Experiment and finite element method analysis mass erosion and transfer of Ag/La_2NiO_4-based electrical contacts during operation

A uniform transient temperature field model of electrical contacts operation was found by analyzing the process of closing arc constriction resistance Joule heat ~ breaking arc. Essential parameters of Ag/La2NiO4 electrical contact material for transient temperature field calculation were obtained through tests of electrical contact experimental instrument under 18 V DC in different cur- rents, other correlation experiments, and calculation anal- ysis. The finite element method was applied to solve the transient temperature field, and the features and distribution of the transient temperature field were obtained. The condition of material erosion and mass transfer can be forecasted by those calculation results. It is beneficial to research about the lifetime of Ag/La2NiO4 electrical material.

Research on Simulation Methods of Electric Field Intensity on Surface of 10 kV Cable Joint

The electric field intensity (EFI) is important characteristic quantity for evaluating the internal insulation state of cable joints. Based on finite element method, this paper proposes two EFI research methods, field-circuit coupling method and equivalent circuit method. The average EFI of the inner surface of the outer semi-conducting shield can be calculated from the current in the measuring circuit. The relative error between these two methods is about 15%, which roughly proves the consistency of the two methods. Further practical application research enables online monitoring of cable joints.

Finite Element Method for Transient Electric Field by Using Indirect Laplace Transform with High Accuracy

This paper focuses on the finite element method in the complex frequency domain(CFD-FEM)for the transient electric field.First,the initial value and boundary value problem of the transient electric field under the electroquasistatic field in the complex frequency domain is given.In addition,the finite element equation and the constrained electric field equation on the boundary are derived.Secondly,the indirect algorithm of the numerical inverse Laplace transform is introduced.Based on it,the calculation procedures of the CFD-FEM are illustrated in detail.Thirdly,the step response,zero-state response under the positive periodic square waveform(PPSW)voltage,and the zero-input response by the CFD-FEM with direct algorithm and indirect algorithm are compared.Finally,the reason for the numerical oscillations of the zero-state response under the PPSW voltage is analyzed,and the method to reduce oscillations is proposed.The results show that the numerical accuracy of the indirect algorithm of the CFD-FEM is more than an order of magnitude higher than that of the direct algorithm when calculating the step response of the transient electric field.The proposed method can significantly reduce the numerical oscillations of the zero-state response under the PPSW voltage.The proposed method is helpful for the calculation of the transient electric field,especially in the case of frequency-dependent parameters.

DIRECT SOLUTION BY 2-D AND 3-D FINITE ELEMENT METHOD ON FORWARD PROBLEM OF LOW FREQUENCY CURRENT FIELDS IN INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA

The paper adopts finite element method to analyze the forward problem of low-frequency current fields in inhomogeneous media. Firstly, the direct solution of 2-D and 3-D scalar potential is given. Secondly, the technique of covering finite elements for problems with movement has been presented; namely, when the place of testing point moved, the meshing data will be produced automatically to avoid re-meshing and distortion of the mesh. Thirdly the free and prescribed potential method is used to make the finite element coefficient matrices. Then this paper provides the result of a validity test obtained by simulating the laterolog-3 logging, compared with the numerical model-matching method. Finally, the MLL response is calculated.

Electric field distribution in 75 kA drained aluminum reduction cell

Current distribution in a drained aluminum reduction cell is critical due to its influence on the current efficiency, electrolysis stability, anodes and cathodes integrity. A finite element model was developed to simulate the electric field in a 75 kA drained aluminum reduction cell. The current distribution and influences of the cathode inclination angle and anode-cathode distance (ACD) were studied. The results show that relatively large horizontal current density appears in the aluminum film, and the maximum value reaches 600 kA/m2. As the cathode inclination angle increases from 2° to 15°, the maximum current density of the metal pad increases by 15%, while the maximum current density of the aluminum-wettable coating layer decreases by 27%. The influence of the ACD on the current distribution is not obvious.

