石墨电极气体开关中等离子体弧区碳氧反应效率研究

氧气是石墨电极气体开关中必不可少的组分,用于氧化石墨电极在高温电弧冲击下形成的石墨蒸汽,防止熄弧后石墨蒸汽凝华成固体粉末给开关带来绝缘危害。为提高石墨蒸汽的氧化比例,研究了背景气体组分和氧气浓度对石墨氧化反应的影响,选取3种气体N₂,Ar,He作为背景气体,研究不同气氛电弧的氧化反应特征;在传统的类空气气体（80%的N₂＋20%的O₂）的基础上,提高氧气浓度至40%和60%,研究氧气浓度对碳质氧化比例的改善作用。基于不同气体组分的热力学参数和输运系数,通过电弧磁流体动力学计算模型得到开关温度特征,将电弧与电极界面的热流强度作为石墨电极质量损失速率的评估依据。实验结果表明,随着氧气浓度的升高,石墨蒸汽的氧化比例逐步提高,但当氧气浓度高于40%时,存在电弧引燃石墨电极的风险。当氧气浓度恒定20%时,以Ar作为背景气体时石墨电极质量损失速率较小,且碳蒸汽在电弧中氧化更加充分。因此,相比于传统的开关气体介质,将背景气体替换为Ar或将氧气浓度提高至约40%均能提升碳氧反应效率,降低开关中的杂质残余量。     

大功率能源模块中的石墨电极气体开关系统

探讨了大功率脉冲电源模块中主放电开关和预电离开关整体系统的设计、制造和试验过程。在主放电回路中选择石墨型两电极气体开关作为主开关,因为其在高峰值和快上升沿时间电流的作用下具有很长的工作寿命,并由此构建了基于脉冲变压器的主开关触发器,其中气路控制装置是该系统的辅助设备。在预电离回路中选择石墨型三电极气体开关作为放电开关,并给出了能够同时输出高电压和大电流的预电离开关触发器的设计原理。最后,电气特性测试实验表明两电极主开关峰值电流超过700kA,总转移电荷量超过200kC,此外通过更换电极,开关的寿命可以延长。预电离开关在充气230kPa绝对气压、充电电压23kV下,击穿时延平均值为7.5μs,时延抖动为0.656μs;预电离开关寿命试验的结果显示开关工作4000发次后石墨电极无需更换,开关的总转移电荷量超过10kC。     

大功率能源模块中的石墨电极气体开关系统

探讨了大功率脉冲电源模块中主放电开关和预电离开关整体系统的设计、制造和试验过程。在主放电回路中选择石墨型两电极气体开关作为主开关,因为其在高峰值和快上升沿时间电流的作用下具有很长的工作寿命,并由此构建了基于脉冲变压器的主开关触发器,其中气路控制装置是该系统的辅助设备。在预电离回路中选择石墨型三电极气体开关作为放电开关,并给出了能够同时输出高电压和大电流的预电离开关触发器的设计原理。最后,电气特性测试实验表明两电极主开关峰值电流超过700 kA,总转移电荷量超过200 kC,此外通过更换电极,开关的寿命可以延长。预电离开关在充气230 kPa绝对气压、充电电压23 kV下,击穿时延平均值为7.5 s,时延抖动为0.656 s;预电离开关寿命试验的结果显示开关工作4000发次后石墨电极无需更换,开关的总转移电荷量超过10 kC。     

旋转电弧对火花间隙开关电极烧蚀的影响

 根据开关间隙放电产生的电弧在自身磁场作用下沿着开关电极表面运动的设想,设计了一个旋转电弧场畸变火花开关，研究了开关电极在大电流情况下的烧蚀情况。实验结果表明,开关的工作电压为6~30kV，开关电感0.07μH，转移电荷量35.2C/shot时，铝电极non RAG结构比RAG结构的开关电极的烧蚀情况要严重得多，黄铜电极比铝电极的烧蚀要小得多。     

