Corona Discharge Detection System Based on Ultraviolet Sensor and Optical Lens

Ultraviolet radiation produced by corona discharge can be used for discharge diagnosis, but the ultraviolet imager is expensive and the ultraviolet signal is susceptible to external interference during the day, so it can not accurately identify the occurrence of corona discharge. In this paper, an optical lens is designed to collect ultraviolet signal. In this paper, a corona detection method based on ultraviolet sensor and optical lens was proposed. The design of optical lens to concentrate the ultraviolet signal so as to suppress external interference was presented. By carrying out insulator corona discharge experiments, the feasibility of the proposed method was studied. Finally, a comparison and verification was made with the combination of corona discharge images collected by UV imager. Research results by this paper indicate that, when the detection distance is smaller than 5 m, and the power supply is about 700 V, the proposed corona detection method can effectively collect the ultraviolet rays generated by corona discharge, thus realizing the feasible recognition of corona discharge. Moreover, this method can feasibly reflect the changing of UV intensity with applied voltage and detection distance. The research results can provide important reference for the development and calibration of ultraviolet detection equipment.