Contaminant trap for gas-insulated apparatus

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:865226

Adcock, James L ^[1]; Pace, Marshall O ^[1]; Christophorou, Loucas G ^[2]

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1. Knoxville, TN
2. Oak Ridge, TN

A contaminant trap for a gas-insulated electrical conductor is provided. A resinous dielectric body such as Kel-F wax, grease or other sticky polymeric or oligomeric compound is disposed on the inside wall of the outer housing for the conductor. The resinous body is sufficiently sticky at ambient temperatures to immobilize contaminant particles in the insulating gas on the exposed surfaces thereof. An electric resistance heating element is disposed in the resinous body to selectively raise the temperature of the resinous body to a molten state so that the contaminant particles collected on the surface of the body sink into the body so that the surface of the resinous body is renewed to a particle-less condition and, when cooled, returns to a sticky collecting surface.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4480147
• OSTI ID: 865226
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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