Influence of the gassing materials on the dielectric properties of air

Influence of the gassing materials, such as PA6, PMMA, and POM on the dielectric properties of air are investigated. In this work, the fundamental electron collision cross section data were carefully selected and validated. Then the species compositions of the air–organic vapor mixtures were calculated based on the Gibbs free energy minimization. Finally, the Townsend ionization coefficient, the Townsend electron attachment coefficient and the critical reduced electric field strength were derived from the calculated electron energy distribution function by solving the Boltzmann transport equation. The calculation results indicated that H;O with large attachment cross sections has a great impact on the critical reduced electric field strength of the air–organic vapor mixtures. On the other hand, the vaporization of gassing materials can help to increase the dielectric properties of air circuit breakers to some degree.

Analysis on Local and Concurrent Commutation Failure of Multi-infeed HVDC Considering Inter-converter Interaction

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of local and concurrent commutation failure(CF)of multi-infeed high-voltage direct current(HVDC)system considering multi-infeed interaction factor(MIIF).The literature indicates that the local CF is not influenced by MIIF,whereas this paper concludes that both the local CF and concurrent CF are influenced by MIIF.The ability of remote converter to work under reduced reactive power enables its feature to support local converter via inter-connection link.The MIIF measures the strength of electrical connectivity between converters.Higher MIIF gives a clearer path to remote converter to support local converter,but at the same time,it provides an easy path to local converter to disturb remote converter under local fault.The presence of nearby converter increases the local commutation failure immunity index(CFII)while reducing concurrent CFII.Higher MIIF causes reactive power support to flow from remote converter to local converter,which reduces the chances of CF.A mathematical approximation to calculate the increase in local CFII for multi-infeed HVDC configurations is also proposed.A power flow approach is used to model the relation between MIIF and reactive power support from remote end.The local and concurrent CFIIs are found to be inverse to each other over MIIF;therefore,it is recommended that there is an optimal value of MIIF for all converters in close electric proximity to maintain CFII at a certain level.The numerical results of established model are compared with PSCAD/EMTDC simulations.The simulation results show the details of the influence of MIIF on local CF and concurrent CF of multi-infeed HVDC,which validates the analysis presented.

Effect of SiO_(2) nano film deposited on copper and aluminium electrodes on the power frequency breakdown voltage of SF_(6) gas

In order to reveal the effect of insulating nano film on the insulation strength of SF_(6) gas gap,SiO_(2) nano film was deposited on the electrode surface by the plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition technique.The power frequency breakdown characteristics of SF_(6) gas under Cu and Al electrodes were obtained before and after coating.The results showed that when the Cu electrode was coated,the breakdown voltage was up to at most 11.5% higher than that of an uncoated Cu electrode in the pressure range of 0.2-0.5 MPa.When the Al electrode was coated,the breakdown voltage of SF_(6) gas was lower than that of an uncoated one in the pressure range of 0.2-0.5 MPa.The breakdown voltage of SF_(6) gas under the Cu electrode was slightly lower than that under the Al electrode,but the breakdown voltages under the coated Cu electrode were significantly higher than that under the coated Al electrode.Through SEM tests,it was found that the surface roughness of the electrode decreases after coating,but particles were formed on the surface of the Al electrode.The content of metal fluoride formed on the coated Al electrode under multiple breakdowns was significantly higher than that on the coated Cu electrode.The research results could provide references for improving insulation performance of GIS equipment.

Delay-dependent Wide-area Damping Controller Synthesis Approach Using Jensen’s Inequality and Evolution Algorithm

A time-delay-dependent wide-area damping controller synthesis approach,based on Jensen’s integral inequality and evolution algorithm,is developed to suppress the adverse effect of time delay on the supplemental control of high-voltage direct current(DC)transmission systems.Initially,the state-space model of hybrid AC/DC systems with time delay is derived and the delay-dependent criteria for the stability of the closed-loop system are provided based on Jensen’s integral inequality.Subsequently,initial solutions are randomly generated to overcome the difficulty of solving the nonlinear matrix inequality.Finally,the time-delay stability upper bound of the controller is optimized using the differential evolution algorithm.In comparison to popular time-delay stable controller design methods,such as the free-weighting-matrix approach,the proposed method based on output feedback realization requires fewer decision variables and is more suitable for large-scale hybrid AC/DC systems.Three examples are introduced to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Multiple discharges before leader inception in long air gaps under positive switching impulses

There are multiple corona bursts before leader inception when the rising rate of the applied voltage or electric field is not sufficiently high enough in long positive sparks.In existing studies,no attention has been paid to whether these corona bursts occur in the same location,and they are mostly considered directly as belonging to the same discharge.However,this paper presents that in a typical rod-plate long air gap,the multiple corona bursts before leader inception are distributed in at least two different locations,and the highest probability of three discharges occurs.Also,the discharge occurs with the highest probability in the time sequence‘tip-tip-side-tip-other side’of the electrode in the first five corona bursts.For each discharge,the first corona current is a single,double exponential pulse,while the following corona currents are mostly a superposition of multiple pulses.The above findings are mainly based on experiments in a 1.4 m air gap under positive switching impulses,in which the voltage,current,and high-speed images were recorded simultaneously.Finally,based on the experimental results,this paper discusses the effects brought by ignoring the multiple discharges on key parameters of leader inception and makes some suggestions to optimise long spark experiments.