| Title |
Electrical Characteristics of ZnO Surge Arrester Elements Subjected to the Mixed DC and 60[Hz] AC Voltages |
| Authors |
Bok-Hee Lee ; Soon-Man Yang |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2012.26.4.041 |
| Keywords |
ZnO Surge Arrester ; Mixed DC+AC Voltages ; Leakage Current ; Cross-Over Phenomenon ; Power Loss ; Equivalent Resistance |
| Abstract |
This paper deals with the electrical characteristics related to power loss, equivalent resistance, and leakage currents flowing through new and deteriorated zinc oxide(ZnO) arrester elements subjected to the mixed DC and 60[㎐] AC voltages. The test specimens were deteriorated by 8/20[㎲] impulse current of 2.5[㎄]. The leakage current-applied voltage(I-V) characteristic curves of ZnO surge arrester elements were measured as a parameter of the ratio of the peak of 60[Hz] AC voltage to the peak of total voltage. As a consequence of test results, in case of the same applied voltage, the leakage currents flowing through the deteriorated ZnO arrester elements were higher than those flowing through the new ZnO surge arrester elements. The cross-over phenomenon in curves of ZnO surge arrester elements measured as a parameter of the mixed ratio of DC and AC voltages was observed at the low current domain. The effect of DC voltage on the leakage current flowing through ZnO surge arrester elements is pronounced at the same magnitude of test voltages. In addition, the larger the applied number of 8/20[㎲] impulse current of 2.5[㎄] is, the greater the power loss is, in particular, the more severe the power loss increases at higher applied voltages. |