The motion of the microscopic substances in t ansformer oil is investigated for the case:-
(1) With needle and plane electrodes.
When the voltage undei critical value is applied for the electrodes at large spacing, the microscopic substances migrate by the dielectric field only, i. e. towards the needle electode. Above the critical voltAge, however, the circulation towards the plane electrode appears by the ion pressure, as the oil next to the needle electrode is very highly stressed.
For the electrodes at short spacing, the migration towards the needle electrode tends to disappear, because the attractive force due to the dielectric field, a little apart from the centre line of the electrodes, more rapidly decreases at short spacing compared with that at large spacing.
(2) With sphere electrodes.
The microscopic substantes migrate towards the comparatively large fibrousmaterials partly bridged across the gap, therefore the sence of the eddy current in this case depends on the dielectric field only.
(3) The wave form of the applied voltage is explained by the Lichtenberg's figure on the rotating film.
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