Development of High-Voltage Discharge Fault Detection System

A high-voltage discharge fault detection system was developed based on ultraviolet (UV) image processing technology. By making use of image processing theory, the interference of noises in ultraviolet images was effectively eliminated. In addition, a fault state recognition method was established and tested for the high-voltage discharge fault detection with the data from the developed system. And an approach based on RBF artificial neural network theory is proposed. According to the results simulated by MATLAB program, the developed system as well as the fault state recognition method could identify device faults and operation conditions accurately,and also they match well. Therefore, the developed high-voltage discharge fault detection system using UV image processing technology has potential for practical use.