Partial Discharge Measurements for a Twisted Pair of Insulated Conductors at Low Pressures in Air, Argon and Helium (Postprint)

Abstract

This report was developed under a SBIR contract. Partial discharge (PD) measurements in air, argon and helium, under pressures from 101.3 kPa (760 Torr) down to 0.27 kPa (2 Torr), have been performed for both 60 Hz ac and dc energization. The electrode arrangement is a twisted pair of insulated conductors taken from a standard aircraft wiring harness. The paper describes the physical PD test setup, the electrical connections for ac energization, and specifies the twisted pair arrangement of the insulated conductors. The results are presented in terms of PD current pulse waveforms and their analysis reflecting the effects of pressure and voltage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA464772

Entities

People

  • D. F. Grosjean
  • D. G. Kasten
  • D. L. Schweickart
  • S. A. Sebo
  • X. Liu

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Air Pressure
  • Aircrafts
  • Amplitude
  • Connectors
  • Contracts
  • Electrical Insulation
  • Electrodes
  • Insulation
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Small Business
  • Standards
  • Voltage
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems