百纳秒脉冲下绝缘材料沿面闪络特性北大核心CSCD

为研究百纳秒脉冲下两种典型的绝缘材料(尼龙和有机玻璃)在气体中的沿面闪络特性,设计了百纳秒脉冲沿面闪络实验平台。通过实验研究了绝缘材料的闪络电压随气体气压、闪络距离、等物理因素的变化规律,实验表明:闪络电压随着气压的增加而增加,但是闪络场强随着闪络间距的增加而降低;在相同条件下,有机玻璃的闪络电压比尼龙高。同时通过沿面闪络实验,得到在百纳秒脉冲下不同气压、不同闪络间距的闪络电压值。     

圆形平板电极与薄膜层叠结构的沿面闪络性能

强电磁脉冲模拟装置中用于脉冲压缩的陡化电容器常采用电极与薄膜介质层叠的结构,其主要绝缘失效模式为沿面闪络。采用圆形平板电极,在SF₆绝缘环境中和加载电压为前沿约30 ns的纳秒脉冲电压的条件下,实验研究了陡化电容器关键结构参数和气压对沿面闪络性能的影响。结果表明:（1）电极厚度、气隙和表面涂覆均不能明显改变层叠结构的沿面闪络电压;（2）气压可以提高层叠结构的沿面闪络性能,但是存在饱和趋势;（3）薄膜介质层数与沿面闪络电压近似线性比例关系;（4）增长薄膜介质伸出长度能显著提高沿面闪络电压。基于流注理论对上述结果进行了探讨,认为极不均匀场中,闪络起始主要由高场强区域决定,但是闪络通道的形成和发展主要由闪络路径上的背景电场决定,因此减小层叠结构三结合点处电场对闪络性能影响不大,但减小闪络通道发展路径上的背景电场,可以有效提高层叠结构的沿面闪络电压。     

纳秒脉冲电压同轴电场下有机玻璃和尼龙的闪络特性

 利用基于SOS的SPG200高压脉冲功率装置研究了有机玻璃(PMMA)和尼龙1010在变压器油中的闪络特性。研究结果表明：闪络电压随内电极直径增加近似指数增加，随闪络距离延长近似线性增加，相应的击穿时延也近似线性增加。受实验条件的影响，有机玻璃和尼龙1010的闪络性能略有差异。同轴径向电场降落集中在内电极表面附近一定径向距离内，同轴电场下的闪络电压主要由内电极表面电场与径向电场分布的均匀程度决定。增加内电极直径和延长闪络距离都可以提高闪络电压，而增加内电极直径的效果更显著。     

Effect of Illumination of Organic Dielectrics by Radiation of an Active Medium

The effect of illumination of 16 organic dielectrics, including PMMA and polyethylene- and polyvinylchloride-based materials, on their electrical conductivity, permittivity, and tangent of the loss angle is examined. Light pulses of 20 ns duration, mainly with a wavelength of 510.6 nm, formed a large light spot which illuminates the entire sample for 3–5 s so that the light pulse power density at the sample surface reached 0.6–6.6 kW/cm². It has been found that illumination, as a rule, changes the electrical parameters of the dielectrics that relax with time to their initial or new equilibrium values. In the process of many-hour relaxation of some materials, their electrical conductivity reached a maximum. This is indicative of the fact that light radiation converts dielectrics into the electret state.     

纳秒脉冲下高气压SF6中同轴绝缘子沿面闪络影响因素实验研究

研究纳秒脉冲下的绝缘子沿面闪络影响因素对电磁脉冲模拟装置绝缘结构设计具有重要的借鉴意义。通过搭建绝缘子沿面闪络实验平台,实验研究了在0.5 MPa的SF6气体中,脉冲电压波形、绝缘材料和绝缘子沿面场强分布对绝缘子沿面闪络电压的影响。结果表明：绝缘子的闪络电压具有随着脉冲前沿时间减小而增加的趋势;相较于脉冲电压全波,绝缘子在脉冲电压前沿波形耐受下闪络电压较高;聚酰亚胺材料的绝缘性能最好;通过降低绝缘子沿面最大场强,改善电场分布可以有效地提高绝缘子的闪络电压。     

