Rate of Change (Trend)
∆ PPM, PPM/day or PPM/Year What make sense?
- C. Beauchemin
TJH2b Analytical Services Inc. IEEE Transformer Committee Fall 2013 Meeting C57.104 St-Louis, October 20 – 24, 2013
Rate of Change (Trend) PPM, PPM/day or PPM/Year What make sense? - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Rate of Change (Trend) PPM, PPM/day or PPM/Year What make sense? C. Beauchemin IEEE Transformer Committee TJH2b Analytical Services Inc. Fall 2013 Meeting C57.104 St-Louis, October 20 24, 2013 Fall 2012 Luiz Cheim presentation
TJH2b Analytical Services Inc. IEEE Transformer Committee Fall 2013 Meeting C57.104 St-Louis, October 20 – 24, 2013
Time between sampling
0.001 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.005 0.006 0.007 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Sampling Interval Days Density
26 Days 91 Days 186 Days 365 Days 735 Days 942 Days 1107 Days 551 Days
Time between sampling
0.001 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.005 0.006 0.007 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Sampling Interval Days Density
1 Month 3 Months 6 Months 1 Year 2 Years 2.5 Years 3 Years 1.5 Years
Time between sampling
0.001 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.005 0.006 0.007 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Sampling Interval Days Density
Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long Week
Sampling Intervals
2% 5% 7% 11% 57% 10% 4% 4%
Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
First Quartile (25%) Third Quartile (75%) Median 50% of Population Q1 - 1.5 IQR Q3 + 1.5 IQR Outliers Outliers Inter Quartile Range
CH4 PPM / Year
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
CH4 PPM / Year
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
CH4 PPM / Year
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
95 Percentile Rate VS Sampling Interval
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval 95 Percentile Rate (ppm/year)
A ratio of 463 between “weekly” and “long term” sampling !!
Sampling Period PPM/Year PPM/Day Week 3115 8.5 Month 1028 2.8 Quarter 235 0.64 Half Year 55 0.15 1 Year 19 0.052 2 Years 12 0.033 3 Years 8.3 0.023 Long 6.7 0.018 95 Percentile of Rate
Example of Fixed Delta / Increasing Sampling Period
1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 < 3 3 - 5 5 - 10 10 - 15 15 - 30 30 - 60 60 - 90 90 - 120 120 - 180 180 - 240 240 - 365 > 365
Sampling Period Days PPM / Year
Example of Fixed Delta / Increasing Sampling Period
1 10 100 1000 10000 < 3 3 - 5 5 - 10 10 - 15 15 - 30 30 - 60 60 - 90 90 - 120 120 - 180 180 - 240 240 - 365 > 365
Sampling Period Days PPM / Year
CH4 Delta PPM
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
20 40 60 80 100 120 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
All samples
90 Percentile PPM
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval 90 Percentile PPM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 % Samples > Condition 4
All samples
Percentage of Samples above condition 4
20 40 60 80 100 120 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 % Samples > Condition 4
95 Percentile Absolute Change and % of Samples above Condition 4
20 40 60 80 100 120 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 % Samples > Condition 4
Percentage of points With CH4 in Condition 4 PPM Change between samples
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
20 40 60 80 100 120 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
All Points Points Condition 4 Removed
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
20 40 60 80 100 120 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
All Points Points Condition 4 Removed Points Condition 3 & 4 Removed
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
20 40 60 80 100 120 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
All Points Points Condition 4 Removed Points Condition 3 & 4 Removed Points Condition 2 & 3 & 4 Removed
H2 Delta PPM
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 % Samples > Condition 4
C2H4 Delta PPM
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
20 40 60 80 100 120 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 % Samples > Condition 4
C2H2 Delta PPM
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 % Samples > Condition 4
CO Delta PPM
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
100 200 300 400 500 600 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 % Samples > Condition 4
CO2 Delta PPM
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 % Samples > Condition 4
C2H6 Delta PPM
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 % Samples > Condition 4
TDCG Delta PPM
Week Month Quarter Half Year Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
95 Percentile Absolute Change VS Sampling Interval
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Week Month Quarter Half Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Long
Sampling Interval Delta (ppm)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 % Samples > Condition 4
Period: <= 1.5 Year 1.5 - 2.5 Years >= 2.5 Years H2 CH4 C2H4 C2H2 C2H6 15 25 30 CO 200 300 400 CO2 2000 2500 3000 TDCG 300 400 500 Maximum PPM variation between sample 40 25 15 1