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 What is Corona Effect

 Factors Affecting Corona
Conten Reducing Methods of
ts Corona Effect
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What is Corona
Effect?
The phenomenon
of ionization of
surrounding air around
the conductor, hissing
noise and production
of Ozone gas in an
overhead transmission
line is known as
Corona Effect.
Why Corona Effect Produce
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in Tx-Line?
 When the transmission line voltage is grater than
critical Discruptive voltage, the surrounding inside
the conductor gets ionized and produce bluish-
white glow inside the Tx-line, Called corona effect
in transmission line.

 Critical Discruptive voltage is minimum phase-

phase neutral voltage at which corona.

 Due to corona effect Tx-line generate small amount

sound energy called as hissing sound.
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Factors Affecting
Corona
 Atmosphere
 Spacing between conductors
 Supply voltage
 Air density factor
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Reducing
Methods of Corona
Effect
 By increasing conductor spacing
 By increasing conductor size
 Using bundled conductors
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Continued
By increasing conductor size: ACSR conductors
have a larger cross-sectional area are used to reduce
the Corona effect in transmission lines.
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Using bundled conductors: Bundled conductors
produce less resistance and thus losses are reduced.
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