concentration of gas components for which
the concentration can be obtained using a small number of
semiconductor sensors from among the semiconductor sensors
S1 - S7, the amount of calculations for the gas
concentration computations can be reduced and the detection

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accuracy for the gas to be detected is increased..
In addition, in the block diagram for calculating the
gas concentration of the various dissolved gases shown in
Fig. 6, the calculation values for the gas concentrations
of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, acetylene, ethylene, methane
and ethane for detection that are included in the sample
gas and calculated using the calculators 201 to 205 are
input in the monitoring device 210 and can be monitored at
all times.
In this case, if the permissible values for gas
concentrations to be detected are input from the setting
device 220 to the monitoring device 210, it becomes
possible for a warning to be given at the monitoring device
210 for gas concentrations to be detected which exceed the
permissible values. In addition, the gas concentrations to
be detected and the warning displays from the monitoring
device 210 can be displayed at the display device 230.
Next, in this embodiment of the present invention, the
gas concentration calculation method is described for the
case where there is linearity between the concentrations of
the gas for detection and the detection properties of the
semiconductor sensors.
In Fig. 6, the gas concentration calculations are
described for the case where detection is done for the gas
mixture of nitrogen and oxygen which is the reference gas

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and for the sample gas. First, in the case where the
hydrogen concentration NH2 is obtained from the sample gas,
the calibration curve (ratio of electrical resistance for
detection concentration and sensor output) for the output
Gl detected by the sensor SI and the concentration NH2 of
the hydrogen which is the gas to be detected, is shown by
the functional equation (equation 1) which is registered at
the calculator 201.
Gl = 1 + A11-(NH2)B11 .................................. (Equation 1)
Here All and Bll are constants obtained by measuring a
gas mixture of hydrogen and air using the sensor S1.
The hydrogen concentration NH2 is obtained by
calculations by substituting output detected by the sensor
S1 for Gl in Equation 1 of calculator 201.
Next, in the case where the concentration of carbon
monoxide NCO is obtained from the sample gas, the
calibration curve for the output G2 detected by the sensor
S2, the hydrogen concentration NH2, and the carbon monoxide
concentration NCO is shown by Equation 2 which is the
functional Equation registered in the calculator 202.
G2=1+NH2/(NH2+NCO)A21(NH2)B21+NCO/(NH2+NCO)A22-(NCO)B22
..............................................(Equation 2)
Here A21, A22, B21 and B22 are constants obtained by
measuring a gas mixture of hydrogen and air and a gas
mixture of carbon monoxide and air using the sensor S2.

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The carbon monoxide concentration NCO is obtained by
calculations by substituting output detected by the sensor
S2 for the hydrogen concentration NH2 first obtained in G2
in Equation 2 of calculator 202.
Next, in the case where the acetylene concentration
NC2H2 is obtained from the sample gas, the calibration
curve for the output G3 detected by the sensor S3, the
carbon monoxide concentration NCO and the acetylene
concentration NC2H2 is shown by Equation 3 which is the
functional equation registered in the calculator 203.
G3=1+NCO/(NCO+NC2H2)-A31-(NCO)B31+NC2H2/(NCO+NC2H2)A32-(NC
2H2)B32............................................................. (Equation 3)
Here A31, A32, B31 and B32 are constants obtained by
measuring a gas mixture of carbon monoxide and air and a
gas mixture of acetylene and air using the sensor S3. The
acetylene concentration NC2H2 is obtained by calculations
by substituting output detected by the sensor S3 for the
carbon monoxide concentration first obtained in G3 in
Equation 3 of calculator 203.
Next, in the case where the ethylene concentration
NC2H4 is obtained from the sample gas, the calibration
curve for the output G4 detected by the sensor S4, the
acetylene concentration NC2H2, and the ethylene
concentration NC2H4 is shown by Equation 4 which is the
functional equation registered in the calculator 204.

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G4 = 1+NC2H2/(NC2H2+NC2H4)-A41-(NC2H2)B41+NC2H4/
(NC2H2+NC2H4) A42-(NC2H4 )B42................................ (Equation 4)
Here A41, A42, B41 and B42 are constants obtained by
measuring a gas mixture of acetylene and air and a gas
mixture of ethylene and air using the sensor S4.
The ethylene concentration NC2H2 is obtained by
calculations by substituting the output of the sensor S4
for the acetylene concentration first obtained in G4 in
equation 4 of the calculator 204.
Next, in the case where the methane concentration NCH4
and the ethane concentration NC2H6 are obtained from the
sample gas, the calibration curve for the output G5 of the
sensor S5, the hydrogen concentration NH2, the carbon
monoxide concentration NCO, the acetylene concentration
NC2H2, the ethylene concentration NC2H4 and the ethane
concentration NC2H6 is shown by Equation 5 which is the
functional equation recorded in the calculator 205.
G5=1+A51-NH2/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)-(NH2)B51
+A52-NCO/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)(NCO)B52
+A53-NC2H2/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)-(NC2H2)B53
+A54-NC2H4/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)-(NC2H4)B54
+A55-NCH4/ (NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4) -(NCH4 )B55
+A56-NC2H6/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)-(NC2H6)B56
..............................................(Equation 5)
Here A51, A52, A53, A54, A55, A56, B51, B52, B53, B54,

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B55, and B56 are constants obtained by measuring a gas
mixture of hydrogen and air, a gas mixture of carbon
monoxide and air, a gas mixture of acetylene and air, a gas
mixture of ethylene and air, a gas mixture of methane and
air, and a gas mixture of ethane and air using the sensor
S5.
In addition, in the case where the methane
concentration NCH4 and the ethane concentration NC2H6 are
obtained from the sample gas, the calibration curve for the
output G6 of the sensor S6, the hydrogen concentration NH2,
the carbon monoxide concentration NCO, the acetylene
concentration NC2H2, the ethylene concentration NC2H4, the
methane concentration NCH4, and the ethane concentration
NC2H6 is shown by Equation 6 which is a separate functional
equation recorded in the calculator 205.
G6 = 1+A61-NH2/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)-(NH2)B61
+A62-NCO/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)-(NCO)B62
+A63-NC2H2/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)-(NC2H2)B63
+A64-NC2H4/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)-(NC2H4)B64
+A65-NCH4/ (NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4 )• (NCH4 )B65
+A66NC2H6/(NH2+NCO+NC2H2+NC2H4+NC2H6+NCH4)-(NC2H6)B66
..................................................................... (Equation 6)
Here A61, A62, A63, A64, A65, A66, B61, B62, B63, B64,
B65, and B66 are constants obtained by measuring a gas
mixture of hydrogen and air, a gas mixture of carbon

