Flashover from surface charge distribution on alumina insulators in vacuum

Author

Tumiran ; Maeyama, M. ; Imada, H. ; Kobayashi, S. ; Saito, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Gadjah Mada Univ., Indonesia

Volume

4

Issue

4

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

400

Lastpage

406

Abstract

Surface charge distributions of disk type aluminas held between a backside electrode (alumina holder) and a needle electrode to be excited by an impulse voltage (rise time 64 μs, wave tail 700 μs) were measured. The measurement of surface charge distribution on the whole surface area of alumina YSA998 and UHA99 after impulse voltage application revealed that the surface charging can be initiated either from the anode or from the cathode triple junction. The charging initiated from the anode triple junction (for positive polarity) produced positive charge at the anode region and the density is dependent on the applied voltage, while the charging initiated from the cathode triple junction region (for negative polarity) produced negative charge around the cathode region. For positive polarity, the critical values of charge density to the flashover for alumina YSA998 and UHA98 are 5.70 and 17.2 μC/m², respectively

Keywords

alumina; ceramic insulators; flashover; impulse testing; insulator testing; surface charging; vacuum insulation; 64 mus; 700 mus; Al₂O₃; Al₂O₃ insulators; alumina UHA99; alumina YSA998; anode triple junction; backside electrode; cathode triple junction; charge density critical values; disk type aluminas; flashover; impulse voltage excitation; needle electrode; negative charge; negative polarity; positive charge; positive polarity; rise time; surface charge distribution; vacuum; wave tail; Anodes; Cathodes; Charge measurement; Current measurement; Electrodes; Flashover; Insulation; Surface charging; Surface waves; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9878

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/94.625355

Filename

625355