电晕均压多间隙串联气体开关特性实验

研制了一种电晕放电均压的小型多间隙串联气体开关,分析了电晕放电在开关工作过程中的作用,开展了开关自击穿特性、电晕放电伏安特性、针尖烧蚀以及开关寿命测试等特性实验。结果表明:老练后开关自击穿电压标准偏差小于3.5%,电晕均压效果明显;随着放电次数增加,电晕针尖逐渐钝化,触发性能变化不大;开关电晕放电电流随耐受电压升高增大,增长趋势逐渐变快;开关充400 kPa干燥空气,100 kV工作电压下开关放电50 000次以上,触发性能稳定,触发击穿时延抖动约4.3 ns,自放电概率低于110-4。     

气体介质对多间隙气体开关电晕均压与自击穿特性的影响

快脉冲直线变压器型驱动源(FLTD)是近年来快速发展的新型脉冲功率源技术,多采用多间隙气体开关作为开关器件。电晕均压措施有利于提升开关击穿性能,但不同气体中电晕放电有显著区别。本文首先研究了空气中针电极对单间隙电晕放电特性的影响,确定了电晕针电极的尺寸,之后研究了N2,CO2,SF6/N2混合气体、C4F7N/N2混合气体中的电晕放电特性,研究了电晕均压6间隙气体开关击穿电压及其稳定性随气体种类和气压的变化规律。实验结果表明,N2中电晕电流较大且不稳定,空气中电晕电流比N2中低,且电晕放电较为稳定,微量强电负性气体加入会极大降低电晕放电电流。当采用空气和N2作绝缘介质时,气体开关击穿电压随气压升高线性增加,但存在低值击穿,微量强电负性气体混合N2可显著提升击穿电压的稳定性。1%SF6/99%N2混合气体在0.18 MPa时,击穿电压约为197.33 kV,标准偏差占击穿电压比例为1.50%,1%C4F7N/99%N2混合气体在0.15 MPa时,击穿电压约为190.42 kV,标准偏差为0.55%。这表明,微量环保替代气体C4F7N与N2的混合气体对于提升多间隙气体开关击穿电压稳定性有显著作用。     

多间隙气体开关电晕均压结构优化

电晕针均压的多间隙气体开关,其各间隙电晕电流一致性会直接影响开关的耐压稳定性。在工作气压0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4 MPa条件下,实验测量了六间隙气体开关在不同电压下的各间隙电晕电流。结果显示,针-板间隙电晕电流明显高于针-杆间隙电晕电流。对针-板间隙进行结构调整并进行三维静电场仿真。对调整结构后的针-板间隙进行电晕电流测试,测试数据的变化趋势与仿真结果相符。基于实验和仿真结果,优化了针-板间隙中电晕针的高度,充电25 kV时,开关各间隙电晕电流的相对标准偏差最大为8%。     

多间隙轨道式气体开关自击穿特性

介绍了一种多间隙轨道式气体开关的结构及其自击穿实验研究结果。通过对开关放电的理论分析,并结合实验数据,获得一个适合该开关自击穿工作特性的表达式。研究结果发现, 在高气压条件下,开关静态特性曲线与空气击穿的经验式曲线存在较大的差别,并且击穿电压随气压增加并不完全呈线性变化。经过对实验条件和数据的分析,认为在高气压、高电压条件下,电极表面形成的电晕可能是导致该开关静态特性曲线出现此现象的原因。由于开关的特殊结构,电极电晕不仅未起到均压的作用,反而减小了电极之间有效的绝缘距离,从而导致开关自击穿电压实验值与经验理论值的偏离。     

多间隙气体开关的电场分布特性

为了寻求可用于快前沿直线型变压器驱动源最理想的多间隙气体开关结构,利用有限元分析软件模拟计算了几种不同电极结构气体开关内各间隙在开关触发前后的电场分布,并利用新型开关电路模型研究了气体开关触发导通前均压措施对开关内部各间隙电场分布均匀性的影响,以及触发后各中间电极对主电极杂散电容与气体开关内电场分布规律之间的关系。结果表明:圆形环状结构电极有利于形成稳定的多通道放电,降低开关的电感及抖动;在开关各个间隙之间并联相同阻值的电阻可以有效地改善开关直流耐压特性;在开关触发导通时,各间隙的电压分布主要与触发电压的上升时间、各个电阻及杂散电容值有关;触发电压的上升时间越短,杂散电容值对间隙电压分布的影响越明显。     

多针电晕增强大气压辉光放电稳定性研究

利用多针电晕增强放电装置，在无气流和存在高速气流的情况下都得到了稳定的大气压辉光.通过纪录发光图片、电流-电压波形和伏安特性曲线的方法对影响放电稳定性的因素做了细致地研究，发现了在从电晕放电到辉光放电的过程中存在着过渡阶段，表现为出现带有直流成分的Trichel脉冲.气流速度、极板间距以及针尖锥度和凹坑曲率半径的匹配程度都对放电的稳定性和电流密度有着重要的影响. 关键词： 大气压辉光放电 多针电晕 等离子体     

单针电极放电的发光特性

采用单针电极放电装置在氩气中产生了稳定的均匀等离子体。利用光学方法对单针放电特性进行了研究,结果表明单针放电等离子体的长度随外加电压峰值、气压的增大而增大,随空气含量的增大而减小。利用光电倍增管对单针电极放电等离子体羽的发光信号进行了空间分辨测量,发现靠近单针电极的羽头和等离子体羽其余部分放电行为不同。其中羽头源于针尖附近的电晕放电,它仅在外加电压负半周期的发光较强,正半周期发光几乎探测不到。而等离子体羽其余部分的放电在外加电压正、负半周期均存在,且正半周期强于负半周期。研究表明,外加电压正半周期的等离子体羽是源于发光光层(等离子体子弹)的传播,而负半周期等离子体羽的不同位置几乎同时放电。     

