Method for measuring the stochastic properties of corona and partial‐discharge pulses

A new method is described for measuring the stochastic behavior of corona and partial‐discharge pulses which utilizes a pulse selection and sorting circuit in conjunction with a computer‐controlled multichannel analyzer to directly measure various conditional and unconditional pulse‐height and pulse‐time‐separation distributions. From these measured distributions it is possible to determine the degree of correlation between successive discharge pulses. Examples are given of results obtained from measurements on negative, point‐to‐plane (Trichel‐type) corona pulses in a N2/O2 gas mixture which clearly demonstrate that the phenomenon is inherently stochastic in the sense that development of a discharge pulse is significantly affected by the amplitude of and time separation from the preceding pulse. It is found, for example, that corona discharge pulse amplitude and time separation from an earlier pulse are not independent random variables. Discussions are given about the limitations of the method, sources o...

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