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Partial discharge display: (a) void; point to plane. (b)

where $Vv is the voltage drop in the void at breakdown (Fig. 18.3). The capacitance Cais usually much greater than c b and aproximately expressed as (18.6) After the void breakdown the system restores the voltage across the capacitor c b to its original value, and this requires a charge eato be suppli~d tob . This charge is the apparent charge and is given by c
(18.7)

From equations (18.6) and (18.7) the apparent and actual charges are related by the approximate expression
R

~ommercial partial discharge measuring instruments are usually calibrated in terns of apparent charge. Figure 18.6 shows simplified circuit for a detection, employing a pass RC differentiator to sense the highequency signals generated by P pulses. The RC network acts as a single-pole high-pass filter whose function is ana1ogous to that of the powerfrequency separation filter in conventional PD detection equipment. With