Comparison of SF6/N2 and SF6/CO2 gas mixtures as alternatives to SF6 gas

The interest in SF₆ gas mixtures has been re-ignited in recent years by the issue of the greenhouse effect of the SF₆ gas, and most research work is now focused on a SF₆/N₂ gas mixture, which is suitable for application in electrical apparatus with slightly non-uniform fields. This paper presents a comparison of SF₆/N₂ and SF₆/CO₂ gas mixtures with a viewpoint of their possible applications to gas-insulated transformers, where both highly non-uniform field problems and partial discharges in gas/film insulation are inevitable. It is shown that in this case the dielectric strength of SF₆/CO₂ is superior to that of SF₆/N ₂ with a minor disadvantage related to the gas decomposition in SF₆/CO₂. However, this may not be a problem for the SF₆/CO₂ gas mixture to be used in gas-insulated transformers, where internal breakdown is not allowed     

Partial discharge and breakdown mechanisms in ultra-dilute SF6/N2 gas mixtures

With the goal of reducing SF₆ gas usage, we investigated partial discharge (PD) and breakdown (BD) mechanisms in ultra-dilute (0 to 1%) SF₆/N₂ gas mixtures. The experimental results and discussions are given in this paper. In particular, we focused our research on the transition characteristics of the electrical insulation performance with an extremely small amount of SF₆ content, the PD behavior on the applied voltage, and the relation among prebreakdown streamer, return stroke and BD. Moreover, we discussed the PD and so mechanisms with reference of space charge behavior. From these results, the transition threshold at which the influence of SF₆ gas on the discharge characteristics began to appear, was clarified to be SF₆ content k=10 ppm for a total pressure of 0.1 MPa     

SF6/N2 mixtures: basic and HV insulationproperties

The widespread use of SF₆ by the electric power and other industries has led to increased concentrations of SF₆ in the atmosphere. This causes concern as to possible effects on global warming, because SF₆ is a potent greenhouse gas. This paper first touches on this issue and then documents the behavior of high pressure gases such as N₂ and SF₆/N₂ mixtures that can be realistically considered as acceptable intermediate or long-term replacements for pure SF₆ in some HV applications. The possible use of dilute SF₆/N₂ mixtures as an alternative to pure SF₆ for some of industry's insulation needs (albeit at higher pressure) is documented, and existing knowledge on these mixtures and on the individual components (N₂ and SF₆), both basic and applied, is compiled. A guide to existing literature is provided     

Anomalous creeping flashover characteristics in N2/SF6 mixed gas under single pulse voltage

Creeping flashover characteristics for the needle electrode-plane electrode filled with N₂/SF₆ gas mixtures have been investigated. In the case of the needle-plane configuration, the flashover voltage was enhanced by an admixture of SF₆ into N ₂. On the other hand, by the insertion of a solid dielectric barrier between the needle and the plane, only the negative creeping flashover voltage was reduced drastically by the admixture of SF₆ gas into N₂ gas, and a highly emissive region at the top of a creeping corona was found in N₂/SF₆ gas mixture. This behavior is strongly affected by the creeping corona extension process, depending on the creeping distance and the gas pressure     

Recovery of SF6 from N2/SF6 gasmixtures by using a polymer membrane

The investigation of gas recovery from N₂/SF₆ gas mixtures using a polymer membrane has been reported. It has been shown that the purity of recovered gas, the recovery loss, and the gas handling speed depend on various parameters such as original gas mixing ratio, gas feeding pressure, gas flow rate, and temperature of the membrane. A gas recovering system with two membrane separators connected in cascade has proved to be very efficient in attaining high purity in a recovered gas, with negligibly small recovery loss and high handling speed for practical use. Furthermore, this system could be applied for CO₂/SF₆, He/SF ₆ and even for ternary mixtures such as N₂/CO₂/SF₆ without any modification in the system, where we expect much better performance in comparison with N ₂/SF₆     