十二烷基苯中有机玻璃和尼龙的纳秒脉冲沿面闪络特性

为了揭示十二烷基苯中绝缘材料沿面闪络的发展过程,并研究有效提高脉冲功率装置绝缘爬电距离的方法,通过实验对不同脉冲前沿、不同电场形式下有机玻璃和尼龙6在负脉冲电压下的沿面闪络电压进行了测量。结果发现:随着脉冲陡度的增加,沿面闪络电压增大;随着沿面距离的增大,闪络电压升高,但闪络场强降低;电场越不均匀,越容易发生闪络,并且在极不均匀场中,闪络距离较大时,闪络电压随沿面距离的增长趋势变缓,出现了明显的拐点。研究认为,液体介质中的沿面闪络与真空中的沿面闪络具有相似的闪络机制,沿面闪络是在气化的通道内完成的。     

基于磁场闪络抑制技术的真空沿面闪络实验研究

为解决脉冲功率系统中击穿电压最低的部分,即真空固体绝缘界面,采用磁场闪络抑制技术提高闪络电压,为研究磁场和沿面闪络电压的关系,针对不同介电常数的样品开展了一系列相关实验。实验结果表明:采用电容器对通电螺线管充电产生的脉冲强磁场稳定可靠,并且当施加在绝缘子表面磁场强度为1.1 T时,PMMA材料的闪络电压可以提高至1.8倍。     

SF6中氧化铝环氧复合材料的纳秒脉冲闪络特性

氧化铝掺杂环氧树脂复合材料在电力绝缘设备中应用广泛,然而人们对其在纳秒脉冲下的绝缘性能研究较少,这限制了它在指导脉冲功率装置中的应用。为探究其在纳秒脉冲下的沿面绝缘性能,对氧化铝掺杂环氧树脂复合材料在前沿数十ns快脉冲电压下的闪络特性进行了研究,结果显示,其闪络电场较纯环氧有较大提高,闪络电压符合韦伯分布。实验表明,闪络电压随电压上升率的增加而显著增加,从5.8 kV/ns时的108 kV上升到20.5 kV/ns时的226 kV,增幅超过1倍。闪络时延随电压上升率的上升呈现“先快速下降、后趋于平缓”的趋势。在试样闪络通道表面观测到明显的碳化现象,说明实验中的闪络放电对复合材料有破坏性影响。     

Dielectric surface flashover in a simulated low Earth orbitenvironment

Surface flashover on insulators under UV irradiation or with a plasma background was investigated with high-speed electrical and optical sensors in order to clarify differences in the breakdown development compared to the pure vacuum case. Results with a plasma background show a more rapid development in the breakdown initiation compared to measurements in vacuum with no plasma. With a magnetic shielding technique using permanent magnets, the duration of an applied voltage pulse can be increased by a factor of 2-3 without causing flashover. UV illumination on the electrodes decreases the flashover voltage (for the dc case) or the voltage pulse duration without breakdown (for the pulsed case), whereas UV illumination on the dielectric surface increases the flashover potential     

空气中激光触发沿面闪络的蒙特卡罗仿真

搭建了空气中脉冲电压下激光触发沿面闪络试验平台,在试验平台上进行了尼龙介质的激光触发沿面闪络特性试验,应用蒙特卡罗方法对尼龙在空气中激光触发沿面闪络过程进行仿真。建立了激光触发沿面闪络的蒙特卡罗仿真模型,对蒙特卡罗算法的实现过程进行了描述,得出激光能量密度不同时的闪络时延。仿真结果显示,随着激光能量密度的上升,激光触发沿面闪络时延下降,这表示激光能量密度增加,在介质表面上产生的电子数增多,使沿面闪络的时延减小,仿真结果与试验结果趋势一致,初步验证了空气中脉冲电压下激光触发沿面闪络机理。     

聚合物绝缘子表面微结构构筑及闪络性能

对聚合物绝缘子表面微形貌的构筑方法及其对沿面闪络性能的影响进行了研究。首先以二氧化硅微球为模板，利用化学模板法在交联聚苯乙烯(CLPS)表面实现了μm级孔穴的构筑，研究了二氧化硅微球的颗粒直径及添加量对微孔参数的影响；其次，利用激光刻蚀的方法在有机玻璃(PMMA)绝缘子表面实现了百μm级三角形凹槽阵列的构筑，探索了激光工艺参数对微槽形貌和结构的影响。通过短脉冲高压测试平台对构筑了两种不同微形貌的绝缘子进行了真空沿面闪络性能测试。结果表明:沿面闪络电压均获得了显著提升，其中表面带有合适微槽的PMMA绝缘子的闪络电压相比于未处理的绝缘子提升了将近150%；与传统的表面机械加工处理方法相比，在聚合物表面实现了从μm到数百μm量级微结构的可控构筑，并使真空沿面闪络电压获得了稳定提升。     

