Analysis of Optical Radiation Generated by Electrical Discharges on Support Insulator
P. Frącz, T. Boczar, D. Zmarzły and T. Szczyrba
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Computer Science, Opole University of Technology, Prószkowska 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland
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Subject of the paper concerns determination of the feasibility and indication of the application scope of optical spectroscopy methods in the diagnosis of high-voltage insulators. Results of measurements of optical radiation emitted by partial and complete electrical discharges occurring on a support insulator model placed in air are presented in the paper. Registration was performed using a spectrophotometer, enabling for measurement of optical radiation in the range from 200 to 1800 nm. The primary objective of the laboratory tests was to evaluate the impact of supply voltage changes in the range from 0 to 60 kV on the intensity and spectral character of the optical radiation emitted by electric discharges generated on the porcelain insulation surface of the support insulator. In the scope of studies analyzes of the effects of voltage changes on the obtained spectral wave forms were performed, whereby voltage increase and reduction was examined separately. Additionally, measurements and analyzes carried out included impact estimation of the time period as the voltage was applied to the high-voltage electrodes on the course of optical phenomena related to the generation of electrical discharges.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.124.413
PACS numbers: 79.60.Bm, 42.79.Pw, 52.80.Hc