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    Bushing design involves a cylindrical conductor surrounded by an insulating cylinder fixed to an earthed barrier. The electric field distribution is non-uniform, with the highest stress at the 'triple junction' where the insulating cylinder meets the earthed wall and external medium. This can trigger partial discharges known as 'gliding discharges' along the insulating cylinder's surface, potentially leading to tracking or flashover. Initiating and propagating gliding discharges is easier when the unit capacitance of the insulation is greater, determining the flashover voltage. The best way to increase a bushing's flashover withstand voltage is by improving the electric field distribution, through capacitive control for AC applications using metallic screens, or resistive control for

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    Bushing design involves a cylindrical conductor surrounded by an insulating cylinder fixed to an earthed barrier. The electric field distribution is non-uniform, with the highest stress at the 'triple junction' where the insulating cylinder meets the earthed wall and external medium. This can trigger partial discharges known as 'gliding discharges' along the insulating cylinder's surface, potentially leading to tracking or flashover. Initiating and propagating gliding discharges is easier when the unit capacitance of the insulation is greater, determining the flashover voltage. The best way to increase a bushing's flashover withstand voltage is by improving the electric field distribution, through capacitive control for AC applications using metallic screens, or resistive control for

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    Bushing design involves a cylindrical conductor surrounded by an insulating cylinder fixed to an earthed barrier. The electric field distribution is non-uniform, with the highest stress at the 'triple junction' where the insulating cylinder meets the earthed wall and external medium. This can trigger partial discharges known as 'gliding discharges' along the insulating cylinder's surface, potentially leading to tracking or flashover. Initiating and propagating gliding discharges is easier when the unit capacitance of the insulation is greater, determining the flashover voltage. The best way to increase a bushing's flashover withstand voltage is by improving the electric field distribution, through capacitive control for AC applications using metallic screens, or resistive control for

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    Bushing Design

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    Hamayoun Murtaza
    Bushing design involves a cylindrical conductor surrounded by an insulating cylinder fixed to an earthed barrier. The electric field distribution is non-uniform, with the highest stress at the 'triple junction' where the insulating cylinder meets the earthed wall and external medium. This can trigger partial discharges known as 'gliding discharges' along the insulating cylinder's surface, potentially leading to tracking or flashover. Initiating and propagating gliding discharges is easier when the unit capacitance of the insulation is greater, determining the flashover voltage. The best way to increase a bushing's flashover withstand voltage is by improving the electric field distribution, through capacitive control for AC applications using metallic screens, or resistive control for

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    BUSHING DESIGN

    The basic principle in all bushing design is relatively straightforward: it consists of a


    cylindrical conductor surrounded by an insulating solid cylinder that is mechanically fixed
    to the earthed barrier. The distribution of electric field inside such a construction, however,
    is highly non-uniform in terms of both axial and radial components. The highest stress
    concentration appears at the so-called triple junction between the earthed wall, the
    insulating cylinder and the gaseous or liuid medium outside the bushing body. This
    locali!ed high concentration of stress can trigger the onset of partial discharges.
    These discharges are often referred to as gliding discharges since they have a strong
    capacitive coupling to the bushings internal conductor and therefore proceed along the
    insulating cylinders surface. They can lead to trac"ing along the bushing and even result
    in flash over.
    #nitiation of gliding discharges as well as their subseuent development becomes easier
    when the unit capacitance of the insulation $i.e. across its thic"ness% is greater. Therefore,
    the voltage level for their ignition and propagation $virtually eual to flash over voltage% is
    determined by this parameter. This stands in contrast to other types of discharges, where
    the typical controlling parameter is electrode separation distance.
    &ecause of such considerations, the best way to increase a bushings flash over withstand
    voltage is by improving the electric field distribution along its surface. This can be achieved
    in a number of ways although, in the case of higher voltage levels, the most effective
    means is through capacitive control for '( applications and resistive control for )(
    applications.
    (apacitive control is based on inserting metallic screens
    into the solid insulation of the bushing, essentially forming
    a system of in series connected capacitors whose
    magnitude depends on their geometrical arrangement.
    *erhaps the most freuently used and effective solution is
    when series capacitances are maintained at eual levels.
    The impact of modifying field distribution in this way is
    illustrated in +igure ,.
    #nserting metallic screens during manufacture of a bushing
    can be demanding and at times labor-intensive, although
    modern condenser core winding euipment has made this
    tas" increasingly automated. #n the case of paper insulated
    bushings, metallic foils are inserted between the different
    paper layers.
    (hoosing the appropriate radius and length of these screens then allows for the series
    capacitance desired. -ptimal resistive control of electric field distribution in the case of )(
    bushings usually involves covering the critical region near the electrode with semi-
    conducting layers. The aim here is to increase resistance with increasing distance from the
    earthed electrode.

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