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Electrical Discharges
release and transmission of electricity in an applied electric
field through a medium - solid,liquid and gaseous
PD Definition
Types of PD
Types of
Internal PDs Surface
Discharge Discharge
External
Discharge
Types of PD
Internal discharges
External discharges
TYPES OF PARTIAL DISCHARGES
SURFACE DISCHARGES
INTERNAL DISCHARGES
EXTERNAL DISCHARGES
PARTIAL DISCHARGES
Effect of
partial
discharge….
Cause gradual
deterioration of the
insulating materials,
sometimes over a period
of several years, leading
perhaps to eventual
failure.
PARTIAL DISCHARGES
Deterioration in
Does not the quality of
cause insulating
complete materials
breakdown on
the dielectric
Characteristics
d
dc
d 𝜀c< 𝜀
dc dc << d
INTERNAL PARTIAL DISCHARGES
INTERNAL PARTIAL DISCHARGES
dc
d - dc
d
INTERNAL PARTIAL DISCHARGES
V
1 d
1 + −1
r dc
Vc = Ecb d c
INTERNAL PARTIAL DISCHARGES
1 d
Vi = E cb d c 1+ −1
r dc
INTERNAL PARTIAL DISCHARGES
Energy dissipated in the cavity in one discharge
1 CcCb
C c
V 2c
2 (C a C b)
But,
Cb
Vc Va
C b
Cc
Accompanied by effects
such as visible light,
audible noise, electric
current, energy loss,
radio interference,
mechanical vibrations
and chemical reactions
Results in CHARACTERISTICS
chemical
effects
Loss of
electric power
CLASSIFICATION