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RECOGNITION OF DEFECTS IN HIGHVOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINES USING THE ACOUSTIC SIGNAL OF CORONA EFFECT Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, Tadeusz Wszolek, Andrzej Izworski, Wieslaw Wszolek University of Mining and Metallurgy, 30-59 Krakow, ALMickiewicza 30, Poland ABSTRACT The paper deals with the analysis of possible application of neural networks technique to recognition of typical damages of UHV transmission lines. The acoustic signal generated as a result of corona effects is used as a damage symp- tom, as its intensity is usually increased after damage occurrence or after con- tamination of the surface of a conductor or an insulator string. The primary problem in the diagnostic process is the distinguishing between signals generated as results of damages and contamination’s. The problem is not solved by methods based on the RF signal interference or by the classical methods of acoustic signal analysis. The construction and verification of the assumed diagnostic model have been carried out by experimental studies in laboratory conditions, where typical damages and contamination’s of the transmission line elements have been simu- lated. INTRODUCTION The noise generated by the corona effects in a working transmission line emerges when value of the electric field vector E on the surface of a conductor or a transmis- sion line element becomes higher than a critical field value E,,. Then microdicharge processes emerge, which are, in addition to the noise, a source of many other adverse phenomena: FW signal interference, conductor vibrations, production of ozone and nitrogen oxides. The transmission lines are designed under the condition that the maximum values of E should vary between 14 and 18 kV/cm, while the critical value Eo stays within 19-20 kV/cm range in fair weather conditions but it can fall down below 12 k