Application and Practice of Digital Twin Technology in Monitoring Status of Power Equipment in Converter Valve Hall

The internal power equipment of ultrahigh voltage converter valve hall is numerous and complex in structure, involving the various information elements such as the temperature and vibration. Moreover, the gas inside ultra-high voltage converter bushing is SF6 gas. Under the current over-load condition of the converter bushing, SF6 gas will decompose. This article focuses on the SF6 gas equipment inside the ultrahigh pressure converter valve hall as the research object, and analyzes specific types and content of SF6 gas decomposition products. In order to effectively detect gas content in the digital twin model of the converter transformer bushing, the new portable SF6 gas chromatograph, laser detection technology and device for HF gas, and partial discharge detection technology research using the acoustic electric coupling method are carried out, providing the effective means for onsite detection of hidden faults in operating equipment. Research has shown the digital twin technology can effectively detect the absorption spectra of gases such as O2, H20, CO, CO2, CF4, SO2, H2S, SOF2, and SO2F2. On the other hand, through digital twin partial discharge detection technology, it is effectively found that the SO2 inside the UHV converter sleeve is 29μL/L, H2S is 4μL/L, CO is 36μL/L, HF=0, detected SO2 and H2S components, determined as the insulation heating defect. The research results of paper provide theoretical and data support for operation status monitoring of SF6 gas insulated power equipment inside the ultra-high voltage converter valve hall.