水中脉冲放电金属电极烧蚀机理

采用板-板电极, 在放电间隙距离为2 mm、放电电流峰值为22 kA条件下, 对黄铜、钨铜电极的烧蚀特性进行了对比研究。利用高精度天平测量放电过程中的电极质量损失, 分别获取了阴极、阳极及总的平均烧蚀速率。通过放电后电极表面微观形貌、微观元素组成的分析及液体中金属离子的含量分析, 对水中脉冲放电金属电极的烧蚀机理进行了探讨。结果表明, 水中脉冲放电时, 钨铜电极的抗烧蚀性能明显高于黄铜电极。黄铜电极的主要烧蚀是以中心的大量孔洞及其边缘的波纹结构为表现形式的液体金属的溅射;钨铜电极的突出物及较平整的表面暗示了气相侵蚀的作用。以电弧的焦耳热效应为催化剂, 钨铜与水的电化学反应更为强烈, 因此电化学腐蚀是水中放电电极烧蚀的形式之一。     

水中脉冲放电金属电极烧蚀机理

采用板-板电极, 在放电间隙距离为2 mm、放电电流峰值为22 kA条件下, 对黄铜、钨铜电极的烧蚀特性进行了对比研究。利用高精度天平测量放电过程中的电极质量损失, 分别获取了阴极、阳极及总的平均烧蚀速率。通过放电后电极表面微观形貌、微观元素组成的分析及液体中金属离子的含量分析, 对水中脉冲放电金属电极的烧蚀机理进行了探讨。结果表明, 水中脉冲放电时, 钨铜电极的抗烧蚀性能明显高于黄铜电极。黄铜电极的主要烧蚀是以中心的大量孔洞及其边缘的波纹结构为表现形式的液体金属的溅射;钨铜电极的突出物及较平整的表面暗示了气相侵蚀的作用。以电弧的焦耳热效应为催化剂, 钨铜与水的电化学反应更为强烈, 因此电化学腐蚀是水中放电电极烧蚀的形式之一。     

脉冲气体放电管特性测量实验

用TDS210型存贮示波器测量了脉冲气体放电管(闪光灯)的放电特性，同时用PIN型硅光电池测量脉冲光的波形，测量了它们之间的延迟，并计算了脉冲气体放电管的动态电阻，讨论了放电过程从触发到结束的物理图象．     

不同条件下大气压脉冲弥散放电特性

利用上升沿约0.5 s、半高宽约6 s、幅值可达40 kV的微秒脉冲电源和上升沿约150 ns、半高宽约300 ns、幅值可达50 kV的纳秒脉冲电源激励大气压弥散放电,并分别采用刀型和锯齿电极放电。通过电压电流测量和发光图像拍摄,改变施加电压种类、脉冲重复频率、高压电极结构和气隙距离等参数,研究了不同条件下弥散放电特性。实验结果表明:纳秒脉冲电源和微秒脉冲电源均能在大气压空气中激励大面积的弥散放电,弥散放电面积最大达90 cm2;放电的均匀性受脉冲参数与电极形状影响显著,其中刀型电极条件下纳秒脉冲激励的弥散放电均匀性最佳;相同条件下纳秒脉冲弥散放电的瞬时功率大于微秒脉冲弥散放电,最高可达275 kW,而纳秒脉冲弥散放电的能量小于微秒脉冲弥散放电;保持其他条件不变,弥散放电传导电流幅值随着气隙距离的增加而降低,放电强度随着脉冲重复频率的增加而增强,弥散放电的工作电压范围随着脉冲重复频率的增加显著降低。因此在低频、刀型电极结构中易于获得均匀与较大工作电压范围的大气压弥散放电。     

