K HULNA

UNIVERSITY OF
E NGINEERING AND
T ECHNOLOGY

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

High Voltage Engineering

Course Code : EE 4123

CORONA
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Definition & Corona Formation
 Necessary Terminology
Factors affecting corona
Advantages and Disadvantages
Reducing corona effect

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• The phenomenon of violet glow, hissing noise and production of ozone
gas in an overhead transmission line is known as corona.

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 Important Terms
▪ Critical disruptive voltage. It is the minimum phase-neutral voltage at which corona occurs.
go = breakdown strength of air {76 cm Hg and 25ºC}
= 30 kV/cm (max) or 21·2 kV/cm (r.m.s.)

Practical Condition

Where, δ = air density factor=

= irregularity factor= 1 for polished conductors

= 0·98 to 0·92 for dirty conductors
= 0·87 to 0·8 for stranded conductors

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• Visual critical voltage. It is the minimum phase-neutral voltage at which corona glow
appears all along the line conductors.

• Power loss due to corona. Formation of corona is always accompanied by energy loss which is
dissipated in the form of light, heat, sound and chemical action. When disruptive voltage is
exceeded, the power loss due to corona is given by :

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Factors affecting corona

• Atmosphere
• Conductor condition
• Spacing between conductors
• Line voltage
• Frequency
• Surface condition and size
• Clearance from ground
• Effect of load current

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Advantages and Disadvantages

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Reducing corona effect

• Conductors with large diameters

• Hollow conductors
• Bundled conductors
• Increasing conductor Spacing