Non-Uniform Field Breakdown and Surface Flashover in Liquid Nitrogen Gaps for HTS Applications
- ORNL
- Consultant, SuperPower, Inc.
- SuperPower Incorporated, Schenectady, New York
Abstract: Liquid nitrogen (LN2) is used as a coolant and electrical insulation in many High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) applications. Hence a good understanding of the breakdown characteristics of this medium under a variety of practical electrode geometries and conditions is needed for design of high voltage equipment. While there is considerable literature on breakdown of LN2 gaps for uniform (plane-plane) or quasi-uniform electric fields (sphere-plane), there is much less data available for highly non-uniform field gaps and for surface flashover along insulators. In this paper we present results on sphere-plane and cylindrical rod-plane gaps in LN2 as a function of sphere and rod diameters and radius of the rod edge at 1 bar pressure. In addition the surface flashover voltages of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in LN2 with these electrode arrangements will also be reported.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- OE USDOE - Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 931691
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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