Fast and slow electrons in liquid Ar and N2 mixtures

Fast and slow electron current signals in N₂/Ar liquid mixtures have been observed. From the fast signal, the drift velocity and life time of delocalized electrons in the liquid with N₂ molar fractions X=N₂/(N₂+Ar) below 20 mol% were obtained for field strengths E between 5 and 45 kV/cm. The mobility for delocalized electrons in the liquids was shown to decrease exponentially with X as indicated in a previous paper. However, the mobility for localized electrons was shown to increase with increasing X, but only slightly around the N₂ liquid value     

Very fast transient overvoltages in GIS with compressed SF6-N2 gas mixtures

This paper discusses the characteristics of very fast transient overvoltages (VFTO) in SF₆-N₂ gas mixtures at different percentages of SF₆. A comparison of the VFTO characteristics of pure SF₆ with those of pure N₂ is also presented. The investigations are performed using a laboratory model GIS bus duct having a test gap used for simulating a switching event leading to the generation of VFTO. A capacitive voltage sensor is used to measure the VFTO peak magnitude and temporal characteristics. Measurements were carried out at two different gap spacings (0.20 and 0.61 mm) over a pressure range of 100 to 500 kPa. VFTO characteristics for N₂, SF₆ and SF₆-N₂ mixtures obtained from the experiments show similar trends. The level of surge peak magnitude is <2.0 pu for all cases when the gap was 0.20 mm, but it reaches a maximum of 2.41 pu at 0.61 mm gap. At 0.20 mm gap, in SF₆-N₂ mixtures, the difference in peak magnitudes is not significant for 10% and 20% SF₆ mixtures (between 200 and 400 kPa) and also for pure SF₆ and 40% SF ₆ (between 200 and 300 kPa). The occurrence of corona stabilization during breakdown of the gap may be the cause for such a behavior. Unlike the above observations at 0.20 mm gap, at 0.61 mm gap, the peak magnitudes strictly increase with pressure for the pure gases and gas mixtures. At 0.20 mm gap, the time to breakdown of the gap is found to be almost constant in all cases. But at 0.61 mm gap, the time to breakdown is seen to be dependent on the mixture, pressure, and breakdown voltage, and this observation is in accordance with Toepler's spark law     

基于混合气体热特性的GIL氮气使用配比研究

SF₆/N₂混合气体具有绝缘性能良好、环境效益好等优点,被认为是能替代SF₆的最具发展前景的气体之一,但SF₆/N₂混合气体在不同场景下的混合比问题尚缺乏研究。文中在保证气体绝缘输电线路(GIL)绝缘水平的前提下,建立多物理场耦合计算模型,从混合气体热特性的角度出发,分析不同绝缘气体压强、负载电流和环境温度下SF₆/N₂混合比与GIL温升之间的关系,为GIL在不同场景下选择合适的SF₆/N₂混合比提供依据。结果表明：绝缘气体压强和相同压强下SF₆含量均与GIL温升呈负相关关系;设备的负载电流长期超过3 kA时,建议SF₆含量为40%～60%;设备运行在中低纬度地区时,建议SF₆含量为40%～70%,运行在高纬度地区时,建议SF₆含量为30%～40%。此外,由于设计GIL设备时考虑了安全裕度,因此通常SF<...     

Calculation of the uniform breakdown field strength of SF6 gas

We calculated the uniform dielectric breakdown field strength of SF₆ gas over the temperature range of 300 to 3000 K. The local thermal equilibrium (ITE) composition of the dissociated gas is connected to the electron impact collision cross sections of the species SF₆, F₂, F and S. The critical reduced electric field strength of the composition is determined by a balancing electron generation and loss modeled by chemical reactions evaluated by the electron energy distribution function (EEDF) derived from the Boltzmann transport equation. At room temperature, pure SF₆ has a critical reduced electric field strength of 362 Td. With increasing temperature and decreasing density we found a small decrease of this value, whereas at temperatures higher than 1500 K, dissociation starts to decrease the dielectric strength of the composition. Furthermore, we found that generation of electrons by (associative) detachment from F ^- starts to play an important role at temperatures >2500 K, where the critical field strength still has a value of 118 Td. This value is found to decrease rapidly afterwards with increasing temperature to the value of 38 Td at 3000 K. The calculated results agree very well with independently predicted values and measured data     