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monoxide and air, a gas mixture of acetylene and air, a gas
mixture of ethylene and air, a gas mixture of methane and
air, and a gas mixture of ethane and air using the sensor
S6.
The output from sensor S5 and sensor S6 respectively
are substituted for the previously obtained gas
concentrations of NH2, NCO, NC2H2, NC2H4 in Equation 5 and
Equation 6 in G5 of Equation 5 of the calculator 205 and G6
of Equation 6 of calculator 205 respectively to give
simultaneous equations. By solving for NCH4 and NC2H6, the
concentrations of methane and ethane can be obtained by
calculation.
The concentrations of hydrogen, carbon monoxide,
methane, ethane, ethylene and acetylene are obtained by
calculations as shown above.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, a
dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil and a method for
analyzing dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil enable
to detect the concentration of various gases with high
detection repeatability using a general-use semiconductor
is realized.
[Embodiment 2 of the invention]
Fig. 7 shows the structure of the dissolved gas
analyzer of insulating oil of second embodiment of the
present invention and this is a portable type of dissolved

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gas analyzer of insulating oil which is used in a device
that has insulating oil sealed inside. The dissolved gas
analyzer of this embodiment performs dissolved gas analysis
for hydrogen and acetylene.
The dissolved gas analyzer 30 of insulating oil in this
embodiment which is shown in Fig. 7 shares the same basic
structure as the first embodiment shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3
and Fig. 4, and thus descriptions of the component parts
that are the same will be omitted and only the parts that
are different will be described.
In Fig. 7, the inside of the device (not shown) that is
required for dissolved gas analysis in the portable
dissolved gas analyzer is filled with insulating oil 2. The
dissolved gas analyzer 30 has an insulating oil injector
501, and by installing a gas extractor 3 which is connected
to the insulating oil injector 501 via pipe 25C which has a
valve 503, the gas generated in the insulating oil 2 that
is sampled with the insulating oil injector 501 is
extracted by using the bubbling method in the gas extractor
3.
The insulating oil injector 501 has a cylinder shape
and the insulating oil that is sealed in the device for
analysis of dissolved gas is sampled and only a prescribed
amount of the sampled insulating oil is supplied to the gas
extractor 3. The bottom portion of the gas extractor 3 has

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an oil discharge port 504 which includes a valve 502 and
the insulating oil 2 from which the dissolved gas for
analysis is extracted is discharged to the outside.
There is an air purifier 31 which removes organic gases
from the air that is taken from the atmosphere and pure air
which is the sample gas and which has been purified and the
humidity has been adjusted is led to the four-way switching
valve 10 via the air supply pipe 18F.
By switching the four-way switching valve 10, a flow
path is formed which supplies pure air to the gas extractor
3 as inert gas from the air purifier 31 via the air supply
pipe 18F and the gas extraction pipe 18C1. It is to be
noted that an air pump which stores purified air may be
used in place of the air purifier 31.
Also, the four-way switching valve 10 is formed so as
to connect the gas extraction pipe 18C2 which leads the gas
mixture of dissolved gas generated in the insulating oil 2
from the gas extractor 3 with the dissolved gas mixture
supply pipe 18D which leads dissolved gas mixture led via
the gas extraction pipe 18C2 to the gas regulator 13.
In addition, by switching the four-way switching valve
10, a flow path is formed in which a gas mixture of
dissolved gases is caused to flow from the gas extractor 3
down to the thermostat 14 described hereinafter via the gas
extraction pipe 18C2 and the dissolved gas mixture supply

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pipe 18D and regulated at a prescribed temperature and then
supplied to the gas detector 15.
The gas extraction pipe 18C1 has an air pump 11 and by
actuating the air pump 11, bubbling which is the same as
that of the foregoing first embodiment of the present
invention is performed.
In addition, the gas extractor 3 has a filter 12 and
when the gas mixture of dissolved gases generated in the
insulating oil 2 is led from the gas extractor 3 to the
four-way switching valve 10, the gas mixture of dissolved
gases that has become atomized and mixed in the insulating
oil is removed by the filter 12.
The gas detector 15 has semiconductor sensors formed
from metal oxides such as tin oxide, tungsten oxide,
zirconium oxide and the gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen
which is the sample gas and the gas mixture of nitrogen,
oxygen and the dissolved gases respectively are measured
using the semiconductor sensors, and the measured values
are output to the computer 16 as output signals.
At the computer 116, the concentration of the gas
components of the dissolved gas is calculated by
computations based on the output signals from the
semiconductor sensors disposed in the gas detector 15 and
the calculated concentration of the gas components of the
dissolved gas are displayed on a monitor and the like. The

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computer 16 sends commands to the elements comprising the
dissolved gas analyzer disposed in the insulating oil
immersed transformer in the embodiment of this invention
which include the ON and OFF for the pumps and the
switching operations and open and close operations for the
switch valve and the exhaust valves.
Next, each of the steps in dissolved gas analysis of
the portable dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil which
is the second embodiment of this invention shown in Fig. 7
is shown in Fig. 8. In the measuring operation in Fig. 8,
first the measurement preparation step 111 is performed.
Next, step 112 of dissolved gas extraction is performed.
Step 112 of dissolved gas extraction is performed in
parallel with the step 113 of measuring air gas which is
the reference gas. Finally, step 114 of measuring the
sample gas is performed. Step 115 of gas concentration
calculation in which the concentration of each component
gas is measured based on the measurement results from the
step 113 of measuring air gas and the step 104 of measuring
the sample gas is performed. Each of the steps in the
measurement operation is repeated.
To explain more specifically, in the step 111 of
measurement preparation, the four-way switching valve 10 is
operated as shown in Fig. 7 and purified air from the air
purifier 31 is supplied to the four-way switching valve 10