Effects of harmonic electric field frequency on electromagnetic and flow fields of Ti-Al melt in a rectangular mold based on numerical simulation

A model was established based on Maxwell's equations and Navier-Stokes' equations to numerically simulate the electromagnetic field and flow field in a rectangular mold with sectional aspect ratio of 5:1. The FEM (Finite Element Method) and APDL (ANSYS Parametric Design Language) were employed for the model to execute the modeling, meshing, load applying and solving. The Ti-Al alloy melt was selected to illustrate and validate the effects of the harmonic field frequency on the distribution of the physical fields in the mold. The simulated results demonstrate that with an increasing frequency the electric current forms an ellipsoid cavity where it becomes much weaker, and that the melt flows more intensely with low frequency (less than 5 kHz) than with high frequency (more than 5 kHz). The melt is pinched from the central part in the mold to bipolar parts in which it forms two vortexes in each side. The maximum value of fluid velocity exists near the bipolar zone.

Dynamic self-adaptive ANP algorithm and its application to electric field simulation of aluminum reduction cell

Region partition(RP) is the key technique to the finite element parallel computing(FEPC),and its performance has a decisive influence on the entire process of analysis and computation.The performance evaluation index of RP method for the three-dimensional finite element model(FEM) has been given.By taking the electric field of aluminum reduction cell(ARC) as the research object,the performance of two classical RP methods,which are Al-NASRA and NGUYEN partition(ANP) algorithm and the multi-level partition(MLP) method,has been analyzed and compared.The comparison results indicate a sound performance of ANP algorithm,but to large-scale models,the computing time of ANP algorithm increases notably.This is because the ANP algorithm determines only one node based on the minimum weight and just adds the elements connected to the node into the sub-region during each iteration.To obtain the satisfied speed and the precision,an improved dynamic self-adaptive ANP(DSA-ANP) algorithm has been proposed.With consideration of model scale,complexity and sub-RP stage,the improved algorithm adaptively determines the number of nodes and selects those nodes with small enough weight,and then dynamically adds these connected elements.The proposed algorithm has been applied to the finite element analysis(FEA) of the electric field simulation of ARC.Compared with the traditional ANP algorithm,the computational efficiency of the proposed algorithm has been shortened approximately from 260 s to 13 s.This proves the superiority of the improved algorithm on computing time performance.

Study on Surface Electric Field Simulation of High Voltage Transmission Line Assembly

For the studies in the field of high voltage power transmission, this paper has adopted the method of finite element node potential, and put forward two kinds of high pressure sensor-fixture modeling scheme for the sensor-fixture of the high voltage side, the simulation analysis shows that the sensor-fixture surface should be smooth, and should not appear the conclusion of edges and corners. While through establishing the four clamps assembly optimized model, and simulates the strain gages, fixtures and conductor surface field strength and electric field distribution in the model as a whole in turn, this paper Finally got the optimal size of fixture structure and assembly of each part reasonable location layout.

Surface Electrical Field Distribution Simulation and Insulation Characteristics Test of Polluted Insulators

In this paper,the electrical fields along the insulator surface under different scenarios,such as asymmetric pollution on top/bottom surface,and uneven circumferential distribution of surface pollution,have been calculated with finite element method for field simulation.Tests on artificial pollution insulators are conducted to study the 50% withstand voltage U50 of artificial pollution suspension insulators under different NSDD(non-soluble deposit density)and asymmetric pollution on the top/bottom surface,and study the change of leakage current with air humidity under different voltage and different ESDD(equivalent salt deposit density).The result shows that asymmetric top/bottom surface pollution has a greater impact on the insulator electrical field distribution,and the leakage current will jump under low air humidity,if had large ESDD,which has practical meanings to the anti-pollution design of the transmission line under different pollution levels across the country.

Capacitance Evaluation on Non-parallel Thick-Plate Capacitors by Means of Finite Element Analysis

In this work we show the influence of the edge-effect on the electric field distribution and, hence, on the inner and outer capacitance in an inclined-plate capacitor system surrounded by an insulating medium taking into account the thickness of the conducting plates for a complete set of dimensions and insulating characteristics. Where available, we compare our results with previously published works. Finally, using statistical tools, we obtain approximate expression for computing the relationship between capacitance and insulation material characteristics, insulation gap, plate dimensions and angle.

Numerical-Analytical Method for Magnetic Field Computation in Rotational Electric Machines

A numerical-analytical method is applied for the two-dimensional magnetic field computation in rotational electric machines in this paper. The analytical expressions for air gap magnetic field are derived. The pole pairs in the expressions are taken into account so that the solution region can be reduced within one periodic range. The numerical and analytical magnetic field equations are linked with equal vector magnetic potential boundary conditions. The magnetic field of a brushless permanent magnet machine is computed by the proposed method. The result is compared to that obtained by finite element method so as to validate the correction of the method.