不同条件下大气压脉冲弥散放电特性

利用上升沿约0.5 s、半高宽约6 s、幅值可达40 kV的微秒脉冲电源和上升沿约150 ns、半高宽约300 ns、幅值可达50 kV的纳秒脉冲电源激励大气压弥散放电,并分别采用刀型和锯齿电极放电。通过电压电流测量和发光图像拍摄,改变施加电压种类、脉冲重复频率、高压电极结构和气隙距离等参数,研究了不同条件下弥散放电特性。实验结果表明：纳秒脉冲电源和微秒脉冲电源均能在大气压空气中激励大面积的弥散放电,弥散放电面积最大达90 cm2;放电的均匀性受脉冲参数与电极形状影响显著,其中刀型电极条件下纳秒脉冲激励的弥散放电均匀性最佳;相同条件下纳秒脉冲弥散放电的瞬时功率大于微秒脉冲弥散放电,最高可达275 kW,而纳秒脉冲弥散放电的能量小于微秒脉冲弥散放电;保持其他条件不变,弥散放电传导电流幅值随着气隙距离的增加而降低,放电强度随着脉冲重复频率的增加而增强,弥散放电的工作电压范围随着脉冲重复频率的增加显著降低。因此在低频、刀型电极结构中易于获得均匀与较大工作电压范围的大气压弥散放电。     

不同电流下气体开关电极烧蚀特性实验研究

在不同短路电流条件下,进行了不锈钢(1Cr18Ni9Ti)电极气体火花开关连续多次自击穿放电实验,通过测量电极质量损失、表面粗糙度和自击穿电压的变化,研究电极烧蚀特性及其对自击穿性能的影响。实验结果表明:随着放电电流峰值和周期增大,电极材料烧损速率与电容电荷量呈线性增加,而电极表面烧蚀粗糙度与电流峰值呈线性增大,自击穿电压变化达到峰值和稳定区的放电次数减少,但稳定阶段的自击穿电压值及其相对标准偏差同时减少,五种放电电流情况下,自击穿电压概率密度分布均遵循高斯函数。     

Spectral characteristics of a high-current pulsed discharge in xenon

The radiation characteristics of a pulsed discharge xenon lamp are experimentally and theoretically studied. The data on radiation spectra are obtained for various compositions and pressures of working medium, energies and time profiles of excitation pulse, discharge gap configurations, etc. Electron temperature and mean spectroscopic symbol of emitting ions are estimated. It is demonstrated that cw radiation (continuum) results from the photorecombination transitions.     

Investigation of the high-current arc in helium

The secondary and erosion characteristics of the electric-arc plasmatorch were studied experimentally. Formulas for arc voltage calculation depending on helium flow rate, diameter of the inner cavity of cylindrical copper anode, arc current, and distance from the nozzle to metal melt were derived.     

Effect of the discharge parameters on the generation of deuterium ions in the plasma of a high-current pulsed vacuum arc with a composite zirconium deuteride cathode

We have studied the mass and charge composition of an ion beam extracted from the plasma of a vacuum arc with a zirconium deuteride cathode for various durations of the arc current pulse (half width at half amplitude) of 2, 4, 7, and 17 μs. It has been established that the fraction of deuterium ions in the vacuum arc plasma increases with the current and the dependence achieve saturation for current of about 1 kA. For the fraction of deuterium atoms in the cathode at a level of 40%, the fraction of deuterium ions in the vacuum arc plasma can exceed 80%. The experimental results have been interpreted theoretically. It has been shown that the main sources of deuterium ions in a microsecond arc discharge are cathode spots. We have developed a model of deuterium desorption during the operation of cathode spots for quantitatively estimating the concentration of deuterium ions in the arc plasma.     

Voltage/current characteristics of high-current vacuum arc at a small gap length

Measurements of arc voltage for semiwave currents of the amplitude up to 13 kA and frequencies 0.9 kHz and 6.0 kHz were done for CuCr electrodes whose separtion was 2 mm. The obtained data were used to determine voltage/current and voltage-time characteristics of high-current vacuum arc. They enabled to state as:

1. The shape and values of arc voltage during a sinusoidal current semiwave flow depend on the current amplitude and frequency. As the current amplitude increases the arc voltage rises, and its shape changes from relatively low and quiet to high with considerable fluctuations of high frequency and amplitude (HAF).
2. Arc voltage at a given current instantaneous valuei _a1 depends on the current waveform before reachingi _a1 . The arc voltage beyond the range of HAF occurrence, at the same instantaneous value of the sinusoidal current, is higher during the current increase than during its decrease and higher for higher current frequency.
3. Mean arc voltage and current value at the moment of HAF onset, rise with the increase of current peak and frequency.

