Time-frequency analysis of nonlinear and non-stationary weak signals of corona discharge

Abstract

It is very useful to study the signals radiated from corona discharges for the purposes of high-voltage line monitoring. Time-frequency analysis can clearly reveal the time-varying spectrum characteristics of such signals, which is very useful for analyzing and processing the non-linear and non-stationary weak signals, such as the signals radiated from corona discharges. Several time-frequency analysis methods, such as the Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT), Wigner-Ville distribution and the Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) and so on, are used in this paper. The simulation data with the same and different amplitudes are comparatively analyzed by these time-frequency distribution methods. It can be concluded that the time-frequency analysis method based on HHT is more efficient to identify and suitable for the non-linear and non-stationary weak signals.