Surface flashover of alumina insulators in vacuum under impulse voltage (the influence of additives)

Author

Ding, Lijian ; Li, C.R. ; Wang, Wei ; Wang, Jingchun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., North China Electr. Power Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

15-18 Oct. 2000

Firstpage

812

Abstract

This paper investigates flashover performance of alumina insulators prepared with different additives in vacuum under an impulse voltage. The four kinds of alumina insulator studied are prepared under the same sintering conditions with different additives. The surface flashover performance of these samples is tested in vacuum. The microstructure of the alumina samples is also observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Based on the experimental results, the characteristics of flashover are different from the test samples. The analysis shows that the influence of additives may be attributed to the change of microstructure.

Keywords

alumina; ceramic insulators; flashover; impulse testing; insulator testing; scanning electron microscopy; sintering; surface discharges; Al₂O₃; Al₂O₃-Nb₂O₅; Al₂O₃-SnO₂; Al₂O₃-TiO₂; Al₂O₃-ZnO; SEM; additives; alumina insulators; flashover performance; impulse voltage; microstructure; sintering conditions; surface flashover; vacuum; Additives; Circuit testing; Electrodes; Flashover; Inorganic materials; Insulation; Microstructure; Scanning electron microscopy; Vacuum systems; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 2000 Annual Report Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6413-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEIDP.2000.884082

Filename

884082