APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING AND DETECTING ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus, method and system for measuring and optionally detecting an electrical discharge having a discharge magnitude, wherein the electrical discharge causes a corresponding emission of optical radiation. The apparatus embodies the system and method in accordance with the invention, wherein the method comprises measuring electrical discharge by firstly storing pre-determined calibration data comprising calibrated quantitative measurement values associated with magnitudes of electrical discharge and detector parameters corresponding thereto, the detector parameters being operating parameters associated with the optical detector, receiving and processing a particular detector parameter with the stored calibration data to detect an electrical discharge, and determine a quantitative measurement associated with the magnitude of the detected electrical discharge.

主权项

1. An apparatus for detecting and measuring an electrical discharge having a discharge magnitude, wherein the electrical discharge causes a corresponding emission of optical radiation, the apparatus comprising:
an optical receiver arrangement configured to receive optical radiation from a scene comprising a source of a potential electrical discharge; a first image forming means configured to form an image based on the optical radiation received by the optical receiver arrangement; a measurement system comprising:
an optical detector optically coupled to the optical receiver arrangement to receive and process the optical radiation from the optical receiver arrangement to generate a detector output;a memory device storing pre-determined calibration data comprising calibrated quantitative measurement values associated with magnitudes of electrical discharge and detector parameters corresponding thereto, the detector parameters being operating parameters associated with the optical detector; anda quantitative measurement module configured to receive and process a particular detector parameter with the stored calibration data thereby to detect an electrical discharge, and determine a quantitative measurement associated with the magnitude of the detected electrical discharge; a display device for displaying images formed by the first image forming means; and an image processor configured to overlay the determined quantitative measurement onto the image displayed by the display device.