Patents by Inventor Andrea Cavallini
Andrea Cavallini has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9037438Abstract: A device (1) for detecting and processing signals relating to partial electrical discharges in an electrical apparatus (2) powered by a square-wave (3) voltage modulated by a modulating wave (4) in such a way as to form an alternating voltage of predetermined frequency, comprises: a sensor (5) connectable to the apparatus (2) for detecting a discharge signal (6) representing the electrical pulses generated by the partial discharges; a processing unit (7) connected to the sensor (5) to receive the discharge signal (6) and derive the detection instants of each of the pulses detected with respect to a predetermined time reference, a synchronization module (8) designed to receive an electrical signal (9) representing the power supply voltage and equipped with a filter (10) configured for extracting from said power supply signal (9) a signal (11) representing the modulating wave (4), the processing unit (7) being configured for associating with the pulses detected the values of a phase parameter (f) representing tType: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: TECHIMP HQ S.R.L.Inventors: Andrea Cavallini, Davide Fabiani, Gian Carlo Montanari
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Patent number: 8762081Abstract: A method for locating partial discharges occurring at a discharge site (2) in an electric apparatus (3) with elongate geometry and generating corresponding electric pulses (4) propagating in opposite directions along the apparatus (3) from the discharge site (2) comprises the steps of detecting (11) the electric pulses (4) picked up by a first and a second sensor (5, 7), operatively connected to the apparatus (3) and spaced out along it, and generating corresponding electric signals representative of the waveform of the pulses (4), selecting (12) at least one pair of signals, detected in the consecutive sensors (5, 7), and representative of a pair of homologous pulses (4), relating to the same partial discharge and propagating in opposite directions along the apparatus, deriving, for the signals of the selected pair of homologous pulses (4), at least one attenuation parameter, correlated with a quantity that is variable depending on the distance travelled by the pulses (4), calculating (13) the distance betweType: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Techimp Technologies S.R.L.Inventors: Stefano Serra, Andrea Cavallini, Gian Carlo Montanari, Gaetano Pasini
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Patent number: 8616045Abstract: A method for deriving the concentration of a gas dissolved in an electrical insulating oil (2) comprises the following steps:—preparing a membrane (5) permeable to the gas, interposed between a container (7) of the oil (2) and a measuring chamber (4) that receives a part of the gas through the membrane (5);—measuring the value of gas concentration in the measuring chamber (4);—deriving an estimated value of the concentration of the gas in the oil (2) as a function of the measured value,—the measuring step comprising taking at successive measuring instants a plurality of measurements of the values of gas concentration in the measuring chamber (4);—the deriving step comprising calculating the estimated value of gas concentration in the oil (2), at an instant selected from said measuring instants, according to a non-linear function of the values measured at the selected measuring instant and at one or more of the measuring instants preceding the one selected.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Techimp Technologies S.R.L.Inventors: Andrea Cavallini, Fabio Ciani, Stefano Serra, GianCarlo Montanari
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Patent number: 8527221Abstract: A method for monitoring an activity of partial electrical discharges in an electric apparatus powered with direct voltage comprises the following steps, repeated in succession at predetermined time intervals: measuring (1) analogue electrical signals and generating corresponding digital signals representative of the wave form of partial discharge impulses; deriving (2) for each of said digital signals, at least one shape parameter and at least one amplitude parameter; separating (3) the set of the measured data into homogeneous sub-sets with respect to the shape parameter; correlating (4) the sub-sets of signals having similar values of the shape parameter and measured in successive steps; selecting (5) the correlated sub-sets for which the amplitude parameter has a predetermined profile over time and attributing the signals of said subsets to partial discharge activities.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Techimp Technologies S.r.l.Inventors: Gian Carlo Montanari, Andrea Cavallini, Gaetano Pasini
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Patent number: 8467982Abstract: A method for locating partial discharges occurring at a discharge site (2) in an electric apparatus (3) with elongate geometry and generating corresponding electric pulses (4) propagating in opposite directions along the apparatus (3) from the discharge site (2) comprises the steps: (11) of detecting the pulses (4) picked up by a first and a second sensor (5, 7), connected to the apparatus (3) and spaced out along the same; (15) of deriving shape, phase and amplitude parameters for each of the signals detected; (17) of separating the sets of signals detected in each sensor into respective subsets which are uniform in terms of pulse waveform; (18) of identifying the subsets of signals relating to partial discharges and classifying them; (19) of correlating the subsets relating to different sensors and similarly classified, in order to derive a pair of subsets of signals relating to the same discharge site (2); (12) of selecting, for the pair of correlated subsets, at least one pair of homologous pulses (4) detType: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Techimp Technologies S.R.L.Inventors: Stefano Serra, Andrea Cavallini, Gian Carlo Montanari, Gaetano Pasini