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via the air supply pipe 18F.
The purified air that is supplied flows from the air
supply pipe 18F into the gas extractor 3 from the gas
extraction pipe 18C1 via the four-way switching valve 10.
Subsequently, purified air passes through the gas extractor
3 and flows down to the gas extraction pipe 18C2 and the
dissolved gas mixture supply pipe 18D, and the inside of
the devices and the flow paths which reach the dissolved
gas mixture supply pipe 18D from the air supply pipe 18F
are displaced with pure air.
Next, in step 112 of dissolved gas extraction, as shown
in Fig. 9, the four-way switching valve 10 is operated and
switching is done. In addition, by switching the four-way
switching valve 10, the flow path A forms a closed system
with the gas extraction pipe 18C1, the gas extraction pipe
18C2, and the gas extractor 3.
Also, by switching the four-way switching valve 10, a
flow path B is formed which supplies purified air from the
air purifier 31 to the thermostat 14 via the air supply
pipe 18F and the four-way switching valve 10. In addition,
the purified air which flows down the flow path B in the
thermostat 14 is adjusted to a set temperature and forms
the purified air which will become the reference gas and
the purified air which becomes the reference gas is
supplied to the gas detector 15.

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The gas extraction operation is performed in the flow
path A. In the gas extraction in the flow path A, first the
release valve 4 in the gas extractor 3 is put in the
release state and the insulating oil 2 is injected by the
insulating oil injector 201.
Next, when injection of the insulating oil 2 into the
gas extractor 3 is complete, the release valve 4 closes
simultaneously and the air pump 11 in the gas extraction
pipe 18C1 which forms the flow path A is actuated and the
purified air in the flow path A is circulated and the
dissolved gas that is dissolved in the insulating oil 2
that is injected in the extractor 3 by bubbling is
extracted to the purified air and sampled to form the
sample gas.
Next, in the step 113 of measuring the air gas which is
the reference gas, the purified air which is the reference
gas is supplied from the air purifier 31 to the thermostat
14 via the flow path B formed by switching the four-way
switching valve 10 and the temperature is adjusted and
measurement is done at the gas detector 15.
That is to say, purified air is supplied to the
thermostat 14 from the air purifier 31 via the air supply
pipe 18F and the four-way switching valve 10 and purified
air which is the reference gas, and whose set temperature
has been adjusted at the thermostat 14 is formed and

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supplied to the gas detector 15. When the detected output
becomes stable for the purified air which is the reference
gas detected by the semiconductor sensors SI - S7 in the
gas detector 15, the detected output is input to the
computer 16 as sensor output for the purified air which is
the reference gas.
Next, in the sample gas measurement step 114, as shown
in Fig. 10, the four-way switching valve 10 is switched and
purified air from the air purifier 31 is supplied to the
gas extractor 3 via the air supply pipe 18F, the four-way
switching valve 10 and the gas extraction pipe 18C1 and the
supplied purified air flows down to the thermostat 14 from
the gas extractor 3 via the gas extraction pipe 18C2 and
the dissolved gas mixture supply pipe 18D.
According to this operation, the gas mixture of
dissolved gases which was sampled from the flow path A is
pushed out by the purified air supplied from the purifier
31 and led to the thermostat 14 via the four-way switching
valve 10.
The gas mixture of the dissolved gases that is led to
the thermostat 14 forms the sample gas whose set
temperature is adjusted at the thermostat 14. In addition,
the generated sample gas is supplied to the gas detector 15
and the concentration of the sample gas is detected.
By switching from the gas that is supplied to the

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semiconductor sensor S1, S3 and S4 in the gas detector 15
from air which is the reference gas to the sample gas, the
sensor output of the sample gas detected by the
semiconductor sensors S1, S3 and S4 changes significantly
around the time the supplied gas is switched.
When the sensor output is substantially stable after
the changes in sensor output, the output of these sensors
is input to the computer 16 as the sensor outputs for the
semiconductor sensors S1, S3 and S4 for the sample gas.
The sensor output for the reference gas and sample gas
detected by the semiconductor sensor S1, S3 and S4 provided
in the gas detector 15 is not shown in the drawing, but it
is the same as that in Fig. 5.
In addition, if the electrical resistance RO of the
sensor output for the reference gas and the electrical
resistance Rl of the sensor output for the gas for
measurement in the sample gas and if the proportion R0/R1
of both sensor outputs at computer 16 are compared, the gas
concentration of the gases to be measured in the sample gas
can be accurately calculated.
Fig. 11 shows a block diagram for calculating the gas
concentration of the various dissolved gases dissolved in
the sample gas detected by the semiconductor sensors S1, S3
and S4 disposed in the gas detector 15 in the dissolved gas
analyzer of insulating oil in the second embodiment of the

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present invention shown in Fig. 7 to Fig. 10 and the sensor
output for the sample gas are input into the computer 16
and the gas concentration of each gas in the sample gas to
be detected are calculated.
As is the case in the first embodiment of the present
invention, the electrical resistance R which is the sensor
output from the semiconductor sensors S1, S3 and S4 for the
reference gas and each gas to be detected at a specific
concentration is obtained in advance to correspond with the
reference gas and each of the gases to be detected.
In Fig. 11, the concentration of the gas components to
be measured that are included in the sample gas are
calculated by the calculator 301, calculator 303 and
calculator 304 that are installed in the computer 16 based
on the output detected by the plurality of semiconductor
sensors SI, S3 and S4 which have different properties for
the purified air which is the reference gas and the sample
gas. The semiconductor sensor used is preferably which
reacts with few types of gases.
In the step for calculating the gas concentration of
each type of gas included in the sample gas to be measured,
first the gas concentration of gas components for which the
concentration can be obtained using the output detected
with a small number of semiconductor sensors from among the
semiconductor sensors S1, S3 and S4.