Nonlinear Switching Transient Field Simulation of Cable Joint without Residual Charge

The analysis of the impulse voltage on the internal electric field of the cable joint plays a key role in studying the breakdown of the joint. Based on the finite element method, a three-dimensional electromagnetic field simulation model of the cable joint is established in this paper. Simulation results show that the voltage at the head of the cable joint reaches about twice the impulse voltage. The increase of the conductivity of semi-conductive material also leads to the increase of electric field intensity. Then, several points and curves at different positions are selected for further analysis in this paper. Among them, the electric field distortion at the edge of the high voltage shield is the most serious and the electric field in the air gap is the least.

ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS BASED ON MEMS TECHNOLOGY

The design and optimization of two types of novel miniature vibrating Electric Field Sensors (EFSs) based on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology are presented.They have different structures and vibrating modes. The volume is much smaller than other types of charge-induced EFSs such as field-mills. As miniaturizing, the induced signal is reduced enormously and a high sensitive circuit is needed to detect it. Elaborately designed electrodes can increase the amplitude of the output current, making the detecting circuit simplified and improving the signal-to-noise ratio. Computer simulations for different structural parameters of the EFSs and vibrating methods have been carried out by Finite Element Method (FEM). It is proved that the new structures are realizable and the output signals are detectable.

粒子源水吸收剂量绝对测量装置内部电场模拟

拟研制125I粒子源水吸收剂量绝对测量电离室,通过Maxwell软件建立电离室内部模型,模拟得出电离室无保护极、不同保护极环宽度,不同绝缘环宽度、不同栅极个数、不同栅极形状和不同栅极厚度下的电场强度分布,并进行了定性和定量的分析。结果表明:绝缘环宽度的增加会使收集极边缘处的边缘效应增强,应尽量使绝缘环宽度减小;在设计电离室时,应当使保护极宽度和收集极半径比值不低于2。当栅极个数为15个时,电场强度的变化幅度可减少为1%左右,表明通过增加栅极个数能有效改善电场的均匀性。相较于栅极截面为圆形和三角形,当栅极截面为矩形时,电场强度的变化幅度较小。栅极厚度越大,栅极边缘处的边缘效应越严重,应尽量减少栅极厚度。本次研究结果将为后续粒子源水吸收剂量绝对测量标准装置的优化设计提供支撑。

配电网单相接地故障的电场检测装置研制

为了提升电场检测精度,研制配电网单相接地故障的电场检测装置。利用低通调理电路采集传感单元在电场中产生的感应电压,实时计算出线路附近的电场强度。使用COMSOL软件对输电线路单相接地故障情况进行有限元仿真,观察空间电场的变化情况。搭建工频均匀电场试验平台,对PCB传感单元进行电场强度测量校正,验证COMSOL电场强度仿真值。利用验证后的仿真值对平行半圆板电场测量传感单元进行校正,建立输电线路模型,对输电线路发生单相接地故障前后的电场强度进行测量。实验结果表明,当线路A相发生接地故障时,其周围电场强度迅速减小,而B、C两相周围电场强度增大,与仿真结果一致,电场检测精度较高。

电力电缆温升特性研究及载流量计算

电力电缆通常敷设于地下,一旦发生故障,很难及时发现和维修。通过对电力电缆的温升特性研究和载流量计算可以有效减少电缆故障的发生。结合仿真试验、最优化算法以及对试验数据的归纳完成温度场分析和载流量计算。为确保有限元计算的准确性,使用最优化算法对模型进行校正。将校正后的有限元模型输入外界条件和电力电缆导体长期发热最高允许温度,通过迭代计算的方式得到电缆载流量。通过分析仿真试验的数据,总结出了电力电缆载流量与外界环境之间的函数关系,通过该函数关系可以快速估算电力电缆的动态载流量。经过温度场和载流量的计算,得到电力电缆电流的阈值,达到兼顾电缆安全可靠性和充分利用电缆传输能力的目的。

