考虑栅片烧蚀金属蒸气的栅片切割空气电弧仿真与实验研究

基于磁流体动力学理论(MHD)建立了考虑栅片烧蚀金属蒸气的三维空气电弧模型,对模型灭弧室内的的电弧跑动及切割过程进行了数值仿真与实验研究.在传统的质量,动量,能量守恒方程中引入了金属蒸气浓度方程耦合求解用于描述灭弧室内金属蒸气的对流与扩散.在计算中考虑了金属蒸气对于电弧等离子体热力学参数和输运参数的影响.通过计算获得了电弧运动及切割过程的电弧电压,温度分布,金属蒸气浓度分布,灭弧室内流场变化等,分析了由于金属蒸气存在引起的电弧等离子体电导率的变化在切割过程中对于电弧行为的影响.为了验证仿真模型的有效性,进 关键词： 金属蒸气 空气电弧 仿真分析 电弧切割     

纵磁作用下真空电弧单阴极斑点等离子体射流三维混合模拟

真空电弧的特性直接受到从阴极斑点喷射出的等离子体射流的影响,对等离子体射流进行数值仿真有助于我们深入了解真空电弧的内部物理机制.然而,磁流体动力学和粒子云网格仿真方法受限于计算精度和计算效率的原因,无法有效地应用于真空电弧等离子体射流仿真模拟.本文开发了一套三维等离子体混合模拟算法,并在此基础上建立了真空电弧单阴极斑点射流仿真模型,模型中将离子作宏粒子考虑,而电子作无质量流体处理,仿真计算了自生电磁场与外施纵向磁场作用下等离子体的分布运动状态.仿真结果表明,单个阴极斑点情况下真空等离子体射流在离开阴极斑点后扩散至极板间,其整体几何形状为圆锥形,离子密度从阴极到阳极快速下降.外施纵向磁场会压缩等离子体,使得等离子体射流径向的扩散减少并且轴线上的离子密度升高.随着外施纵向磁场的增大,其对等离子体射流的压缩效应增强,表现为等离子体射流的扩散角度逐渐减小.此外,外施纵向磁场对等离子体射流的影响也受到电弧电流大小的影响,压缩效应随电弧电流的增加而逐渐减弱.     

均匀磁场中匀速运动的长直圆柱壳场分布的研究

在柱坐标系中用分离变量法计算了位于均匀磁场中匀速运动的长直圆柱壳内外的电场和磁场的分布情况,讨论了运动的长直圆柱壳对外场的屏蔽作用的影响因素.     

双振荡场产生正负电子对的理论研究

在强电磁场下真空产生正负电子对的研究中,多场的组合扮演重要的角色.本文运用计算量子场论方法在全时空数值求解狄拉克方程,研究了两个空间分离的局域化振荡电场击穿真空产生正负电子对的过程.结果表明通过选取合适的场参数,两场的相互作用可以显著增强正负电子对的产生.两场的相互作用使产生正负电子对的动量分布曲线出现了周期性的振荡,并导致了非对称的多光子跃迁过程.通过含时微扰理论分析得出,正负电子对的动量分布的周期性振荡可由电场宽度、电场频率和两场间距共同决定.两场间距能够改变正负电子对动量分布的变化周期,随着两场间距的增大,产生正负电子对的动量(能量)的单一性得到优化;电场宽度不仅影响正负电子对动量分布的峰谷高度差,还会改变其在动量空间峰值的展宽;根据能量守恒定律,电场频率的增大使得产生粒子对的动量随之变大.因此,通过选择合适电场参数可以抑制或加强特定动量分布的正负电子对,这为今后的实验设计提供了重要的理论指导.     

