• DocumentCode
    1177974
  • Title

    Development of Advanced Built-In Surge Arresters for Distribution Systems with New Zinc-Oxide Elements

  • Author

    Hama, M. ; Ishizaka, H. ; Shimizu, J. ; Nishiki, S. ; Kaku, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Amagasaki, Japan
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    61
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    New zinc-oxide elements with a varistor voltage about twice that of conventional ones have been developed by reducing the ZnO grain size with a new additive, which enables to halve the series number of elements in metal oxide surge arresters. Using these elements, we have developed advanced built-in surge arresters enclosed in 6.6 kV pole transformers and switchgear. The advanced arresters have been reduced in volume by 25% compared with conventional ones. This paper describes the specification and construction of the advanced arresters and the results of various evaluation tests.
  • Keywords
    Arresters; Circuit breakers; Equations; HVDC transmission; Sociotechnical systems; Sulfur hexafluoride; Surges; Switches; Switchgear; Voltage; Zinc-oxide elements; metal oxide surge arrester; pole switchgear; pole transformer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Engineering Review, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPER.2001.4311568
  • Filename
    4311568