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Patent number: 8447540Abstract: A method for detecting, identifying and locating partial discharges occurring in a discharge site along an electric apparatus comprises the following steps: detecting (1) electrical signals in a detection station; attributing (2) to each detected signal a value of a phase parameter; deriving (3) for each signal at least one shape parameter and one amplitude parameter; separating (4) the set of signals detected into sub sets that are homogeneous relative to the shape parameter; identifying (5) sub-sets related to partial discharges and cataloguing them; repeating the above steps in a plurality of detection stations positioned along the apparatus; correlating (7) the sub-sets of signals detected in different detection stations and catalogued similarly; selecting (8) as a function of the amplitude and shape parameters of a sub-set among the correlated ones and locating (9) the partial discharges related to said sub-sets at the detection station of the selected sub-set.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Techimp Technologies S.R.L.Inventors: Gian Carlo Montanari, Andrea Cavallini, Gaetano Pasini
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Publication number: 20120291521Abstract: A method for deriving the concentration of a gas dissolved in an electrical insulating oil (2) comprises the following steps:—preparing a membrane (5) permeable to the gas, interposed between a container (7) of the oil (2) and a measuring chamber (4) that receives a part of the gas through the membrane (5);—measuring the value of gas concentration in the measuring chamber (4);—deriving an estimated value of the concentration of the gas in the oil (2) as a function of the measured value,—the measuring step comprising taking at successive measuring instants a plurality of measurements of the values of gas concentration in the measuring chamber (4);—the deriving step comprising calculating the estimated value of gas concentration in the oil (2), at an instant selected from said measuring instants, according to a non-linear function of the values measured at the selected measuring instant and at one or more of the measuring instants preceding the one selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: TECHIMP TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L.Inventors: Andrea Cavallini, Fabio Ciani, Stefano Serra, GianCarlo Montanari
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Publication number: 20120290229Abstract: A diagnostic method and apparatus for assessing the insulation condition of electrical equipment (3) insulated with oil (2). The method comprises the following steps: measuring the concentration of at least one gas dissolved in the insulating oil (2) of the electrical equipment (3); deriving at least one concentration parameter correlated with the gas concentration measured in a predetermined acquisition time interval; measuring electrical pulses relating to partial electrical discharges which occur in the electrical equipment (3) and which generate said pulses; deriving at least one discharge parameter correlated with the partial discharges measured substantially concurrently with the predetermined acquisition time interval; deriving a diagnostic indication about the insulation condition of the electrical equipment (3) as a function of the derived values of the concentration and discharge parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: TECHIMP TECHNOLOGIES, S.R.L.Inventors: Andrea Cavallini, Fabio Ciani, Stefano Serra, Gian Carlo Montanari
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Publication number: 20120209572Abstract: A device (1) for detecting and processing signals relating to partial electrical discharges in an electrical apparatus (2) powered by a square-wave (3) voltage modulated by a modulating wave (4) in such a way as to form an alternating voltage of predetermined frequency, comprises: a sensor (5) connectable to the apparatus (2) for detecting a discharge signal (6) representing the electrical pulses generated by the partial discharges; a processing unit (7) connected to the sensor (5) to receive the discharge signal (6) and derive the detection instants of each of the pulses detected with respect to a predetermined time reference, a synchronization module (8) designed to receive an electrical signal (9) representing the power supply voltage and equipped with a filter (10) configured for extracting from said power supply signal (9) a signal (11) representing the modulating wave (4), the processing unit (7) being configured for associating with the pulses detected the values of a phase parameter (f) representing tType: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: TECHIMP TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L.Inventors: Andrea Cavallini, Davide Fabiani, Gian Carlo Montanari
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Patent number: 8234085Abstract: A method for measuring and processing data pertaining to an activity of partial electrical discharges taking place in a three-phase electric machine (1) powered with square wave voltage, said data comprising a plurality of discharge signals and a plurality of sets of three values (eu, ev, ew) of power supply voltage of the machine measured in concurrence with a corresponding discharge signal, comprises the following steps: —transforming each set (eu, ev, ew) of three voltage values measured into a corresponding pair (ed, eq) of voltage values; —deriving a phase angle value from each of said pairs (ed, eq) of voltage values; —attributing to each discharge signal the corresponding phase value, to assess the measured discharge signals as a function of corresponding phase values.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Techimp Technologies S.R.L.Inventors: Gian Carlo Montanari, Andrea Cavallini, Gaetano Pasini
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Publication number: 20120022809Abstract: A method for locating partial discharges occurring at a discharge site (2) in an electric apparatus (3) with elongate geometry and generating corresponding electric pulses (4) propagating in opposite directions along the apparatus (3) from the discharge site (2) comprises the steps of detecting (11) the electric pulses (4) picked up by a first and a second sensor (5, 7), operatively connected to the apparatus (3) and spaced out along it, and generating corresponding electric signals representative of the waveform of the pulses (4), selecting (12) at least one pair of signals, detected in the consecutive sensors (5, 7), and representative of a pair of homologous pulses (4), relating to the same partial discharge and propagating in opposite directions along the apparatus, deriving, for the signals of the selected pair of homologous pulses (4), at least one attenuation parameter, correlated with a quantity that is variable depending on the distance travelled by the pulses (4), calculating (13) the distance betweType: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: TECHIMP TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L.Inventors: Stefano Serra, Andrea Cavallini, Gian Carlo Montanari, Gaetano Pasini