微秒长脉冲有磁场高功率微波二极管真空界面设计

介绍了一种微秒长脉冲有磁场的真空二极管界面的设计和实验结果。采取了三种措施来抑制沿面闪络:一是阴极电子束挡板,用来拦截来自阴极和电子束漂移管的回流电子束;二是接地屏蔽板,使电场等势线和界面成约45°角,使阴极三结合点处发射的电子远离绝缘板;三是降低阴极三结合点处的场强,并使用一悬浮电位的金属环阻止电子倍增过程。计算了二极管内电场、磁场分布和电子束的运动轨迹并据此优化了真空界面的结构,实验验证了该二极管真空界面可以在400 kV、800 ns条件下正常工作,可以支持长脉冲高功率微波器件的研究。     

磁屏蔽罩在梯度静磁场中的受力研究

在有梯度的静磁场中,对由软磁材料制作的磁屏蔽罩所受的静磁力的量级进行了评估。使用有限元分析和实验测试的方法研究了纯铁方形屏蔽罩在梯度静磁场中的受力情况,结果表明：把内腔尺寸100mm×100mm×150mm、罩体厚度为20mm的方形屏蔽罩放置在强度约为0.2T、梯度为0.03T?m?1的磁场中,其所受的静磁力约为184N,与其自身重力相当;静磁力随磁场强度的升高而增大;有限元分析与实验测试结果的偏差在0.2T背景磁场下约为21%。因此,在考虑一定余量的情况下,使用有限元计算评估屏蔽罩在静磁场中的受力情况是一种有效和比较可靠的方法。     

一种陶瓷径向绝缘强流二极管耐压结构设计

 对外径230 mm的陶瓷绝缘板，依据强流真空二极管径向绝缘的设计思想，设计加工了“锥-柱”型阳极外壳，并在传输线内筒和阴极杆末端位置增加了均压罩和屏蔽环结构。利用静电场有限元程序计算了陶瓷-真空界面电场分布，通过对外壳细节结构以及均压罩、屏蔽环形状和位置的调整，使得真空界面上沿面场强和三结合点处场强均得到了有效控制。在单线长脉冲加速器上进行了实验研究，结果显示，二极管能够耐受400 kV、脉宽大于200 ns的脉冲电压，运行稳定，达到了理论设计要求。     

用于超导脉冲变压器的双饼线圈交流损耗优化

基于二维轴对称H方程法对用于高温超导脉冲变压器的YBCO双饼线圈进行了有限元建模与仿真,研究了分磁环参数和开槽数对YBCO双饼线圈传输原边电流时的磁场特性和交流损耗的影响。仿真结果表明,分磁环能够显著减弱双饼线圈的径向磁场,降低其交流损耗。对分磁环开槽后,径向磁场主要分布在开槽处。当分磁环相对磁导率为100,与线圈间距为0.25 mm,厚度为1 mm,开槽数为3时,双饼线圈交流损耗降低了64.9%。     

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在有梯度的静磁场中,对由软磁材料制作的磁屏蔽罩所受的静磁力的量级进行了评估.使用有限元分析和实验测试的方法研究了纯铁方形屏蔽罩在梯度静磁场中的受力情况,结果表明:把内腔尺寸100mm×100mm×150mm、罩体厚度为20mm的方形屏蔽罩放置在强度约为0.2T、梯度为0.03T?m-1的磁场中,其所受的静磁力约为184N,与其自身重力相当;静磁力随磁场强度的升高而增大;有限元分析与实验测试结果的偏差在0.2T背景磁场下约为21%.因此,在考虑一定余量的情况下,使用有限元计算评估屏蔽罩在静磁场中的受力情况是一种有效和比较可靠的方法.     

频率搅拌混响室原理及应用

从理论上分析了混响室采用频率搅拌的可行性,仿真计算和试验测量了频率搅拌混响室内部电场的均匀性和统计特性,探索了在屏蔽效能测试中的应用。研究结果表明:频率搅拌方法能够得到空间统计均匀的电场分布,电场直角分量的模值服从瑞利分布,并且频率越高电场的均匀性和统计特性越好。在频率搅拌混响室内部测试得到开缝小尺寸屏蔽体在1~10GHz频段的屏蔽效能约为15dB,与机械搅拌混响室测试结果基本一致。     

Influence of bias magnetic field on the vacuum arc in double‐break vacuum circuit breakers

