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Electric Field Calculation For Corona Discharge

1) Corona discharge occurs when a non-uniform electric field causes localized ionization of gas near sharp points or curved surfaces on conductors under high voltage. 2) Peek's law defines the critical voltage for triggering a visible corona discharge between two wires based on factors like the condition and radius of the wires and the distance between them. 3) The law expresses the visual critical electric field as a function of these factors, with values for disruptive electric field and a dimensional constant typically around 30-32 kV/cm and 0.301 cm1/2 respectively.

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Electric Field Calculation For Corona Discharge

1) Corona discharge occurs when a non-uniform electric field causes localized ionization of gas near sharp points or curved surfaces on conductors under high voltage. 2) Peek's law defines the critical voltage for triggering a visible corona discharge between two wires based on factors like the condition and radius of the wires and the distance between them. 3) The law expresses the visual critical electric field as a function of these factors, with values for disruptive electric field and a dimensional constant typically around 30-32 kV/cm and 0.301 cm1/2 respectively.

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Source: https://www.researchgate.

net/post/Electric-field-in-ionization-area-of-a-
corona-discharge
 a uniform electric field, a gradual increase in voltage across a gap produces a
breakdown of the gap in the form of a spark without any preliminary discharges. On
the other hand, if the field is non-uniform, an increase in voltage will first cause a
localised discharge in the gas to appear at points with the highest electric field
intensity, namely at sharp points or where the electrodes are curved or on
transmission line conductors. This form of discharge is called a corona discharge
and can be observed as a bluish luminance.
When a gradually increasing voltage is applied across two conductors, initially
nothing will be seen or heard. As the voltage is increased, the air surrounding the
conductors get ionised, and at a certain voltage a hissing noise is heard caused by
the formation of corona. This voltage is known as the disruptive critical voltage. A
further increase in the voltage would cause a visible violet glow around the
conductors. This voltage is the visual corona inception voltage.
The stress surrounding the conductor is a maximum at the conductor surface itself,
and decreases rapidly as the distance from the conductor increases. Thus when the
stress has been raised to critical value immediately surrounding the conductor,
ionisation would commence only in this region and the air in this region would
become conducting.
Under ordinary conditions, the breakdown strength of air can be taken as 30 kV/cm
(E max = 30 kV/cm, so that RMS = 30/√2 = 21.2 kV/cm). Knowing that:
1. Corona will of course be affected by the physical state of the atmosphere,
2. When the surface of the conductor is irregular, it is more liable to corona,
3. When the surface of the conductor is irregular, it is more liable to corona.
The critical electric field can then be written as in the following equation:
Ec = 21.2*m1*m2[1 + 0.3/√(d*r)] kV/cm (Peek's xpression)
m1: factor depending of conductor surface,
m2: factor of weather conditions,
d : a correction factor ,
r : he conductor radius.

Wikipedia

In physics, Peek's law defines the electric potential gap necessary for triggering a corona
discharge between two wires:
ev is the "visual critical corona voltage" or "corona inception voltage" (CIV), the voltage
required to initiate a visible corona discharge between the wires. It is named after Frank
William Peek (1881–1933).
mv is an irregularity factor to account for the condition of the wires. For smooth, polished
wires, mv = 1. For roughened, dirty or weathered wires, 0.98 to 0.93, and for cables, 0.87 to
0.83, namely the surface irregularities result in diminishing the corona threshold
voltage.
r is the radius of the wires in cm.
S is the distance between the center of the wires.
gv is the "visual critical" electric field, and is given by:

δ is the air density factor with respect to SATP (25°C and 76 cmHg):

g0 is the "disruptive electric field."


c is an empirical dimensional constant.
The values for the last two parameters are usually considered to be about 30-
32 kV/cm (in air) and 0.301 cm½ respectively. This latter law can be considered to hold
also in different setups, where the corresponding voltage is different due to geometric
reasons.

References[edit]
 Peek, F.W. (1929). Dielectric Phenomena in High Voltage
Engineering. McGraw-Hill.

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