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Published on: February 5, 2017
An electric field measurement method based on electro-optical modulation for corona discharge in air
Xing Fan1, Weijiang Chen1, Qiaogen Zhang1
1State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
Abstract:
To study corona discharge in air, it is important to measure the electric field in the discharge space, which is directly related to the corona discharge process. In this paper, we present a method for measuring the electric field with electro-optical modulation. This method uses space laser modulation based on Bi4Ge3O12 (BGO) crystals, and we suggest using the dual optical path difference method to improve the measurement performance. The measurement error is analyzed from theory, including the measurement error of a highly inhomogeneous electric field and the error due to theoretical approximation. In system calibration, the system noise and the dual optical path difference method were analyzed. The dynamic linear range is determined, and measurement effectiveness in the severely nonuniform electric field is verified by comparison with a finite element numerical simulation. We measured the electric field in Trichel pulses under negative dc voltage and found electric field pulses. These measurement results show that the characteristics of Trichel pulses are directly related to the electric field. Therefore, this method can provide strong support for the study of corona discharges.
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