When double‐break vacuum circuit breakers (VCBs) interrupt the fault current, the series arc will generate their individual magnetic fields in different breaks. The magnetic field in one break will influence the arc in another break if the magnetic field is strong enough or the two breaks are very close. In this case, an interactive magnetic field effect happens. This field is also called the bias magnetic field (BMF). BMF can cause anode erosion and affect the performance at current zero. The distribution of BMF and the optimal configuration of the double‐break VCBs were obtained by the electromagnetic field simulation using the Ansoft Maxwell software. Based on the simulated magnetic field data, in the experiments, the interaction between the series vacuum arcs in double‐break VCBs was equivalent to the interaction between a single vacuum arc and the magnetic field generated by a Helmholtz coil. A high‐speed CMOS camera was used to record the trajectory of the vacuum arc plasma under different BMFs with different types of contacts. The results show the BMF can increase the arc voltage, and the arc becomes unstable. When the BMF becomes stronger, the arc voltage increases, and the arc becomes more unstable. In addition, for different types of contacts, the development process of the arc and the influence level are different under the same BMF. For a Wan‐type transverse magnetic field (TMF) contact or strong BMF, metal sputtering is evident and anode erosion becomes serious. For a cup‐type axial magnetic field (AMF) contact, the influence of BMF on the series arc plasma in double‐break VCBs is less than that of the Wan‐type TMF contact. The results of this work may be helpful for the design of compact double‐break VCBs.     

Separation of spiral contacts and the motion of vacuum arcs at highAC currents

A framing camera is used to photograph the vacuum arc between separating spiral-petal vacuum interrupter contacts. The rupture of the molten bridge between the contacts first leads to a high-pressure, transient arc column. This arc motion can become constricted for several milliseconds before it goes diffuse as the current decreases to zero. The current through the spiral contacts produces a magnetic field perpendicular to the arc column, which forces the arc to move outward and run along the periphery of the petals. Several vacuum arc modes occur during the half-cycle of high current arcing. Movies, gap-current curves, and arc voltage traces are used to study the development of the arc motion and how it is affected by the contact structure. This information is used to generate arc appearance diagrams in which the arc form and motion are correlated to instantaneous values of current and gap for a wide range of peak currents. Appearance diagrams are shown for two ranges of opening delay from current onset     

Study on arc mode and shape transformation in the arc motion stage between transverse magnetic field contacts

Transverse magnetic field (TMF) contacts drive the vacuum arc moving along the contact surface by producing a magnetic field perpendicular to the arc current flow, which makes the arc energy distribute uniformly and prevents the contact from serious ablation due to local overheating. The characteristics of arc motion between the TMF contacts directly determine the surface temperature distribution and contact erosion. Also, it is closely related to the breaking ability of the contacts. In this paper, the arc motion between spiral‐type contacts was recorded by a high‐speed camera. By analysing the arc voltage and arc images, the characteristics of arc shape transformation in the motion stage under different currents were studied. At the same time, the influence of arc duration and arc characteristics before the motion stage on the arc motion is discussed. It is found that the arc behaviour before the motion stage did influence the shape transformation and range of arc rotation. After entering the motion stage, there was always a rapid transformation process of the arc shape and the arc would return to where it first became constricted after a short movement. After a continuous movement, it might rotate in a small region where the arc stagnated before the motion stage. In addition, the arc behaviour was also related to its duration. When the opening time was varied from 2 to 5 ms, the arc velocity decreased. Meanwhile, it was more likely that multiple transformations of the arc aggregation degree occurred.     

Axial magnetic field contacts with nonuniform distributed axial magnetic fields

It is well known that axial magnetic fields (AMFs) can keep vacuum arc in diffuse mode at high current. According to our recent research and other published papers, it has been found that vacuum arc can be maintained in high-current diffuse mode at much higher current if nonuniform AMF is applied, that the axial magnetic field is higher at contact periphery than at center. The influence of spatial distribution of AMF on vacuum arc is mainly studied in this paper. Furthermore, two types of AMF contacts with new structures to generate nonuniform AMF are presented.     

Investigation on arc characteristics in cup-shaped contacts with different structure for transverse magnetic field vacuum circuit breaker

The cup-shaped transverse magnetic field (TMF) contacts contain radial components and tangential components in the TMF generated when the current is interrupted. The tangential force generated by the radial magnetic field component drives the vacuum arc to rotate, and the tangential magnetic field component generates a radial force that causes the vacuum arc to move radially outward. In this paper, in order to study the influence of the arc force direction on the arc characteristics, the influence of the contact structure parameters such as the inclination of the inner wall on the arc force direction is simulated, and the breaking tests of different levels of current are carried out on the contact with different structure parameters. It is found that the direction of the Lorentz force has a significant effect on the breaking characteristics of the current, and the tangential and radial force components have varying degrees of influence on the motion characteristics of the arc during the start process and the metal droplet splashing.     

