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Lecture 10 - Corona Discharge Loss PDF
Lecture 10 - Corona Discharge Loss PDF
GENERATION AND
TRANSMSSION
1
Reference
Electrical Power System, D.Das, new Age
Publishing, 2006.
Corona Discharge Loss
Corona Loss = power dissipated in T-line due
to corona discharge
Corona Discharge : an electrical discharge
brought on by the ionization of a fluid
surrounding a conductor that is electrically
energized.
The discharge will occur when the strength
(potential gradient) of the electric field around
the conductor is high enough (more than the
critical value) to form a conductive region, but
not high enough to cause electrical breakdown
or arcing to nearby objects.
Disruptive Critical Voltage : minimum
voltage at which disruption of air occurs and
corona starts.
It is often seen as a bluish (or other color)
glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal
conductors carrying high voltages.
Corona image
Effect of Corona Loss
m0 , irregularity factor
Example 1
Example 2
irregularity factor, m0 = 0.85.