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Title: Partial discharge characteristics of liquid-impregnated laminate dielectric structures

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Foil-edge partial discharge phenomena in high energy density, spirally-wound capacitors have been investigated. A partial discharge dependency on V has been found to exist in liquid-impregnated, laminar plastic film dielectric structures. Experiments support the hypothesis that electric charges are injected into the dielectric regions near the foil edge by field-controlled charge injection during impressed voltage transients. The resulting conduction current space charge can establish equilibrium by reduction of the electric field intensity below the partial discharge inception threshold. A temporal characterization of this space charge injection is discussed relative to the effect on partial discharge inception at the foil edge.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6049692
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-81-2119; CONF-811112-1; ON: DE81028745
Resource Relation:
Conference: IEEE conference on electrical insulation and dielectric phenomena, Pokenose, NJ, USA, Nov 1981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English