Geometrical optimization of a surface DBD powered by a nanosecond pulsed high voltage

In this study, surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) actuators powered by nanosecond pulsed high voltage are investigated. The goal is to experimentally characterize the surface DBD actuators in terms of electrical and geometrical parameters.The actuators are made of two conducting electrodes separated by a thin dielectric (Kapton films) and arranged asymmetrically. The active electrode is connected to a pulsed high voltage power supply (voltage up to ±10 kV, rise and fall times of 50 ns and pulse width of 250 ns) and the second electrode is grounded.The experimental results show that the energy per pulse (normalized by the length of the active electrode) is smaller when one increases the inter-electrode spacing between 1 and 3 mm, the thickness of the dielectric barrier between 120 and 360 μm or the length of the electrodes between 10 and 50 cm, for both applied voltage polarities.Optical characterization of the plasma layer for different electrode gaps has been investigated by using an ICCD camera. Results indicate that the plasma produced by positive and negative rising voltage propagates in a streamer-like regime with numerous and well-distributed channels, for any electrode gap distance. However, the positive and negative falling voltage produces similar discharges only for large electrode gaps. In this case, the plasma layer starts from a corona spot in contact with the active electrode and expands in the direction of the grounded electrode in a plume shape.     

Time-resolved processes in a pulsed electrical discharge in argon bubbles in water

A phenomenological picture of a pulsed electrical discharge in gas bubbles in water is produced by combining electrical, spectroscopic, and imaging characterization methods. The discharge is generated by applying 1 m\mu s pulses of 5 to 20 kV between a needle and a disk electrode submerged in water. An Ar gas bubble surrounds the tip of the needle electrode. Imaging, electrical characteristics, and time-resolved optical emission spectroscopic data suggest a fast streamer propagation mechanism and the formation of a plasma channel in the bubble. Comparing the electrical and imaging data for consecutive pulses applied to the bubble at a frequency of 1 Hz indicates that each discharge proceeds as an entirely new process with no memory of the previous discharge aside from the presence of long-lived chemical species, such as ozone and oxygen. Imaging and electrical data show the presence of two discharge events during each applied voltage pulse, a forward discharge near the beginning of the applied pulse depositing charge on the surface of the bubble and a reverse discharge removing the accumulated charge from the water/gas interface when the applied voltage is turned off. The pd value of ~ 300–500 torr cm, the 1 μs long pulse duration, low repetition rate, and unidirectional character of the applied voltage pulses make the discharge process here unique compared to the traditional corona or dielectric barrier discharges.     

纳秒脉冲表面介质阻挡放电特性实验研究

在常规大气环境条件下,基于单极性纳秒脉冲电源对表面介质阻挡放电特性进行了实验研究。结果表明:纳秒脉冲表面介质阻挡放电的本质是丝状放电,放电集中在电压脉冲的上升沿;激励电压和脉冲重复频率越大,放电越强烈,越接近均匀放电,但电压的作用更侧重于均匀性,而频率的作用则侧重于放电的强度;电极间隙的优化可以使表面介质阻挡放电特性最好;玻璃作为阻挡介质时容易发生沿面闪络。     

块状TiO2气凝胶的溶胶-凝胶过程及结构

对块状TiO2气凝胶的溶胶-凝胶过程及结构进行了实验研究,结果发现:增加催化剂的量,凝胶化时间缩短,湿凝胶的透明度降低,强度提高;增加前驱体的量,凝胶化时间缩短,湿凝胶的透明度变化不大,强度提高;增加水量,凝胶化时间先缩短后增加,湿凝胶透明度先减小后增加,强度先增加后减小。利用扫描电镜对超临界干燥法制备的不同催化剂量和密度的块状TiO2气凝胶的结构进行了表征,并对结构与溶胶-凝胶过程之间的联系进行了分析。结果表明:增加催化剂量,由于缩聚反应进行的程度提高,气凝胶粒子粒径较小且总的孔径较大。减小前驱体量,气凝胶粒子粒径增大且结构逐渐疏松。     

刻槽绝缘子真空表面闪络光学特性

利用超高速相机Hsfc-Pro对绝缘子真空表面闪络光学特性进行了研究,重点分析了平板和刻槽结构圆盘形介质样品在指状电极下闪络通道的差异以及刻槽结构对材料绝缘强度的提升。实验结果表明:槽纹的引入改变了闪络通道的形成位置,平板结构介质样品的表面闪络一般是沿两电极中心连线发展,而刻槽结构介质样品的表面闪络则是沿介质边缘发展。这导致后者的闪络时延至少是前者的/2倍,证明了刻槽结构可以在不增加器件尺寸的前提下有效提高介质材料的绝缘强度。     

