“…They typically happen inside cavities, cracks, or any foreign material present in a solid insulator, or bubbles in the liquid dielectric as noted in references [11,12]. Manufacturing defects [36], surface contamination [38], operating environment such as temperature and humidity [28,29] and ageing of material [15,37] can initiate PD event and the type of applied voltage and the insulation medium [29][30][31][32][33]. The theory of PD occurrence is essentially identical for all PD types, therefore the below mentioned categorization is simply a way of organizing it based on discharge location and the various forms it takes.…”