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FACE

FIELD AND CORONA EFFECTS

Field And Corona Effects Solver

​FACE provides the tools to determine the field and corona effects of high voltage AC, DC, and AC/DC transmission lines.  Such effects include:

  • Corona loss

  • Audible noise

  • Radio interference

  • Magnetic and static electric fields

  • Ionized fields, ionized charges, and ionized currents

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FACE calculates losses of electricity and energy with empirically proven formulas based on industry standards.  It uses a semi-analytical method to compute radio interferences, where a user-defined parameter generates functions that are available in literature.   A frequency domain model analysis technique is utilized to rigorously examine the effects of the transmission line geometrics.  The charge-free fields are calculated by the methods of successive images.  Ionized fields are computed by implementing an algorithm for non-linear two-point values for at ground DC cases, above ground DC cases, and hybrid cases.  

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Features and Benefits:

  • User friendly and intuitive GUI

  • Analyze the fields and corona effects surrounding AC, DC, and hybrid transmission lines

  • Evaluate the lateral profiles of the field and corona effects in a user-defined manner

  • Higher-order successive image method for calculating conductor surface gradients

  • Efficient method for computing ionized electric fields, ion charge densities, and ion current densities for DC and hybrid lines

  • Customizable measuring heights 

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