真空中激光触发脉冲电压下绝缘材料闪络特性

搭建了真空中脉冲电压下激光触发沿面闪络试验平台,在试验平台上进行常用开关绝缘介质尼龙、聚碳酸酯和Al2O3陶瓷的激光触发沿面闪络特性试验,探讨了真空中激光触发沿面闪络的机理。试验结果表明:聚碳酸酯试品的自闪络电压最高;在真空中脉冲电压下的激光触发沿面闪络试验中,随着激光能量密度的增大,3种材料的时延和抖动均减小;532 nm和1 064 nm波长激光触发的条件下,3种材料的抖动均在1 ns左右,聚碳酸酯抖动较小;532 nm波长激光触发的时延小于1 064 nm波长激光触发的时延。     

Formation of hydrophobic coating on PMMA surface using unipolar nanosecond-pulse DBD in atmospheric air

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) can modify the material surface and result in complicated physical and chemical reactions to improve the surface hydrophilicity, which is proved to be an effective method for surface modification. Compared with the traditional ac-excitation DBD, the DBD using unipolar pulses can avoid local overheat of microdischarges and can improve discharge efficiency under some conditions. In this paper, DBD excited by repetitive unipolar nanosecond generator was used to improve the hydrophobicity of Plexiglass (PMMA) surface by means of the interaction between air plasma and silicone oil. The output voltage had a rise time of 40 ns and a full width at half maximum of about 70 ns. The surface hydrophobicity of the PMMA, before and after the surface modification, was evaluated via the contact angle measurement under different experimental conditions. The values of the contact angle shown in this paper were the average of eight measured values, and the standard deviations were also calculated. The surface energy including polar and dispersion components was calculated using the measured average contact angles of distilled water and polyethyleneglycol. The results showed that, as the increase of the discharge voltage, the contact angle increased but the surface energy decreased. With the increase of treatment time, the water contact angle of the modified surface increased at the beginning, and it would reach to a maximum at 7.5 min treatment, and then decreased. The effect of pulse frequency on the modification results was different at various treatment times. In addition, the possible physical and chemical reaction among the DBD plasma, silicone oil and the PMMA surface was discussed.     

Current, luminosity, and X-ray emission in the early phase ofdielectric surface flashover in vacuum

With high-speed electrical and optical diagnostics, an attempt is made to elucidate the physical mechanisms leading to surface flashover. The experimental device uses a cable discharge to study self-breakdown along the surface of an insulator in vacuum. Preflashover current, breakdown voltage, luminosity, and soft X-ray emission are measured in temporal correlation with a resolution of 1 ns. The results show a linearly increasing current in the subampere range, and a corresponding linearly increasing luminosity, before an exponential increase of both signals takes over. The linear phase is accompanied by X-ray emission which ceases at the onset of the exponential phase. The strong influence of externally applied magnetic fields on the linear phase points to the existence of free electrons above the surface during the early phase of flashover. A linear current rise without magnetic field and the formation of a current plateau with an insulating magnetic field indicate a saturation of the current amplification mechanism in the early phase     

The impulse dielectric behavior of N2 gas in sphere-plane gap

The focus of this work has been on the pre-breakdown phenomena and the breakdown characteristics of N₂ gas in a sphere-plane gap under various impulse voltages. Both electrical and optical experimental investigation methods were used. Following parameters were considered: gas pressure range from 0.2 to 0.6 MPa, electric field utilization factor of the electrode configuration 71%, positive and negative impulse waveforms with the rise time of 500 ns, 1.2 μs and 180 μs. The observed discharge processes before the breakdown through the light emission images by the ICCD camera are in good agreement with the streamer mechanism. Under both polarity stresses, discharges are initially concentrated around the tip of the sphere and later pointing towards the earth electrode. However, negative streamers are thinner and more diffuse. As expected, the breakdown voltages for negative polarity are lower than those for positive polarity regardless of the gas pressure and shape of the applied impulse voltage. The breakdown voltage is increased with shortening the rise time of pulse waveforms. As a substitute for SF₆, N₂ gas under pressures above 0.3 MPa can reach the standard rated withstand voltage for 24 kV C-GIS.