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Recent publications have shown that for a bearing operating at specific mechanical conditions (load, temperature, speed, and slip), electrical discharges at low current densities (&lt;1 mA\/mm2) may substantially reduce bearing life due to the formation of white etching cracks (WECs) in bearing components, often in junction with lubricants. To date, limited studies have been conducted to understand the electrical discharges at relatively low current densities (&lt;1 mA\/mm2), partially due to the lack of robust techniques for in-situ quantification of discharges. This study, using voltage measurement and electrostatic sensors, investigates discharges in an oil-lubricated steel-steel rolling contact on a TE74 twin-roller machine under a wide range of electrical and mechanical conditions. The results show that the discharges events between the rollers are influenced by temperature, load, and speed due to changes in the lubricant film thickness and contact area, and the sensors are effective in detecting, characterizing and quantifying the discharges. Hence, these sensors can be effectively used to study the influence of discharges on WEC formation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22010392","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,9]],"date-time":"2022-01-09T23:08:26Z","timestamp":1641769706000},"page":"392","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Electrical Discharges in Oil-Lubricated Rolling Contacts and Their Detection Using Electrostatic Sensing Technique"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Kamran","family":"Esmaeili","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"nCATS, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2894-6784","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ling","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"nCATS, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK"}]},{"given":"Terry J.","family":"Harvey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"nCATS, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK"}]},{"given":"Neil M.","family":"White","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electronics and Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK"}]},{"given":"Walter","family":"Holweger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"nCATS, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"615","article-title":"Eine Erscheinung an Wechsel- und Drehstromgeneratoren","volume":"25","author":"Punga","year":"1907","journal-title":"Elektrotechnik und Maschinenbau"},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"352","article-title":"Str\u00f6me in Lagern und Wellen","volume":"7","author":"Fleischmann","year":"1909","journal-title":"Elektr. 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