<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the high voltage domain, the Corona discharge represents one of the most disturbing problems for the companies that transport electricity. Corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of a fluid surrounding a conductor that is electrically energized. To combat this phenomenon it is necessary to keep high voltage power lines under surveillance and try to maintain losses at a reasonable value. The best manner to do this thing is by using a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft vehicle having on board the necessary sensors for detecting Corona discharge. In this paper we will focus on extracting and detecting high voltage lines from the images received from an UAV which will be analyzed using a number ofMATLAB functions. To detect lines into an image the Radon transformwill be used which is an integral transform that maps a function to its integrals over lines.</p></abstract>

In the high voltage domain, the Corona discharge represents one of the most disturbing problems for the companies that transport electricity. Corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of a fluid surrounding a conductor that is electrically energized. To combat this phenomenon it is necessary to keep high voltage power lines under surveillance and try to maintain losses at a reasonable value. The best manner to do this thing is by using a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft vehicle having on board the necessary sensors for detecting Corona discharge. In this paper we will focus on extracting and detecting high voltage lines from the images received from an UAV which will be analyzed using a number ofMATLAB functions. To detect lines into an image the Radon transformwill be used which is an integral transform that maps a function to its integrals over lines.

Detection Of High Voltage Lines Based On Analyzing Images Received From An UAV In Order To Detect Corona Discharge

Military Technical Academy, Bucharest, Romania

Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium

International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION

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In the high voltage domain, the Corona discharge represents one of the most disturbing problems for the companies that transport electricity. Corona discharge...

Detection Of High Voltage Lines Based On Analyzing Images Received From An UAV In Order To Detect Corona Discharge

Published Online: Nov 24, 2015

Page range: 760 - 763

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2015-0128

Keywords
Corona discharge, UAV, high voltage power lines, image analysis, Radon transform

© 2015 Cristian Vidan et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Detection Of High Voltage Lines Based On Analyzing Images Received From An UAV In Order To Detect Corona Discharge

Published Online: Nov 24, 2015

Page range: 760 - 763

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2015-0128

KeywordsCorona discharge, UAV, high voltage power lines, image analysis, Radon transform

© 2015 Cristian Vidan et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Corona discharge, UAV, high voltage power lines, image analysis, Radon transform