The Distribution of the Discharge Current from a Local Discharge on an Electrolytic Solution and the Solution Surface

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An electrolytic solution surface was used to simulate the surface of wet polluted insulators. A local discharge propagates on the solution surface when the voltage is applied to the surface. The electrical contact between the local discharge on the electrolytic solution and the solution surface was examined. The distribution of the current from the local discharge to the solution is estimated from the potential distribution measured with the probes placed in the solution. The resistivity of the solution is varied from about 80 to 370Ω cm. The impulse voltages of 2/80 μs, 10/800 μs and 100/2500 μs are used as the applied voltage. The peak value of the applied voltage was 1.05 to 1.4 times the 50% flashover voltage V_<50> under each set of experimental conditions. As a result, it is found that most of the discharge current flows from the tip part of the local discharge, and the current from the local discharge column is considerably low. Further, the distribution of the current from the local discharge to the solution is found to be hardly influenced by the resistivity of the solution, the peak value of the applied voltage or the applied voltage waveform.