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Streamer initiation in cyclohexane, Midel 7131 and Nytro 10X

Abstract

Streamer initiation has been studied in cyclohexane, Midel 7131 (ester based dielectric liquid) and Nytro 10X (mineral transformer oil). Experiments were conducted in point-plane geometry under 40 ns/740 /spl mu/s impulse voltage. The tip electrode was electrochemically etched to approximately 2.0 /spl mu/m, the electrode gap was approximately 18 mm. A sensitive differential charge measurement technique was used to measure the injected charge. Shadow graphics was used to acquire images of streamers, and a photomultiplier was utilized to study light emission under positive polarity in Nytro 10X. The experimental setup is capable of measuring injected charges down to 0.1 pC, the shadow graphics has an image resolution of 1 /spl mu/m and the photomultiplier can detect light down to the order of single photons. For all three liquids a small pre-inception current at voltages below streamer inception was found with positive point polarity; no emitted light from this current in Nytro 10X was detected. No preinception current was observed under negative polarity in any of the liquids. Copyright IEEE

Category

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Energy Research / Elkraftteknologi

Year

2005

Publisher

IEEE conference proceedings

Book

2005 International Conference on Dielectric Liquids, ICDL 2005

ISBN

0780389549

Page(s)

123 - 126

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