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Next, by substituting the concentration of the gas
components that were obtained first into a calculation
formula that shows the relationship between the reaction
properties and gas concentration, an unknown gas
concentration is calculated from the output detected using
the remaining semiconductor sensors. This calculation is
repeated to obtain the other unknown gas concentrations and
the number of unknown gas concentrations is gradually
decreased until the concentration of all the gas components
are finally obtained. In this embodiment of the present
invention, the concentration are calculated in the order of
hydrogen, acetylene, and ethylene are calculated in that
order.
Of the semiconductor sensors S1, S3 and S4, by first
obtaining the gas concentration of gas components for which
the concentration can be obtained using a small number of
semiconductor sensors from among the semiconductor sensors
S1, S3 and S4, the amount of calculations for the gas
concentration computations can be reduced and the detection
accuracy for the gas to be detected is increased.
In addition, in the block diagram for calculating the
gas concentration of the various dissolved gases shown in
Fig. 11, the calculation values for the gas concentrations
of hydrogen, acetylene and ethylene, that are included in
the sample gas and calculated using the calculator 301,

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calculator 303 and calculator 304 are input in the
monitoring device 310 and can be monitored at all times.
In this case, if the permissible values for gas
concentrations to be detected are input from the setting
device 320 to the monitoring device 310, it becomes
possible for a warning to be given at the monitoring device
310 for gas concentrations to be detected which exceed the
permissible values. In addition, the gas concentrations to
be detected and the warning displays from the monitoring
device 310 can be displayed at the display device 330.
Next, in this embodiment of the present invention, the
gas concentration calculation method is described for the
case where there is linearity between the concentrations of
the gas for detection and the detection properties of the
semiconductor sensors.
In Fig. 11, the gas concentration calculations are
described for the case where detection is done for purified
air which is the reference gas and for the sample gas.
First, in the case where the hydrogen concentration NH2 is
obtained from the sample gas, the calibration curve (ratio
of electrical resistance for detection concentration and
sensor output) for the output Gl detected by the sensor SI
and the concentration NH2 of the hydrogen which is the gas
to be detected, is shown by the functional equation
(Equation 7) which is registered at the calculator 301.

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G1=1+A11-(NH2)B11 ........................................ (Equation 7)
Here All and Bll are constants obtained by measuring a
gas mixture of hydrogen and air using the sensor SI.
The hydrogen concentration NH2 is obtained by
substituting output detected by the sensor SI for Gl in
Equation 7 of calculator 301.
Next, in the case where the acetylene concentration
NC2H2 is obtained from the sample gas, the calibration
curve for the output G3 detected by the sensor S3, the
acetylene concentration NC2H2, and the ethylene
concentration NC2H4 is shown by Equation 8 which is the
functional equation registered in the calculator 303.
G3=1+NC2H2/ (NC2H2+NC2H4 )-A31-(NC2H2 )B31+NC2H4/ (NC2H2+NC2H
4)A32-(NC2H4)B32................................(Equation 8)
Here A31, A32, B31 and B32 are constants obtained by
measuring a gas mixture of acetylene and air and a gas
mixture of ethylene and air using the sensor S3.
Also, the calibration curve for the output G4 of the
sensor S4, the acetylene concentration NC2H2, the ethylene
concentration NC2H4 is shown by Equation 9 which is the
functional equation registered in the calculator 304.
G4 = 1+NC2H2/ (NC2H2+NC2H4) -A41-(NC2H2 )B41+NC2H4/ (NC2H2+NC2H
4)A42-(NC2H4)B42................................................ (Equation 9)
Here A41, A42, B41 and B42 are constants obtained by
measuring a gas mixture of acetylene and air and a gas

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mixture of ethylene and air using the sensor S4.
The output from each of sensor S3 and sensor S4 is
substituted for G3 in Equation 8 which is the functional
equation for the calculator 303 and for G4 in Equation 9
which is the functional equation for the calculator 304. By
solving for NCH4 and NC2H6, the concentration of the
ethylene and acetylene are obtained by calculation. The
concentration of hydrogen and acetylene respectively can be
obtained by calculations as shown above.
[Embodiment 3 of the invention]
The third embodiment of the present invention is a
dissolved gas monitoring system which monitors analysis of
the dissolved gas sealed in an insulating oil-immersed
transformer by monitoring multiple oil immersed
transformers all at once.
Fig. 12 shows the dissolved gas monitoring system in
this embodiment of the present invention where a plurality
of insulating oil immersed transformers is monitored at
once. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil with
communication means 401, 402 and 403 and the central
monitoring device 420 can communicate via the telephone
circuit 430, the cellular phone circuit 450 and/or the
wireless 440.
The dissolved gas analyzers of insulating oil with
communication means 401, 402 and 403 each comprises an

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insulating oil immersed transformer 1; dissolved gas
analyzers of insulating oil 20 and 30 for sampling each
kind of gas included in the insulating oil 2 sealed in the
oil immersed transformer 1 and monitoring devices 210 and
310 for monitoring each type of gas detected at the
dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil 20 and 30.
In addition, the dissolved gas analyzers of insulating
oil with communication means 401, 402 and 403 are connected
by a LAN to a HUB and the concentration of each of the
gases sampled and analyzed at the dissolved gas analyzers
of insulating oil 20 and 30 as well as the monitoring
results data are transmitted to the central monitoring
device 420.
It is not usually necessary to send and receive the
transmitted data since the data should be sent and received
periodically. In the case where the reproducibillty of the
data that is sent is to be checked, or the case where
diagnostic results by monitoring is received and monitoring
is to be strengthened, the central monitoring device 420
instructs dissolved gas analysis by re-measuring or
reducing the measuring interval.
In addition, if there is any abnormality in the
diagnostic results, a more precise gas analysis may be
performed or the insulating oil immersed transformer may be
stopped. In addition, operation of the dissolved gas

