access icon openaccess Charge accumulation characteristic on polymer insulator surface under AC voltage in air and C4F7N/CO2 mixtures

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Received 25/09/2019, Accepted 12/12/2019, Revised 04/12/2019, Published 03/02/2020

Charge accumulation has always been a problem for the safe operation of gas insulated switchgear (GIS)/gas insulated transmission line (GIL) both under AC and DC. It is of great significance to investigate the behaviour of surface charge under high voltage. In this study, the charge distribution characteristics and accumulation mechanism on insulator surface in air and heptafluorobutyronitrile/carbon dioxide (C4F7N/CO2) mixtures under AC voltage are studied via the means of surface potential measurement and inversion algorithm, combined with the improved method of controlling the truncated phase of AC voltage. The results show that under the needle–plate electrode structure, charge distribution on the insulator surface presents a three-tier concentric circle structure both in air and C4F7N/CO2 gas mixtures, and the charge composition of the innermost circle is closely related to the truncated phase of AC voltage. Under the same amplitude of voltage, the range of charge distribution on insulator surface in C4F7N/CO2 mixtures is smaller than that in air, with the negative charges domination. It is suggested that the characteristic of charge distribution in C4F7N/CO2 mixtures is related to the larger electron attachment cross-section of C4F7N gas in a wide range of electron energy distribution.

Inspec keywords: surface potential; electron attachment; electrodes; polymer insulators; surface charging; organic insulating materials; gas mixtures; space charge

Other keywords: high voltage surface charge; three-tier concentric circle structure; heptafluorobutyronitrile-carbon dioxide mixtures; surface potential measurement; charge distribution; voltage amplitude; needle-plate electrode structure; C4F7N-CO2 gas mixtures; AC voltage; GIS-GIL operation; truncated phase; charge accumulation characteristic; electron energy distribution; inversion algorithm; electron attachment cross-section; polymer insulator surface

Subjects: Dielectric breakdown and space-charge effects; Solid surface structure; Electron-ion recombination and electron attachment (atoms and molecules); Static electrification

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