Space charge behavior in SF6 gas and sequentialgeneration of PD pulses

We observed time-resolved partial discharge (PD) characteristics under ac and dc conditions in order to demonstrate the effects of space charge behavior and the corona stabilization effect in SF₆ gas. From the experimental results, we found that the charge magnitude of the first PD in the positive half cycle of applied ac voltage depended only on the instantaneous voltage. Under dc conditions we found that the magnitude of the PD charge related closely to the time interval between PD pulses. Space charge behavior and the PD generation mechanism are interpreted diagrammatically, and we describe how positive ions reduce the magnitude of PD charge and activate the corona stabilization effect and that the negative ions shorten the time interval between PD pulses     

Pulsed power production of ozone in O2/N2 ina coaxial reactor without dielectric layer

Very short duration pulsed streamer discharges have been used to produce ozone in a gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen at atmospheric pressure. The ratio of nitrogen to oxygen in the mixture was varied in the range from 2.5/0.5 to 0.5/2.5, while maintaining a total flow rate of 3 l/min. The production of ozone was found to be higher for a specific mixture ratio of N₂/O₂ than that in oxygen or in dry air. The production of ozone in O₂ was higher than that in dry air. The production yield of ozone (g/kWh) increased with decreasing nitrogen in the O₂/N₂ mixture. It has been found that the peak of the streamer discharge current decreased with time after application of the pulsed power. This decrease in the current corresponded with the increase in the ozone production and is attributed to the loss of electrons in the discharge current due to their attachment to ozone to form negative ions     

基于一维电弧模型的SF6混合气体灭弧性能评价

SF₆混合气体是广受关注的SF₆替代气体方案之一。为定量评估SF₆混合气体的灭弧性能,文中采用一维衰减电弧模型和玻尔兹曼方程相结合的方法,将电弧熄灭过程划分为热恢复阶段、弧前介质恢复阶段和弧后介质恢复阶段,分别引入热恢复率、弧前介质恢复率和弧后介质恢复率作为各阶段的评价参数,并计算三者的调和平均数作为综合评价参数,以此来评估SF₆-N₂、SF₆-CO₂、SF₆-CF₄以及SF₆-Air混合气体的灭弧性能。基于上述方法,文中初步探讨SF₆含量、背景气体种类和压强大小对SF₆混合气体灭弧性能的影响。结果表明,随着SF₆含量的减少,混合气体的灭弧性能整体上呈现下降趋势;当SF₆含量为10%～50%时,4种混合气体中SF₆-N₂的灭弧性能最优,其次...     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON N2O AND NOx EMISSION

在一直径为Φ22mm的小型燃煤循环流化床内,通过调节给煤点的位置、分级燃烧以及注入二次风的高度,向床内注入碳氢燃料,研究N     

准均匀电场下C5F10O/干燥空气与C5F10O/N2的绝缘特性

SF_6因优异的电气特性广泛应用于电器绝缘设备中,但其产生的温室效应对大气环境具有极大损害。近年来,C_5F_(10)O作为一种环保型SF_6潜在替代气体受到国内外科研工作者的关注。为进一步探究C_5F_(10)O/干燥空气与C_5F_(10)O/N_2的绝缘特性,文中利用气体绝缘性能测试平台,对不同气压、不同C_5F_(10)O分压下的2种混合气体在准均匀电场下进行工频击穿试验。实验结果表明,C_5F_(10)O混合气体绝缘强度随气体压强的增大而增大;提高C_5F_(10)O分压亦可提高两类缓冲气体的绝缘强度,且对N_2绝缘强度提升相对值大于干燥空气。从绝缘强度考虑,适当增大C_5F_(10)O混合气体气压和C_5F_(10)O分压,C_5F_(10)O/干燥空气比C_5F_(10)O/N_2混合气体更具潜力替代室内中低压设备中的SF_6。     