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analyzers of insulating oil with communication means 401,
402 and 403 or residual air amount in the air pump can be
checked at the central monitoring device 420.
This dissolved gas monitoring system is effective for a
remotely set insulating oil immersed transformer or for
monitoring insulating oil immersed transformers that are
scattered over an area all at once. In addition, this
system may be one in which the dissolved gas analyzers of
insulating oil with communication means 401, 402 and 403
and the central monitoring device 420 are directly
connected using LAN or a system in which each of the
dissolved gas analyzers of insulating oil with
communication means 401, 402 and 403 communicate directly
with the central monitoring device 420 via a telephone
circuit or cellular telephone circuit.
In addition, the detection outputs of the
semiconductors which detect gas concentration for each type
of gas are received at the central monitoring device 420
and the gas concentration of each type of gas is calculated
at the central monitoring device 420.
According to this embodiment of the present invention,
a dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil and a method for
analyzing dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil enable
to detect the concentration of various gases with high
detection repeatability using a general-use semiconductor

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is realized.
[Embodiment 4 of the invention]
The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil based on
the membrane permeation method as the fourth embodiment of
the present invention is provided with the insulating oil
immersed transformer.
In this embodiment, the dissolved gas analyzer with the
membrane permeation method is applied to the insulating oil
immersed transformer in stead of the gas extractor 3 of the
dissolved gas analyzer which is shown in the first
embodiment of invention. The connection method of this
embodiment is as followings. That is, the gas extraction
pipe 18C1 is connected to the carrier gas supply port
described hereinafter and the gas extraction pipe 18C2 is
connected to the carrier gas discharge port described
hereinafter.
The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil with the
membrane permeation method of the fourth embodiment is
explained referring the drawings as followings.
In the dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil with
the membrane permeation method in this embodiment, time t
until the concentration of decomposition gases in a gas
reservoir in the dissolved gas analyzer reaches an
equilibrium can be represented as in equation 10 below in
which V, d and A are taken as the volume of the gas

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reservoir, the thickness of the permeable membrane, and the
area of the permeable membrane, respectively. P is a
transmission coefficient and C is a constant.

According to equation 10, when the thickness d of the
gas permeable membrane and the volume V of the gas
reservoir are made small and the area A of the gas
permeable membrane is made large, the time t until an
equilibrium is reached can be shortened.
To shorten the time t until the equilibrium is reached,
the thickness d of the permeable membrane is preferably
made small. However, the gas permeable membrane is often
attached to the oil discharge port of the oil immersed
transformer, and the insulating oil applies a pressure
about 0.2 MPa to the position at which the gas permeable
membrane is attached. If the gas permeable membrane is too
thin, it is broken.
Suppose that a gas permeable membrane with a thickness
of dl is used for a discoidal hollow gas reservoir in a
groove shape with an outer radius of R1 + r and an inner
radius of R1 - r. A pressure p applied to the gas permeable
membrane and a shear stress tl applied to the circumference
of the gas permeable membrane can be represented as in
equation 11 below.

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When the pressure p applied to the gas permeable
membrane is 0.2 MPa and an allowable shear stress is x, the
relation between the width 2r of the groove and the
thickness d of the gas permeable membrane is determined by
equation 12 below.
r Accordingly, it is preferable in tis embodiment of the
invention that the thickness of the gas permeable membrane
is thinned by determining the width of the groove-shaped
gas reservoir so that the relation among the allowable
maximum shear stress x (MPa) of the material of the gas
permeable membrane, the width 2r of the groove, and the
thickness d of the gas permeable membrane satisfies
equation 12.
To increase precision in gas measurement, it is
preferable that the sample gas, which is held in the gas
reservoir and used for analysis, can be supplied to a gas
detector without being diluted by nitrogen gas or a carrier
gas as inert gas. Accordingly, this embodiment of the
invention proposes that the cross sectional area of the
groove of the gas reservoir is equal to or smaller than the

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cross sectional area of the carrier gas inlet port, thereby
preventing the gas in the gas reservoir from being diluted
by the carrier gas.
When the volume of the groove, which is the gas
reservoir, is equal to the amount of sample gas needed for
the gas measurement by the gas detector, it is possible to
measure a fixed amount of gas in the gas reservoir,
enabling a predetermined amount of sample gas to be always
supplied without having to provide a fixed-volume
measurement pipe. In this case, the carrier gas supply port
and carrier gas discharge port are preferably disposed at
ends of the groove-shaped gas reservoir to supply the
predetermined amount of sample gas.
The dissolved gas analyzer in this embodiment of the
invention preferably has an oil flow means for having oil
flow by agitating or vibrating the insulating oil. When the
decomposition gases included in the insulating oil are
transmitted to the gas reservoir, the concentration of the
decomposition gases included in the insulating oil becomes
locally low near the gas permeable membrane, lowering the
efficiency of the gas permeation. When the insulating oil
is agitated or vibrated so that it flows, the concentration
of the decomposition gases in the insulating oil can be
made uniform, increasing the efficiency of the gas
permeation. The time t until an equilibrium is reached can

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be thus shortened.
A high-molecular organic compound membrane or high-
molecular organic compound porous membrane can be used as
the material of the gas permeable membrane. A porous plate,
perforated plate, or wire mesh can be integrated with the
high-molecular organic compound membrane or high-molecular
organic compound porous membrane as a reinforcing member.
In this embodiment of the invention, a dissolved gas
analyzer for an oil immersed transformer will be described.
FIG. 13 shows the structure of a gas extracting unit 3 in
the dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil. The gas
extracting unit 3 comprises a grooved flange 1101, a gas
permeable membrane 1102, a groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103,
a carrier gas supply port 1104, a carrier gas discharge
port 1105, a valve 1106a, and another valve 1106b.
An oil discharge port 1201 and an oil discharge valve
1202 are both disposed on the oil immersed transformer side.
Although the oil discharge port 1201 and oil discharge
valve 1202 are originally used as a port for discharging
unnecessary insulating oil, they are used to attach the gas
extracting unit 3 in this embodiment. When a gas is
extracted, the oil discharge valve 1202 is left open and
the gas permeable membrane 1102 is in close contact with an
insulating oil 1203.
When the grooved flange 1101 is fastened to the oil