三维原子探针的电场结构模拟研究

本文针对目前世界上被广泛使用的局部电极原子探针的样品及局部电极几何结构,通过有限元方法,结合多物理场仿真技术,研究了局部电极与针状样品的距离z、样品尖端曲率半径ρ、局部电极的入口直径φ、厚度w、开口角度α和入口长度h等参数对样品尖端附近的局部电场的影响。模拟结果表明:当z与φ的取值满足z/φ≥1时,既能在样品尖端得到较高的蒸发电场强度,又能降低局部电极对离子轨迹的影响;局部电极的厚度w和开口角度α的取值对样品尖端的电场影响较小;增大局部电极入口长度h的值有利于提高样品尖端电场强度;随着原子的蒸发(样品尖端曲率半径ρ增大),为维持原子蒸发所需的电场强度,施加在样品上的电压V与样品尖端的曲率半径ρ成正比,且所需维持的电场强度越高,施加的电压V越大。

高静压下两间隙气体开关结构及电场优化设计

为解决可控冲击波设备的两间隙气体火花开关在非常规页岩油开发中结构强度不够的问题,提出了一种适用于高静压、有限空间中的气体火花开关结构强度与电场分布同步优化的设计方法。基于有限元模拟与理论分析,评估了50 MPa外部高静压对气体火花开关结构强度的影响,针对结构强度足够的气体火花开关模型,通过高斯定理对开关内部的电场分布进行了优化分析,给出了两电极气体火花开关结构强度与电场分布同步优化的设计方案。研究结果表明:开关结构强度主要与腔室壁厚正相关,而壁厚的增加会提高开关异常放电概率,在特定的壁厚参数下,电极半径存在最佳值使得绝缘子表面电场强度最低。在保证结构强度的前提下,对现有开关电场分布进行了优化分析,优化后的开关间隙电场的不均匀度有轻微提高,而高压绝缘子内、外表面电场强度分别衰减了59.6%与31.0%。通过先增加结构强度、后优化电场分布的方法,实现了对冲击波设备的两电极气体火花开关结构强度与电场分布的同步优化。

500kV充油海缆挤压变形后绝缘电场分析

海底电缆工作环境复杂,不仅长时间受海水侵蚀,还有可能受到锚害、海浪冲击、落石等损伤,造成挤压变形,变形会引发绝缘电场畸变,可能导致绝缘击穿故障。为解决上述问题,建立了交流500 kV自容式充油海底电缆有限元模型,求解了海缆绝缘层受到挤压变形后在不同纵向压缩率下的电场分布。结合海缆出厂试验标准,对比电缆变形前后电场畸变情况,判断绝缘层是否存在局部放电甚至击穿的风险,并拟合出电缆各向场强与纵向压缩率的方程。结果表明,海缆挤压变形导致绝缘椭圆化,形变情况可用椭圆纵向压缩率表示,在525kV电压下,纵向压缩率达15%时电缆出现击穿风险,纵向压缩率为31%时绝缘层完全击穿。研究结果可为海底电缆挤压变形后的电气特性评估提供理论和数据参考。

极化电极均匀化设计调控铌酸锂周期极化占空比

准相位匹配(QPM)理论上能够充分利用晶体的非线性光学系数、无走离效应,在光学频率转换中具有非常大的优势。铌酸锂晶体(LiNbO_(3),LN)具有高非线性光学系数、宽通光范围和低生长成本,因此基于铌酸锂铁电畴结构设计获得的周期极化铌酸锂晶体(PPLN)成为准相位匹配技术的理想选择。目前制备PPLN晶体最常用的方法是外加电场极化法,制备过程中,电极结构的参数对极化过程至关重要。本研究基于实时监测下的电场极化过程,结合有限元分析,对不同电极结构的空间电场分布进行分析,发现电极边缘出现电场极大值,而电极内部的电场分布相对均匀。基于这一现象,本文提出了一种多通道电极结构的设计方案,以实现极化空间内部电场的均匀分布。本研究采用十通道电极进行极化实验,通过表征每个通道的占空比,发现内部八个通道的占空比大小均匀且在50%±5%范围,通过晶体的倍频实验验证发现十通道周期极化样品中中间通道相对边缘通道的非线性转换效率明显提升并分布均匀,证明其中间通道具有占空比可控的均匀极化结构,为极化空间电场均匀化设计提供了一种高效合理的设计方案。