Application of Infrared Thermal Imaging Technology in Electric Power System

An infrared thermal imager has its incomparable dominance in the monitoring of external malfunction of electric power equipment.Since it can detect the actual temperature distribution of the electric power equipment in operation contactlessly and accurately,it has become an effective detection means used commonly by the electric power sector.When the obtained infrared thermal images are processed by using the image enhancement and edge detection methods in the MATLAB image box,the accurate fault location in the electric power equipment can be determined.