This paper reports a study on the inception condition of positive corona discharges around thundercloud hydrometeors that are simulated as a spherical point electrode. The corona inception from the hydrometeor is investigated using a model developed by Naidis (2005), which suggests that the discharge becomes self-sustaining when the number of ionizing photons produced by all secondary electron ...

This paper describes a DC surface corona discharge designed to modify the airflow around a flat plate. The electrode configuration consisted of two thin copper layers placed on each side of the plate’s attack edge. Discharge optical measurements with a photomultiplier tube indicated that the light emitted by the plasma is pulsating, at a frequency that increases with applied voltage. Moreover, ...

Partial discharge (PD) measurements are an effective tool for insulation assessment of high-voltage (HV) equipment widely used in both HV laboratories and in field tests. This paper presents the design of a test platform for electrical detection of partial discharges that contribute to the understanding of the phenomena. The test set-up comprises a collection of electrodes for the production of...

Time-of-flight measurements were made of neutral helium atom beams extracted from a repetitive, pulsed, positive-point corona discharge. Two strong neutral peaks, one fast and one slow, were observed, accompanied by a prompt photon peak and a fast ion peak. All peaks were correlated with the pulsing of the discharge. The two types of atoms appear to be formed by different mechanisms at differen...

Effect of solution conductivity on production of H2O2, H2 and O2 generated by the pulsed corona discharge in water has been investigated. Hydrogen was dominant product of plasmachemical activity of the discharge when its formation significantly increased with increasing solution conductivity. Compared to H2O2 its production rose from ratio of 2:1 at 100 μS/cm up to 5:1 at 500 μS/cm. Possible ro...

Abstract With the vigorous growth of UHV transmission projects, lines crossing high-altitude areas are inevitable, and degree corona discharge in is more intense. The electromagnetic environmental problems caused by have gradually become one key technical restricting areas. To investigate how height affects positive polarity corona’s characteristics, using movable small cage to carry out experi...