CF3I/N2混合气体局部放电特性实验研究

CF3I气体是SF6气体的一种可能替代,然而其较高的液化温度使其难以用在气体绝缘设备中。为此,将CF3I气体和氮气混合,通过实验研究了压强、电负性气体(CF3I或SF6气体)与混合气体的气压比值(混合比)、电极距离3个因素对CF3I/N2混合气体局部放电起始电压的影响,并与相同情况下SF6/N2混合气体的局部放电起始电压进行了对比。实验结果表明:随着混合比和电极距离的增大,CF3I/N2混合气体与SF6/N2混合气体局放起始电压的比值呈现增长趋势;气压的变化对2种混合气体局放起始电压的影响大致相同;N2能较大程度地改善纯CF3I气体对不均匀电场的敏感程度,且N2体积分数为20%的CF3I/N2混合气体液化温度为-22.35～-18.35°C,其局放起始电压为纯SF6气体的0.7倍左右。因此从局放特性角度看,混合比为20%的CF3I/N2混合气体有可能代替SF6气体被用于气体绝缘设备。     

Seismic behavior of `candle' type SF6 outdoor circuitbreakers and associated SF6 insulated current transformers

The authors analyze the seismic behavior of live tank circuit breakers of the candle-type architecture, i.e. breakers that support only one chamber per column and have a closing resistor built in the interrupting chamber. This arrangement has a lower interrupting module weight and the resistor is in the axis of the column. In the case of T or V configurations with two chambers per column and with a closing resistor chamber in parallel to the main chamber, it results in some large masses off-centered on each side of the column. It is shown that the candle architecture makes possible a simple simulation and economical solution to the problem of seismic resistance, SF₆ current transformers associated with these breakers are also modeled by a simple computational model     

Breakdown behavior of SF6 gas-insulated systems at lowtemperature

The controversy surrounding low-temperature SF₆ breakdown is addressed in detail. Earlier relevant studies are reviewed, some of the existing data is analyzed in a new light, and further theoretical considerations are presented. These discussions served to outline an experimental approach aimed at confirming or invalidating breakdown invariance at subnormal temperatures. Low-temperature dc breakdown of an SF₆ gas-insulated system was investigated experimentally for temperatures ranging from -50 to 24°C, using associated pressure values that had been selected carefully to avoid phase transition of the gas-insulating medium. The context allowed experimentation under both uniform and nonuniform field conditions; the nonuniformity was due to the active role of the cathode-gas interface at high fields. The experiment was conducted for molecular densities ranging from 2.596 to 16.43×10¹⁹ cm^-3 (equivalent to pressures of 105 and 624 kPa, respectively, at 24°C) and for gap lengths starting at 0.5 mm and extending to 7 mm. Data sets show consistency, low statistical scattering, and high reproducibility. Data analysis led to several major conclusions. At constant density, the breakdown of the SF₆-insulated system is temperature dependent, which is responsible for a decrease in the electric strength, by ~10%. This decrease occurs for uniform field conditions, the effect being small if not negligible for nonuniform field conditions, and is noted to appear at a threshold temperature (-25 to -30°C), take a constant value, and be fairly independent of density     

The behavior of N/sub 2/+SF/sub 6/ gas mixtures subjected to orthogonal electric and magnetic fields

The limiting equivalent electric fields in N/sub 2/+SF/sub 6/ binary gas mixtures due to Townsend discharges are evaluated directly from a Monte-Carlo simulation when the mixture is subjected to orthogonal electric and magnetic fields. Along with the limiting equivalent electric fields, transverse and perpendicular drift velocities, electron mean energies and collision frequencies are also determined within the scope of the Monte-Carlo simulation. The equivalent reduced electric field (EREF) concept for the corresponding limiting electric fields is also investigated for the calculated mean energy levels and collision frequencies. The EREF values are found to be in good agreement with the previously published limiting electric field data.     

Simulation of corona discharge. Negative corona in SF6

Negative coronas in SF₆ under three voltage levels are investigated by Monte Carlo simulation. For the purpose of simulation, the gap between a hyperboloidal needle and a plane is divided into two regions: region I where the electric field is very steep and most electrons and ions are accumulated, and region II the rest of the gap. In region I electron motion is simulated by dividing the region into a number of cells and a small cell size improves the accuracy. The magnitude of current pulse increases with increasing voltage and there appears to be more than one peak in each pulse as observed by experiment. The development of electron avalanches is due to ionization and photoionization in the high field region, while the quenching of the avalanches is due to the space charge field suppression. Also the accumulation of positive and negative ions are displayed in detail. The space charge field distortion is studied and found to increase with increasing applied voltage