Title :
Observation of weakly ionized dusty plasma in exhaust gas in a compact-size SF6 gas circuit breaker
Author :
Hayashi, Yasushi ; Okino, Akitoshi ; Hotta, Eiki ; Uchii, Toshiyuki ; Cliteur, Gerald ; Suzuki, Katsumi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Energy Sci., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
fDate :
2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Measurement of exhausted gas was carried out in an exhaust chamber of a practical compact-size gas circuit breaker. The result show that the gas is weakly ionized, ablated metallic materials exist as metal clusters of sizes from 10 to 100 μm, and their major constituent is iron
Keywords :
dusty plasmas; gas blast circuit breakers; metal clusters; plasma diagnostics; sulphur compounds; 10 to 100 mum; Fe clusters; SF6; ablated metallic materials; cluster sizes; compact-size SF6 gas circuit breaker; exhaust chamber; exhaust gas; exhausted gas; metal ablation; metal clusters; weakly ionized dusty plasma; weakly ionized gas; Atmospheric measurements; Circuit breakers; Conducting materials; Conductivity measurement; Contacts; Dusty plasma; Electric variables measurement; Fluid flow; Inorganic materials; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
