Development of Measurement Device Applied to Radiometric Systems

This work presents the main stages of the development of a new radiometric system, based on a new measurement device for replacing the digital oscilloscope. Once triggering principles of the commercially available digital oscilloscopes are not adequate for totally guaranteeing the recording of the irradiated electromagnetic field from the circuit breaker chambers, the main topic of this paper. This achievement represents a new generation of radiometric measurement systems applied to the assessment of power circuit breakers. Because of the non-invasive nature of this kind of assessment radiometric measurements are likely to be widely deployed in power systems because it eliminates the need for equipment under analysis in stopping its operation. Moreover, results obtained from the deployment of the new system on power substations are shown.