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discharge port 1201, the gas extracting unit 3 is attached
to an oil immersed transformer 1 and the gas permeable
membrane 1102 is fixed by being supported from the
circumference thereof.
The gas permeable membrane 1102 seals the insulating
oil 1203 into the insulating oil immersed transformer or an
external container of the insulating oil immersed
transformer, and allows decomposition gases to transmit to
the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103. The material of the
gas permeable membrane 1102 is a copolymer of
tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether, with a
thickness of 0.1 mm. Preferable materials of the gas
permeable membrane 1102 include tetrafluoro copolymer
membranes, high-molecular organic compound membranes made
of polyethylene and fluorine rubber, high-molecular organic
compound porous membranes, porous plates coated with high-
molecular organic compounds, and high-molecular organic
compound membranes reinforced by perforated plates or wire
meshes.
The groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 is a grooved-
shaped recession formed in the grooved flange 1101. The
groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 is a space defined by the
gas permeable membrane 1102 and is used to extract and
store a sample gas. When the sample gas is supplied, the
groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 serves as a path through

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which the carrier gas flows.
The carrier gas supply port 1104 communicates with an
end of the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 and serves as
an inlet port through which the carrier gas enters in the
groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103.
The area of the cross section of the groove-shaped gas
reservoir 1103 perpendicular to the streamline of the
carrier gas is smaller than the area of the cross section
of the carrier gas supply port 1104 perpendicular to the
streamline of the carrier gas.
The carrier gas discharge port 1105 communicates with
the other end of the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 and
serves as an outlet port through which the extracted and
stored sample gas and the carrier gas supplied through the
carrier gas supply port 1104 are discharged.
The valve 1106a and valve 1106b are closed when the
sample gas is extracted and stored; they are opened when
the sample gas in the gas reservoir is replaced with the
carrier gas.
A packing 1107 is inserted into a joint between the
grooved flange 1101 and the gas permeable membrane 1102 and
another packing 1107 is inserted into a joint between the
oil discharge port 1201 and the gas permeable membrane 1102.
The packings 1107 contribute to the sealing of the
insulating oil into the insulating oil immersed transformer

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or its external vessel.
FIG. 14 shows the structure of the grooved flange of
the dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil. The groove-
shaped gas reservoir 1103 in the drawing is linearly
structured. The area of the cross section of the groove-
shaped gas reservoir 1103 perpendicular to the streamline
of the carrier gas is preferably equal to or smaller than
the area of the cross section of the carrier gas supply
port so that the carrier gas is supplied without turbulence
or the sample gas is not mixed with the carrier gas.
FIG. 16 shows a procedure for analyzing gases dissolved
in the insulating oil. Steps for dissolved gas analysis
include preparation for extracting a sample gas, the
extraction and storage of the sample gas, preparation for
measurement, supply of the sample gas, and sample gas
measurement.
In the step of preparing for extracting a sample gas, a
carrier gas is substituted in the groove-shaped gas
reservoir 1103. Specifically, the carrier gas is supplied
from the carrier gas supply unit with the valve 1106a and
valve 1106b open.
The sample gas is then extracted and stored. When the
carrier gas has been substituted in the groove-shaped gas
reservoir 1103, the valve 1106a and valve 1106b are closed.
Discomposed gases dissolved in the insulating oil transmit

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through the gas permeable membrane 1102 and diffuse in the
groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103. It is awaited until an
equilibrium between the concentration of the gas in the
groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 and the concentration of
the decomposition gases in the insulating oil is reached.
A time for the gas concentration to reach the
equilibrium is obtained in advance by performing
measurement test. When the constant C in equation 10 is
known, the time to reach the equilibrium may be estimated
from equation 10.
Preparation for measurement is then made.
A carrier gas is supplied from the carrier gas supply
unit to the gas detector unit.
The next step is to supply a sample gas. The valve
1106a and valve 1106b are opened and a carrier gas is then
supplied from the carrier gas supply unit through the gas
extracting unit to the gas detector unit.
The carrier gas is substituted in the groove-shaped gas
reservoir 1103, supplying the sample gas that has been in
the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 to the gas detector
unit, where the types and concentrations of gases are
measured.
[Embodiment 5 of the invention]
In this embodiment of the present invention, a case in
which the sample gas is extracted, stored, measured, and

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supplied in the groove-shaped gas reservoir 103 will be
described with reference to FIGs. 14 to 16. Since a fixed
volume of sample gas is measured in the groove-shaped gas
reservoir 1103, a fixed-volume measurement pipe does not
need to be prepared separately, saving the volume of the
fixed-volume measurement pipe itself and the pipe to the
fixed-volume measurement pipe. Accordingly, in equation 10,
the volume V of the gas reservoir can be made small and the
time t to reach the equilibrium can be shortened.
The carrier gas supply port 1104 in FIG. 14 is
cylindrical, the radius being r. The groove-shaped gas
reservoir 1103 is a rectangular parallelepiped with a
length of L, a width of 2r, and a groove depth of h. Both
end of the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 are semi-
cylindrical column with a radius of r and a depth of h. The
volume of the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 is thereby
2rLh + πr2h.
The volume of the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 is
equal to the volume of the supplied sample gas. Accordingly,
the volume of the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 was made
equal to the volume of a sample gas required for
measurement.
The area 2rh of the cross section of the groove-shaped
gas reservoir 1103 perpendicular to the streamline of the
carrier gas is 10 mm2, which is smaller than the cross

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sectional area jtr2 of the carrier gas supply port 1104 which
measures 19.6 mm2.
According to the dissolved gas analysis procedure, a
carrier gas was first substituted in the groove-shaped gas
reservoir 1103, as preparation for gas extraction.
Specifically, the carrier gas was supplied from the carrier
gas supply unit with the valve 1106a and valve 1106b open.
The sample gas was then extracted and stored. After the
carrier gas has been substituted in the groove-shaped gas
reservoir 1103, the valve 1106a and valve 1106b are closed
and left in that state. Discomposed gases dissolved in the
insulating oil transmit through the gas permeable membrane
1102 and diffuse in the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103.
It was awaited until the concentration of the gas in the
groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 reached an equilibrium.
A time for the gas concentration to reach the
equilibrium was obtained in advance by performing
measurement test, which was preset to 70 hours.
When a fixed-volume measurement pipe was provided
separately, not according to the present embodiment of the
invention, the time for the gas concentration to reach the
equilibrium was 138 hours.
Accordingly, the time taken for gas extraction could be
halved.
After the gas concentration reached the equilibrium.

