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Breakdown Characteristics of Air in the Gap between Line Conductor and Plane Electrode in Case of Combustion Flame on the Plane Electrode

선도체 대 평면전극 갭에서 평면전극에 연소화염 존재시 대기의 절연파괴 특성

  • Kim, In-Sik (Kyungil University, School of Railway and Electrical Engineering)
  • 김인식 (경일대학교 철도전기공학부)
  • Received : 2013.02.07
  • Accepted : 2013.03.06
  • Published : 2013.04.30
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Abstract

Breakdown characteristics of air in the vertical arrangement of line conductor and plane electrode in case of combustion flame on the plane electrode are examined by the application of AC. and DC voltages to the gap. In order to investigate the effect of paraffin flame on the breakdown characteristics of air, flashover voltages are measured according to the variation of the gap length and the horizontal distance between the flame and the line conductor. As the result of the experiment, flashover voltages are substantially lowered down to 29.8% in case of the AC voltage, and 16.1% in case of the negative DC voltage, when in the presence of the flame. from 100% when in the absence of flame. Flashover voltages of air in the range of smaller than 3㎝ at the horizontal distance are increased in the proportion of the gap length and the horizontal distance in case of both AC and negative DC voltages. But before the flashover occurs, the flame is extinguished by such corona wind that is produced from the line conductor when the gap length and the horizontal distance reach to a certain degree. The effect of relative air density and the phenomenon of thermal ionization are analysed as the reduction factors of flashover voltages, due to high temperature of the flame.

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