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Condition Monitoring Inspection: Thermography / Thermoscan

Condition monitoring inspections identify electrical faults in transmission lines, switchgear, and transformers using three techniques: thermography, corona discharge inspection, and partial discharge testing. Thermography detects temperature differences without contact, revealing faults. Corona discharge occurs when ionized air causes a localized electrical discharge near energized conductors. Partial discharge is a minor electrical discharge within insulation that does not bridge the entire gap, indicating developing faults. These non-intrusive tests help identify problems at an early stage to prevent outages.

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Condition Monitoring Inspection: Thermography / Thermoscan

Condition monitoring inspections identify electrical faults in transmission lines, switchgear, and transformers using three techniques: thermography, corona discharge inspection, and partial discharge testing. Thermography detects temperature differences without contact, revealing faults. Corona discharge occurs when ionized air causes a localized electrical discharge near energized conductors. Partial discharge is a minor electrical discharge within insulation that does not bridge the entire gap, indicating developing faults. These non-intrusive tests help identify problems at an early stage to prevent outages.

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Condition Monitoring Inspection 

Condition monitoring inspection is a preventive maintenance tool to identify Electrical faults in 
overhead  transmission  line,  Switch  racks,  HV  &  LV  switch  boards  &  Transformer  etc..  in  very 
minor stage. The inspection is divided in to three different formats. 

o Thermoscan Inspection 
o Corona Discharge Inspection 
o Partial Discharge test 

Thermography / Thermoscan 

Thermography or Thermoscan is a technique or technology to  read  &  record the temperature 


emitting  by  an  object  without  physical  contact.  Thermoscan  is  been  used  for  various 
applications like Medical, defense, Electrical & some monitoring process.   

Corona discharge 

Corona  Discharge  (also  known  as  the  Corona  Effect)  is  an  electrical  discharge  caused  by  the 
ionization of a fluid such as air surrounding a conductor that is electrically charged. The corona 
effect will occur in high voltage systems. 

The corona effect occurs naturally due to the fact that air is not a perfect insulator – containing 
many free electrons and ions under normal conditions. When an electric field is established in 
the air between two conductors, the free ions and electrons in the air will experience a force. 
Due  to  this  effect,  the  ions  and  free  electrons  get  accelerated  and  moved  in  the  opposite 
direction. 
The charged particles during their motion collide with one another and also with slow‐moving 
uncharged molecules. Thus the number of charged particles increases rapidly. If the electric field 
is  strong  enough,  a  dielectric  breakdown  of  air  will  occur  and  an  arc  will  form  between  the 
conductors. 

   

Partial Discharge 

Partial Discharge is an  electrical discharge that occurs across  a  localized area of the insulation 


between two conducting electrodes, without completely bridging the gap. It can be caused by 
discontinuities or imperfections in the insulation system. PD testing thus gives an indication of 
deterioration of the insulation and is an indicator of incipient faults. In general PD will occur in 
systems  operating  at  voltages  of  3000  V  and  above;  it  should  be  noted  though  that  in  some 
cases PD can also occur at lower voltages. 

PD  can  occur  at  various  points  in  the  insulation  system,  for  example:  voids  in  the  insulation 
medium, at the interface between insulation layers or in gas bubbles in liquid insulation. 

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