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preparation for measurement was then made.
A carrier gas was supplied from the carrier gas supply
unit to the gas detector unit.
The next step was to supply a sample gas. The 1106a and
valve 1106b were opened and a carrier gas was supplied from
the carrier gas supply unit through the gas extracting unit
to the gas detector unit.
The carrier gas was substituted in the groove-shaped
gas reservoir 1103, supplying the sample gas that had been
in the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 to the gas detector
unit.
[Embodiment 6 of the invention]
In the Fifth embodiment of the present invention, a
case in which the width of the groove-shaped gas reservoir
1103 is adjusted so as to reduce the thickness of the gas
permeable membrane will be described. FIG. 15 shows the
structure of a grooved flange having an arc-shaped gas
reservoir. This embodiment of the present invention is
compared with the conventional structure based on the
conventional method; in the embodiment of the present
invention, the groove-shaped gas reservoir 1103 is a
cylindrical reservoir with an external radius of R1 + r, an
internal radius of R1 - r, and a height of h, and the width
of the gas permeable membrane 1102 is dl; in the
conventional structure, the gas reservoir is a columnar

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reservoir with a radius of R2 and a height of h, and the
width of the gas permeable membrane 1102 is d2.
In this embodiment of the present invention, it is
assumed that a shear stress is uniformly applied to the
circumference of the gas permeable membrane 1102. The shear
stress t1 applied to the circumference of the gas permeable
membrane 1102 is obtained from equation 11, as described
above.
Let t be an allowed shear stress. The thickness dl of
the gas permeable membrane 1102 is then determined by
equation 14.

By comparison, in the conventional structure, the shear
stress %2 applied to the circumference of the gas permeable
membrane 1102 is determined by equation 15.

Let t be an allowed shear stress. The thickness d2 of
the gas permeable membrane 1102 is then determined by
equation 16.

A ratio dl/d2 between the membrane thicknesses is

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represented as in equation 17; the ratio is determined by r
and R2, independently of R1.

Since V = A x h, equation 10 can be rewritten as
equation 18.

In the present embodiment of the invention, time tl to
reach the equilibrium is represented as in equation 19.

In the conventional structure, time t2 to reach the
equilibrium is represented as in equation 20.

A ratio tl/t2 between the times to reach the
equilibrium is represented as in equation 21 from equations
17, 19, and 20; the ratio is determined by r and R2.

When the area of the gas permeable membrane 1102 in the
present embodiment of the invention is equal to the area of

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the gas permeable membrane 1102 in the conventional
structure, for example, R1, r, and R2 are respectively 50 mm,
2 mm, and 20 mm, the time tl to reach the equilibrium in
the present embodiment of the invention can be reduced to
one-fifth the time t2 to reach the equilibrium in the
conventional structure.
FIG. 16 shows the structure of a grooved flange having
a gas reservoir in a zigzag shape as one of other
embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 17 shows the structure of a grooved flange having
a gas reservoir in a spiral shape as one of other
embodiment of the invention.
The flange having a gas reservoir in a zigzag or spiral
shape may be used instead of the grooved flange having an
arc-shaped gas reservoir shown in FIG. 15.
Since the gas reservoir is formed in a groove shape in
the dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil based on the
membrane permeation method in this embodiment of the
invention, the volume of the gas reservoir can be lessened
and the thickness of the gas permeable membrane can be
reduced. Accordingly, time until the concentration of the
decomposition gases in the gas reservoir reaches an
equilibrium state can be shortened and thus time taken to
extract the decomposition gases in the gas reservoir can be
shortened. According to the present embodiment of the

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invention, a time interval can be shortened for the
dissolved gas analyzer, enabling the transformer to undergo
a real-time check for abnormality.
This invention can be used in a dissolved gas analyzer
of insulating oil for equipment such as an oil-filled
transformer and a method for analyzing dissolved gas of
insulating oil in equipment such as an oil-filled
transformer

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS
Claim 1. A dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
comprising: a gas extractor to draw insulating oil from an
oil-filled equipment, a gas detector having a plurality of
semiconductor sensors for detecting concentration of a
component gas from a plurality of component gases included
in the insulating oil drawn into the gas extractor; a
sample gas supply system for sampling the plurality of
component gases in the insulating oil drawn into the gas
extractor and supplying to the gas detector as the sample
gas for measuring; a reference gas supply system for
supplying a reference gas to be a reference for the
detection values of the semiconductor sensors to the gas
detector; a switch means for switching between the sample
gas supply system and the reference gas supply system and
supplying the component gases or the reference gas to the
,gas detector; and a calculation device for calculating the
concentration of the plurality of component gases dissolved
in the insulating oil based on the detection values
measured using the plurality of semiconductor sensors in
the gas detector for the sample gas and the reference gas.
Claim 2. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to Claim 1, wherein the calculation device
calculates each of the concentrations of the component
gases included in the sample gas based on the detection

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value of the sample gas measured by the plurality of
semiconductor sensors and the detection value for the
reference gas measured using the plurality of semiconductor
sensors.
Claim 3. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to Claim 2, wherein the calculation device
calculates the concentrations of the component gases
included in the sample gas based on the proportion of the
detection value of the sample gas and the detection value
for the reference gas measured by the plurality of
semiconductor sensors.
Claim 4. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, wherein a gas mixture of
oxygen and inert gas or air is used as the reference gas
supplied by the reference gas supply system.
Claim 5. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, further comprising a gas
regulator for generating the sample gas to be supplied to
the gas detector by adding oxygen to the gas mixture of the
inert gas and dissolved gas sampled from the insulating oil
by leading inert gas into the insulating oil in the gas
extractor by bubbling
Claim 6. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, further comprising an
adjustor for ajusting the temperature of the sample gas and

