Detection of failures in HV surge arrester using chaos pattern with deep learning neural network

Abstract As a protective component of HV equipment, the primary function of a surge arrester is to mitigate the impact of surge voltages. When a surge arrester fails, the equipment it protects becomes vulnerable to damage. This study integrates chaotic systems with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to diagnose faults in HV surge arresters. The Partial Discharge (PD) test was initially performed on six HV surge arrester fault models. The Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) was performed for filtering the PD signals. Subsequently, the Chen‐Lee chaotic system converted the filtered PD signals into a dynamic error scatter diagram, creating a feature map of various fault states. This feature map was then used as the input layer to train the CNN model. The results demonstrate that the proposed CNN achieved an accuracy of 97.0%, outperforming AlexNet and traditional methods using Histograms of Oriented Gradients (HOG) combined with Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Tree (DT), Backpropagation Neural Network (BPNN), and K‐Nearest Neighbor (KNN). This study also incorporates the LabVIEW graphic control software with a fault diagnosis system for HV surge arresters. The PD data can identify the fault type in real‐time, enhancing power equipment maintenance efficiency.