Investigation of Voltage and Potential Gradient of Arc Column in Fluorocarbon Gas and Its Gas Mixtures

Li Kang; Niu Wenhao; Zhang Guoqiang; Xu Haijiang; IEEE

HERO ID

4248735

Reference Type

Book/Book Chapter

Year

2013

HERO ID 4248735
Year 2013
Title Investigation of Voltage and Potential Gradient of Arc Column in Fluorocarbon Gas and Its Gas Mixtures
Book Title International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems ICEMS
Authors Li Kang; Niu Wenhao; Zhang Guoqiang; Xu Haijiang; IEEE
Page Numbers 2255-2258
Abstract Because of its high dielectric strength, good partial discharge capability, low global warming potential (GWP), none ozone depletion potential (ODP) and non-toxicity, fluorocarbon gas is a possible substitute for SF6 gas, and can be used hopefully in electrical equipment, such as GIL, C-GIS. Arc voltage and potential gradient are useful in arc modeling and computational investigation of gas insulated apparatus, such as cubical-gas insulated switchgear (C-GIS), and the potential gradient can be used to estimate the arc energy generated in short current fault. In this study, voltage and potential gradient of arc column in fluorocarbon gas and its gas mixtures with different fluorocarbon ratios were measured. The experiment was performed on a single frequency oscillating-loop. It is shown that the arc voltage of fluorocarbon gas and its gas mixture increases with arc length. Moreover, the arc potential gradient was obtained based on the arc voltage and arc length. The arc voltage gradient decreases with peak arc current. Besides, as the mixture ratio of fluorocarbon gas increases, the arc voltage gradient becomes lower. At last, these results are compared with SF6 gas; it shows that the arc voltage gradient of fluorocarbon gas is bigger than that of SF6 gas. These results will provide a hopeful reference for future studies of fluorocarbon gas mixture C-GIS.
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