“…In addition, the existence of insulation defects and SF 6 decomposition dramatically reduce the insulation strength of SF 6 -insulated equipment [8]. A lot of methods have been studied to detect the insulation defects, including the ultra-high frequency method (UHF) [9,10], the transient earth voltage method (TEV) [11], the ultrasonic method [12],the gas chromatographic method [13], and the gas sensor detection method [14]. However, UHF, TEV, and the ultrasonic method are easily affected by interference signals, and the gas chromatographic method is an offline detection method.…”