间隙长度对气体火花开关静态性能的影响

针对快放电直线脉冲变压器驱动源初级储能开关,调节开关气压,进行相同自击穿电压下不同间隙长度的开关自击穿实验。通过监测自击穿电压分布规律变化,研究开关间隙长度对开关自击穿特性的影响。结果表明,当开关间隙长度较大时,电极表面粗糙度较小,表明电极烧蚀程度较低。开关间隙长度为6 mm时,开关自击穿电压分散性达到最小,自击穿电压分布符合高斯函数,间隙长度大于6 mm时自击穿电压分布符合极限函数。适当增加开关间隙长度使自击穿电压分布失去对称性,有利于开关在低欠压比下获得更好的静态性能。针对电极结构,选择开关间隙长度为6~9 mm时能够获得最佳的静态性能。初步分析,引起开关自击穿电压分布发生改变的原因是电场强度的改变对阴极电子发射产生了影响。     

针板型电晕稳定开关的电晕稳定性

设计了一款可用于触发和自触发的针板型电晕稳定开关,其中针电极直径为2 mm,主间隙距离为10 mm,触发间隙为5 mm。通过静电场的模拟得知其场强的不均匀系数大于7,并且通过大量实验数据得出:开关起晕电压和击穿电压分别为6.8 kV和19.3 kV,由此得知电晕稳定开关的电晕稳定因子为0.55,这说明开关具有较好的电晕稳定性。     

FLTD系统放电开关自击穿性能优化

针对快前沿直线脉冲变压器驱动源(FLTD)系统中放电开关自击穿性能劣化的问题,模拟计算了带电线缆、FLTD模块结构对开关间隙电场分布的影响规律,研究分析开关自击穿性能下降的主要原因,开展了电晕针均压和电阻均压两种方式下开关自击穿性能对比实验,获得了不同电晕针长度、不同阻值开关自击穿电压的变化规律:两种均压方式下开关自击穿电压分别提高3.2%和4.3%。FLTD系统中放电开关有均压措施的情况下,系统自击穿电压提高8.9%,自放电概率降低60%,系统短路输出电流的稳定性明显提高,电流幅值提高8.1%,标准偏差减小30.8%。     

Impulse breakdown characteristics of the plane-to-plane electrode system with a needle-shaped protrusion in SF6

This paper presents the impulse pre-breakdown and breakdown characteristics of the plane-to-plane electrode system with a needle-shaped protrusion in SF₆ gas. The breakdown voltage–time (V–t) characteristics and the breakdown voltage–gas pressure (V–p) characteristics of a highly non-uniform SF₆ gas gap under positive and negative lightning impulse voltages are investigated in the pressure range between 0.1 and 0.5 MPa. The pre-breakdown developments are examined by the corona current and light emission measurements with high time resolution. As a result, the dielectric strengths versus time-to-breakdown of SF₆ gas gap under positive lightning impulse voltages were nearly independent of the gas pressure. The first streamer corona was initiated at the tip of the needle electrode, and the streamer corona pulses developed with a stepwise propagation. The discharge paths were zigzag, and the branches of the discharge channel for positive polarity were created. On the other hand, the leader channel in the negative polarity was thicker and brighter than that in the positive polarity.     

Two-dimensional numerical study of an atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet with dual-power electrode

In this paper,the characteristics of an atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet generated by a dual-power electrode(DPE) configuration are investigated by using a two-dimensional fluid model.The effect of a needle electrode on the discharge is studied by comparing the results of the DPE configuration with those of the single ring electrode configuration.It is found that the existence of the needle leads to the generation of a helium plasma jet with a higher propagation velocity,higher species density,and larger discharge width.Furthermore,the influences of the needle radius and needle-to-ring discharge gap on the generation of a plasma jet are also studied.The simulation results indicate that the needle electrode has an evident influence on the plasma jet characteristics.     

Corona and back discharges in flue-gas simulating mixture

Results of spectroscopic investigations and current–voltage characteristics of electrical discharges between a needle and plate electrodes in a gas mixture simulating flue gases from coal fired power plants at atmospheric pressure are presented in the paper. In these investigations, back discharge was generated at the plate electrode covered with fly ash layer in order to simulate the conditions similar to those in electrostatic precipitators. To characterize the physical processes in back discharges, the emission spectra were measured and compared with those obtained for normal corona discharge generated in the same electrode configuration but with fly ash removed from the electrode. The emission spectra provide information on elemental and molecular composition of the layer. It was also shown that discharge characteristics in flue gas are quite different from those occurring in ambient air.     

Characteristics and underlying physics of ionic wind in dc corona discharge under different polarities

During a dc corona discharge, the ions' momentum will be transferred to the surrounding neutral molecules, inducing an ionic wind.The characteristics of corona discharge and the induced ionic wind are investigated experimentally and numerically under different polarities using a needle-to-ring electrode configuration.The morphology and mechanism of corona discharge, as well as the characteristics and mechanism of the ionic wind, are different when the needle serves as cathode or anode.Under the different polarities of the applied voltage, the ionic wind velocity has a linear relation with the overvoltage.The ionic wind is stronger but has a smaller active region for positive corona compared to that for negative corona under a similar condition.The involved physics are analyzed by theoretical deduction as well as simulation using a fluid model.The ionic wind of negative corona is mainly affected by negative ions.The discharge channel has a dispersed feature due to the dispersed field, and therefore the ionic wind has a larger active area.The ionic wind of positive corona is mainly affected by positive ions.The discharge develops in streamer mode, leading to a stronger ionic wind but a lower active area.