| Title |
Dielectric Characteristics of N2 Gas under Impulse Voltage in a Quasi-Uniform Electric Field |
| Authors |
Bok-Hee Lee ; Dong-Kyu Kim ; Feng Li |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2010.24.8.126 |
| Keywords |
Impulse Voltage ; VFTO ; Breakdown Voltage ; Quasi-Uniform Field ; V-t Curve ; V-p Curve |
| Abstract |
This paper presents dielectric characteristics of N₂ gas under impulse voltages in a quasi-uniform electric field gap. The experiments were carried out at the test gap applied by the 1.2/50[㎲] lightning impulse voltage, 180/2500[㎲] switching impulse voltage, 500[㎱]/1[㎒] very fast transient overvoltage(VFTO). The gap separation of sphere-to-plane electrodes was 14[㎜] and the electric field utilization factor was about 71.2[%]. The gas pressure ranges from 0.2 to 0.6[㎫]. As a result, the electrical breakdowns are occurred by streamer discharge. Breakdown voltages are linearly increased with the gas pressure and the highest breakdown voltage is appeared under the VFTOs having fast rising time. Breakdown voltages under the positive impulse voltages were higher than those under the negative ones, and also the time to breakdown in the positive polarity is longer than that in the negative polarity. |