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the reference gas at a prescribed value.
Claim 7. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to Claim 1 or 2, wherein the calculation device
calculates the gas concentration of a specific component
gas in the sample gas from the detection value detected by
the first sensor group of the plurality of semiconductor
sensors disposed in the gas detector, and calculates the
gas concentration of the remaining component gas in the
sample gas from the detection value detected by the second
sensor group of the plurality of semiconductor sensors
disposed in the gas detector and the gas concentration of
the specified component gas detected by the first sensor
group, thereby obtaining the concentration of the plurality
of component gases in the sample gas.
Claim 8. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to Claim 1 or 7, further comprising a monitoring
device for monitoring the concentration of the plurality of
component gases dissolved in the insulating oil, which was
calculated by the calculation device.
Claim 9. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to Claim 8, further comprising a communication
means for transmitting the state of monitoring of the
concentration of the plurality of component gases dissolved
in the insulating oil in the monitoring device.
Claim 10. A method of analyzing dissolved gas of

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insulating oil comprising the steps of: drawing insulating
oil stored in an oil-filled equipment and supplying the
insulating oil to a gas extractor; sampling a plurality of
component gases included in the insulating oil drawn in the
gas extractor and then allowing supply to a gas detector
via a sample gas supply system as a sample gas to be
measured; allowing a reference gas to be the detection
value of the plurality of semiconductor sensors provided in
a gas detector to be supplied to the gas detector via the
reference gas supply system; switching between the sample
gas to be supplied via the sample gas supply system and the
reference gas to be supplied via the reference gas supply
system and supplying to the gas detector; detecting the
concentration of component gas from the plurality of
components gas included in the sample gas and the
concentration of the reference gas by the plurality of
semiconductor sensors provided in the gas detector; and
calculating the concentration of the plurality of component
gases included in sample gas based on each of the detection
values measured by the plurality of semiconductor sensors
in the gas detector for the sample gas and the reference
gas.
Claim 11. The method of analyzing dissolved gas of
insulating oil according to Claim 10, wherein the each of
the calculations for the concentrations of the component

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gases included in the sample gas is obtained based on the
detection values of the sample gas measured by the
plurality of semiconductor sensors and the detection values
for the reference gas measured by the plurality of
semiconductor sensors.
Claim 12. A dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to Claim 1, further comprising a gas permeable
membrane attached to an oil discharge port of the the gas
extractor, a gas reservoir provided in contact with the gas
permeable membrane to store a gas therein transmitted
through the gas permeable membrane, a carrier gas supply
port and a carrier gas discharge port provided with the gas
reservoir respectively so that the gas stored in the gas
reservoir is discharged from the gas reservoir to the gas
detector by supplying a carrier gas, and the gas reservoir
is formed with a groove shape.
Claim 13. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to claim 12, wherein the gas reservoir is a
grooved-shaped path to interconnect the carrier gas supply
port and the carrier gas discharge port.
Claim 14. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to claim 12, wherein the cross sectional area of
the groove of the gas reservoir with a groove shape is
equal to or smaller than the cross sectional area of the
carrier gas supply port.

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Claim 15. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to claim 12, wherein the volume of the gas
reservoir is equal to the amount of sample gas required for
a gas measurement by the gas detector.
Claim 16. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to claim 12, further comprising a pipe
communicating between the carrier gas exhaust port disposed
in the gas reservoir and the gas detector so that a sample
gas discharged from the carrier gas exhaust port is
supplied to the gas detector.
Claim 17. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to claim 16, wherein the groove of the gas
reservoir has one of a straight line shape, an arc shape, a
zigzag shape, or a spiral shape, and the carrier gas supply
port is disposed at one end of the groove and the carrier
gas exhaust port is disposed at the other end of the groove.
Claim 18. The dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil
according to claim 12, wherein the calculation device
calculates each of the concentrations of the component
gases included in the sample gas based on the detection
value of the sample gas measured by the plurality of
semiconductor sensors and the detection value for the
reference gas measured by the plurality of semiconductor
sensors.

A dissolved gas analyzer of insulating oil comprising:
a gas extractor 3 to draw insulating oil 2 from an oil-
filled equipment 1, a gas detector 15 having a plurality of
semiconductor sensors sl-S7 for detecting concentration of
a component gas from a plurality of component gases
included in the insulating oil 2 drawn into the gas
extractor 3; a sample gas supply system for sampling the
plurality of component gases in the insulating oil 2 drawn
into the gas extractor 3 and supplying to the gas detector
15 as the sample gas for measuring; a reference gas supply
system for supplying a reference gas to be a reference for
the detection values of the semiconductor sensors sl-s7 to
the gas detector 15; a switch means 10 for switching
between the sample gas supply system and the reference gas
supply system and supplying the component gases or the
reference gas to the gas detector 15; and a calculation
device 201-205 for calculating the concentration of the
plurality of component gases dissolved in the insulating
oil 2 based on the detection values measured by the
plurality of semiconductor sensors sl-s7 in the gas
detector 15 for the sample gas and the reference gas.

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Patent Number 263132
Indian Patent Application Number 747/KOL/2007
PG Journal Number 41/2014
Publication Date 10-Oct-2014
Grant Date 08-Oct-2014
Date of Filing 14-May-2007
Name of Patentee JAPAN AE POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Applicant Address 8-3, NISHI-SHIMBASHI 3-CHOME, MINATO-KU, TOKYO
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 KATSUHITO TAKAHASHI C/O HITACHI, LTD., INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GROUP 12TH FLOOR, MARUNOUCHI CENTER BUILDING, 6-1, MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-8220
2 HIDENOBU KOIDE C/O JAPAN AE POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION, KOKUBU DIVISION 1-1, KOKUBU-CHO 1-CHOME, HITACHI-SHI, IBARAKI 316-8501
3 KAZUMI FUJII C/O HITACHI, LTD., INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GROUP 12TH FLOOR, MARUNOUCHI CENTER BUILDING, 6-1, MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-8220
4 YASUNORI HATTA C/O JAPAN AE POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION, KOKUBU DIVISION 1-1, KOKUBU-CHO 1-CHOME, HITACHI-SHI, IBARAKI 316-8501
PCT International Classification Number G01N33/28
PCT International Application Number N/A
PCT International Filing date
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 2007-012438 2007-01-23 Japan
2 2006-138740 2006-05-18 Japan