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Publication number: 20120022810Abstract: A method for locating partial discharges occurring at a discharge site (2) in an electric apparatus (3) with elongate geometry and generating corresponding electric pulses (4) propagating in opposite directions along the apparatus (3) from the discharge site (2) comprises the steps: (11) of detecting the pulses (4) picked up by a first and a second sensor (5, 7), connected to the apparatus (3) and spaced out along the same; (15) of deriving shape, phase and amplitude parameters for each of the signals detected; (17) of separating the sets of signals detected in each sensor into respective subsets which are uniform in terms of pulse waveform; (18) of identifying the subsets of signals relating to partial discharges and classifying them; (19) of correlating the subsets relating to different sensors and similarly classified, in order to derive a pair of subsets of signals relating to the same discharge site (2); (12) of selecting, for the pair of correlated subsets, at least one pair of homologous pulses (4) detType: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: TECHIMP TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L.Inventors: Stefano Serra, Andrea Cavallini, Gian Carlo Montanari, Gaetano Pasini
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Patent number: 8055459Abstract: An instrument (1) and a method for measuring pulses of partial electrical discharges in an electrical system comprise data processing means (5) operatively associated both with an input stage (2), able to receive an analogue signal (3) representing said pulses and to provide a digital representation of the entire wave form of the pulses, to receive said digital representation, extract the value of predetermined parameters relating to the wave form of the pulses and transfer to and output stage (4) a processed digital signal comprising said values, the processing means (5) being able to operate substantially in real time, i.e. with no need for a memory for the intermediate storage of the data.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Techimp Technologies S.R.L.Inventors: Gian Carlo Montanari, Gaetano Pasini, Fabiano Bettio, Andrea Cavallini, Francesco Puletti, Dario Andreani
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Publication number: 20110012586Abstract: A method for detecting, identifying and locating partial discharges occurring in a discharge site along an electric apparatus comprises the following steps: detecting (1) electrical signals in a detection station; attributing (2) to each detected signal a value of a phase parameter; deriving (3) for each signal at least one shape parameter and one amplitude parameter; separating (4) the set of signals detected into sub sets that are homogeneous relative to the shape parameter; identifying (5) sub-sets related to partial discharges and cataloguing them; repeating the above steps in a plurality of detection stations positioned along the apparatus; correlating (7) the sub-sets of signals detected in different detection stations and catalogued similarly; selecting (8) as a function of the amplitude and shape parameters of a sub-set among the correlated ones and locating (9) the partial discharges related to said sub-sets at the detection station of the selected sub-set.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: TECHIMP TECHNOLOGIES S.A.Inventors: Gian Carlo Montanari, Andrea Cavallini, Gaetano Pasini
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Publication number: 20100191486Abstract: A method for monitoring an activity of partial electrical discharges in an electric apparatus powered with direct voltage comprises the following steps, repeated in succession at predetermined time intervals: measuring (1) analogue electrical signals and generating corresponding digital signals representative of the wave form of partial discharge impulses; deriving (2) for each of said digital signals, at least one shape parameter and at least one amplitude parameter; separating (3) the set of the measured data into homogeneous sub-sets with respect to the shape parameter; correlating (4) the sub-sets of signals having similar values of the shape parameter and measured in successive steps; selecting (5) the correlated sub-sets for which the amplitude parameter has a predetermined profile over time and attributing the signals of said subsets to partial discharge activities.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: Techimp Technologies S.A.Inventors: Gian Carlo Montanari, Andrea Cavallini, Gaetano Pasini
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Publication number: 20100114509Abstract: A method for measuring and processing data pertaining to an activity of partial electrical discharges taking place in a three-phase electric machine (1) powered with square wave voltage, said data comprising a plurality of discharge signals and a plurality of sets of three values (eu, ev, ew) of power supply voltage of the machine measured in concurrence with a corresponding discharge signal, comprises the following steps: -transforming each set (eu, ev, ew) of three voltage values measured into a corresponding pair (ed, eq) of voltage values; -deriving a phase angle value from each of said pairs (ed, eq) of voltage values; -attributing to each discharge signal the corresponding phase value, to assess the measured discharge signals as a function of corresponding phase values.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: TECHIMP TECHNOLOGIES S.A.Inventors: Gian Carlo Montanari, Andrea Cavallini, Gaetano Pasini
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Publication number: 20090248327Abstract: An instrument (1) and a method for measuring pulses of partial electrical discharges in an electrical system comprise data processing means (5) operatively associated both with an input stage (2), able to receive an analogue signal (3) representing said pulses and to provide a digital representation of the entire wave form of the pulses, to receive said digital representation, extract the value of predetermined parameters relating to the wave form of the pulses and transfer to and output stage (4) a processed digital signal comprising said values, the processing means (5) being able to operate substantially in real time, i.e. with no need for a memory for the intermediate storage of the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2007Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: TECHIMP TECHNOLOGIES S.A.Inventors: Gian Carlo Montanari, Gaetano Pasini, Fabiano Bettio, Andrea Cavallini, Francesco Puletti, Dario Andreani