This article presents qualitative correlations between the measured arc voltage and an expected discharge mode in the intercontact gap.     

Macroparticle filtering of high-current vacuum arc plasmas

The transport of vacuum arc plasmas through a 90° curved magnetic macroparticle filter was investigated using a high-current pulsed arc source with a carbon cathode. The peak arc current was in the kiloampere range, exceeding considerably the level of what has been reported in the literature. The main question investigated was whether magnetic macroparticle filters could be scaled up while maintaining the transport efficiency of small filters. In front of the cathode, we found that arc current dependent total ion saturation currents were in the range from 10% to 23% of the arc current. The best relative transmission was 25% (time integrated output/time integrated input) at a duct wall bias of 12.5 V and at an axial magnetic field of about 100 mT. The measured relative transmission of the used high-current arrangement is comparable to what has been observed with other low-current filters. The absolute measurable ion saturation currents at the filter exit reached 70 A at an arc current of about 1000 A     

Craters formation in a graphite cathode produced by pulsed arc at low pressure

DC pulsed arcs, between face to face opposite electrodes of graphite and stainless steel at pressures varying from 50 to 500 Pa into nitrogen environment, with a current and voltage of 300 A and 167 V, respectively, and a pulsed arc time of 30 ms were produced.Several consecutive craters, created by explosive way and by inclusions over the graphite cathode were found. These are located principally at the outskirts of the center and at the half of the graphite cathode radius; they are originated because of the cathode spots chaotic movement. The most representative craters have sizes over than 300 μm and some melted sectors were observed by means of the SEM technique, corroborating that there are temperatures higher or equal than the melting point of the graphite. The film surface is composed by small spheres with structures similar to the ones in the cauliflower diamond. Craters in some melted sectors on the anode surface were observed.     

强流脉冲电子束诱发纯钛表面的微观结构及应力状态

利用强流脉冲电子束(HCPEB)装置对金属纯钛进行轰击,采用X射线衍射,扫描电子显微镜及透射电子显微镜技术详细分析了轰击样品表层的结构和缺陷. X射线衍射分析表明, HCPEB能够在材料表层诱发幅值为 GPa量级的压应力,并在(100), (102)和(103)晶面出现择优取向.表层微观结构的观察表明: HCPEB轰击后材料表层发生了马氏体相变,形成了大量的片状马氏体组织; 此外, HCPEB轰击还在辐照表面诱发了强烈的塑性变形,一次轰击后,晶粒内部的塑性变形以(100)晶面的位错滑移为主,位错密度显著提高;多次轰击后,样品变形结构发生变化,变形孪晶的数量明显增多. 这些变形微结构不仅影响表层的织构演化行为,而且还能细化晶粒,进而提高材料表面硬度, 为HCPEB技术进行纯钛表面强化提供了一条有效的途径.     

Effect of pulsed plasma and high-current electron beam treatments on the structure and properties of nickel-based coatings

Using plasma-detonation technology (PDT), nickel-based powder (PGAN-33, PG-10N-01 and PG-19N-01) coatings 80–300 μm thick were deposited on a low-carbon St-3 steel substrate. Coatings were then subjected to additional treatment either by a high-current electron beam (HCEB) or by a high-velocity pulsed plasma jet until melting. The structure was analyzed using x-ray diffraction and conversion Mössbauer spectroscopy in the transmission and scattering modes. The morphology and elemental composition were studied using scanning electron microscopy and microanalysis. The micro-and nanohardness, volumetric wear, and corrosion resistance of the grown coatings were measured. It was found that, as the HCEB and PDT energy density increase, the phase composition changes, phase redistribution occurs, and new phases are formed. The last process is caused by mass transfer from the erosion plasmatron electrode and from a gas plasma jet, and interdiffusion of coating and substrate elements. After the exposure to concentrated energy fluxes, the coating surface roughness decreased. It is shown that physicochemical and mechanical characteristics of modified coatings improve in the case of optimum treatment conditions.