Vacuum Arc Behavior in a Transverse Magnetic Field

Experimental measurements in a vacuum interrupter have shown that the application of a transverse magnetic field results in substantial increases in arc voltage. Photographic studies of the arc column indicate that strong magnetic fields reduce the effective anode area and may lead to severe arc constriction.     

Investigation of unstable motion characteristics of vacuum arc cathode spots between transverse magnetic field contacts

With the improvement of the current level of power grids, the requirements of the opening level of the vacuum switches are also increasing. Vacuum arc cathode spots provide steam and electrons and, to a certain extent, determine the opening capacity of the vacuum switch. In this paper, a vacuum arc cathode spot research platform based on the de-mountable vacuum chamber is constructed. The characteristics of the vacuum arc cathode spots under the transverse magnetic field (TMF) contacts are assessed by a high-speed charge coupled device. The experimental results show that the cathode spot diffusion process can be divided into three processes through cathode spot distribution, arc voltage and current: initial diffusion stage of cathode spots, unstable motion stage of cathode spots, and extinguishing stage. The motion mode of cathode spots during unstable motion stage can be divided into cathode spots group stagnation (CSGS) to multi-cathode jet (MCJ) switch mode, cathode spots group motion (CSGM) to MCJ switch mode, CSGM mode, and MCJ mode. The effects of peak current and contact diameter on unstable motion mode were analysed.     

The influence of unipolar axial magnetic field on the behavior of vacuum arcs

The behavior of vacuum arcs under the influence of unipolar axial magnetic field (AMF) has been investigated. In experimental investigations, the vacuum arc mode is studied at different arc currents by using high-speed charge-coupled device (CCD) video images. In spite of the AMF, first sign of arc constriction appears at relatively small currents of about 15 kA (RMS). Three different arc modes were found. Based on generalized Ohm's law, the current density distribution in the vacuum arc with unipolar axial magnetic field is computed using three-dimensional finite-element method (FEM) software. The calculated current distribution is confirmed by the vacuum arc appearance taken from CCD video film. The distribution of AMF can be optimized by such experiments and theoretical analysis.     

Electron self-energy in a magnetic field

In the lowest order in the fine-structure constant, the electron self-energy in an external magnetic field can be written in the form of a double integral representation containing the exact information about the radiative shift and width of the energy levels, without approximation in the field strength. In the low-field expansion of the radiative shift, the leading term is conveniently interpreted in terms of the electron's anomalous magnetic moment, whilst in very strong fields the enhancement of the cyclotron motion makes the shift a positive, slowly increasing function of the field intensity. It follows that, even in superstrong magnetic fields, the electromagnetic interaction cannot give rise to an instability of the electron-positron vacuum.     

Cathode spot dynamics on pure metals and composite materials inhigh-current vacuum arcs

An investigation has been carried out of cathode spot dynamics in a triggered vacuum arc in a demountable chamber. A rectangular current pulse of 1-5 kA, 1-5 ms has been used. Sufficient statistics were collected. The expansion of a cathode spot ring on a clean, pure metal surface was corroborated to be a retrograde movement in the self-magnetic field which obeys the same law as the movement of a single spot in an external magnetic field. The influence of a contact gap of 0.5-8 mm and current on the dynamics of cathode spots was investigated. The gap dependence of the proportional coefficient between the spot velocity and magnetic field in the case of a pure copper cathode was obtained. A phenomenon was discovered, where a group of cathode spots form in the short arcs on the CuCr cathodes after a transition diffuse arc stage. The follow-up investigation revealed that a close interrelation exists between the cathode and anode processes in short arcs. This interrelation is responsible for the appearance of the discovered phenomenon. Short-circuit performance tests conducted for a commercial vacuum interrupter proved cathode spot group formation to be responsible for the interruption failure at short contact gaps