HIGH VOLTAGE TECHNIQUES

calculation of approximated maximum electric

field on some electrode configurations
Assistant Professor Suna BOLAT

Eastern Mediterranean University
Department of Electric & Electronic Engineering
r
d
r+d
Spherical systems
Plane sphere electrode system
r
U
Spherical
electrode
Plane
electrode
Spherical
electrode
Approximated
electrode
d
plane-
sphere
concentric
spheres
Approximate maximum electric field
for plane sphere

+
+

.
+



Its not exactly equal to that, so
we put a correction factor here!
k 0.85 - 0.95
Maximum electric field for concentric spheres:

2

1

r
1
= r, r
2
= r + d, U = U
Spherical systems
Sphere sphere electrode system

r
d
r
U
Spherical
electrode
Spherical
electrode
r
d
r
r+d/2
U/2
Spherical
electrode
Approximated
electrode
Sphere-
sphere
concentric
spheres
Approximate maximum electric field
for sphere-sphere

=
/2

+ /2
+ /2

.
+ /2



k 0.85 - 0.95
Maximum electric field for concentric spheres:

2

1

r
1
= r, r
2
= r + d/2, U = U/2
r
d
r+d
Cylindrical systems
Plane cylinder electrode system
r
U
Cylindrical
electrode
Plane
electrode
Cylindrical
electrode
Approximated
electrode
d
Plane-
cylinder
Coaxial
cylinders
Approximate maximum electric field
for plane cylinder

r ln
+

r ln
+

k 0.85 - 0.95
Maximum electric field for coaxial spheres:

r
1
ln

2

1


r
1
= r, r
2
= r + d, U = U
Cylindrical systems
Cylinder - cylinder electrode system

r
U
Cylindrical
electrode
Cylindrical
electrode
r
d
r
d
r
r+d/2
U/2
Cylindrical
electrode
Approximated
electrode
cylinder-
cylinder
Coaxial
cylinder
Approximate maximum electric field
for plane cylinder

=
/2
r ln
+ /2

2r ln
+ /2

k 0.85 - 0.95
Maximum electric field for coaxial spheres:

r
1
ln

2

1


r
1
= r, r
2
= r + d/2, U = U/2
U
Can you find the
maximum field
approximately for
this configuration?
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