Semi-flexible gas-insulated transmission line using sandwiched discs for intermittent flexing joints

Patent · Tue Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:864498

Kommineni, Prasad R ^[1]

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1. Westboro, MA

A gas-insulated transmission line includes an outer sheath, an inner conductor, an insulating gas electrically insulating the inner conductor from the outer sheath, and insulating supports insulatably supporting the inner conductor within the outer sheath. The inner conductor is provided with flexibility by the use of main conductor sections which are joined together through a conductor hub section and flexible flexing elements. Stress shields are provided to control the electric field at the locations of the conductor hub sections where the insulating supports are contacting the inner conductor. The flexing elements are formed by sandwiching together, by fusing, a pair of thin hollow discs which are fixedly secured to both the main conductor sections and the conductor hub section.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-78ET29046
• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4374298
• Application Number: 06/361,211
• OSTI ID: 864498
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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