• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.86-92
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• 2013

In studies on an alternative insulating gas of $SF_6$ gas, the section of the alternative gas and an insulation technique to improve its low dielectric strength have been reported, but very few attempts have been made at the dependence of a gas pressure and a gap as well as the medium effect in the alternative gas. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dependence of the gas pressure and the gap at surface flashover voltage in dry air. The dependence is analyzed based on the medium effect. The medium effect by the gas pressure and the gap can be explained by surface roughness of a solid dielectric and an electrode as well as an electric field which decreases due to the correlation between the collision ionization coefficient and the gap, respectively. In addition, an insulation technique which can fabricate a compact eco-friendly gas insulated switchgear is proposed by the results of this paper.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.93-101
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• 2016

This paper presents the surface discharge characteristics in Dry-Air on laminated epoxy solid dielectrics and conductive particles in order to provide the valuable information for the insulation design of eco- friendly gas insulated switchgear. To improve insulation performance, the three types of the laminated epoxy solid dielectrics were proposed, and it was revealed that their surface discharge characteristics were similar to the bakelite dielectrics of same-laminated types. From the surface discharge characteristics of dry air, it was demonstrated that the effect of conductive particles on surface discharge voltage was dominant when there are this particles at the shortest electrode gap and that the degradation of insulation performance on the conductive particles was evident in epoxy than teflon. These phenomena were interpreted in terms of particle-triggered discharge mechanism and electric field of triple junction, respectively.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.58 no.3
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• pp.548-558
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• 2009

This paper attempts to develop an algorithm which optimizes the electric field through the so-called NURB(Non-Uniform Rational B-spline) curve in order to improve the insulation capacity. In particular, the NURB curve is a kind of interpolation curve that can be expressed by a few variables. The electric field of a conductor is computed by Charge Simulation Method(CSM) while that of a spacer by Surface Charge Method(SCM); this mixed calculation method is adopted for the electric field optimization. For calculation of the initial and optimal shapes, the Gauss-Newton method, which is quite easy to formulate and has slightly faster convergence rate than other optimization techniques, was used. The tangential electric field, the total electric field, and the product of the tangential electric field and area (Area Effect) were chosen as the optimization objective function by the average value of electric field for the determined initial shape.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• v.4A no.1
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• pp.33-41
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• 2004

Knowledge of partial discharge (PD) is important to accurately diagnose and predict the condition of insulation. The PD phenomenon is highly complex and seems to be random in its occurrence. This paper indicates the possible use of chaos theory for the recognition and distinction concerning PD signals. Chaos refers to a state where the predictive abilities of a systems future are lost and the system is rendered aperiodic. The analysis of PD using deterministic chaos comprises of the study of the basic system dynamics of the PD phenomenon. This involves the construction of the PD attractor in state space. The simulation results show that the variance of an orthogonal axis in an attractor of chaos theory increases according to the magnitude and the number of PDs. However, it is difficult to clearly identify the characteristics of the PDs. Thus, we calculated the magnitude on an orthogonal axis in an attractor using singular value decomposition (SVD) and principal component analysis (PCA) to extract the numerical characteristics. In this paper, we proposed the condition monitoring method for gas insulated switchgear (GIS) using SVD for efficient calculation of the variance. Thousands of simulations have proven the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.762-764
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• 2001

In order to evaluate the structural safety from an earthquake, the seismic analysis of large structures such as GIS in electric power substations and equipments for nuclear power plant has been carried out because the seismic qualification by experiment is very expensive. This paper presents the seismic analysis of the 72.5kV GIS produced by LGIS. The finite element model of the GIS is developed and analyzed using ANSYS. The model consists of beam elements for the enclosures and mass elements for the conductors and the mechanisms. Using the transient analysis under seismic load, the structural safety is verified.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• v.3A no.4
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• pp.214-221
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• 2003

In view of the fact that gas insulated switchgear (GIS) is an important piece of equipment in a substation, it is highly desirable to continuously monitor the state of equipment by measuring the partial discharge (PD) activity in a GIS, as PD is a symptom of an insulation weakness/breakdown. However, since the PD signal is relatively weak and the external noise makes detection of the PD signal difficult, it therefore requires careful attention in its detection. In this paper, the algorithm for detection of PD in the GIS using the wavelet transform (WT) is proposed. The WT provides a direct quantitative measure of the spectral content and dynamic spectrum in the time-frequency domain. The most appropriate mother wavelet for this application is the Daubechies 4 (db4) wavelet. 'db4', the most commonly applied mother wavelet in the power quality analysis, is very well suited to detecting high frequency signals of very short duration, such as those associated with the PD phenomenon. The proposed algorithm is based on utilizing the absolute sum value of coefficients, which are a combination of D1 (Detail 1) and D2 (Detail 2) in multiresolution signal decomposition (MSD) based on WT after noise elimination and normalization.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.63 no.12
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• pp.1726-1731
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• 2014

This paper shows the developed new lightning arrester LCM (Leakage Current Measuring device) which is important element of GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear) Preventive & Diagnostic system and verify its performance though strengthened test standards. The existing lightning arrester LCM was modified to solve measuring errors which happened frequently. At first, we explained the principle of measuring leakage current. Through analyzing some problems which the existing LCM have. we got some improvable items. For the performance verification of the improved LCM, we manufactured prototype LCM which is applied some improvable items such as improving LCM circuit, adding protection circuit, optimizing inner structure of LCM and changing ground design. After then we carried out the performance test. Accredited testing laboratory carried out the performance verification test according to performance test criteria and procedure of reliability test standards, IEC-60225, 61000 and 60068 etc. We confirmed the test results which correspond with the performance test criteria. Also, we confirmed the performance of the improved LCM installed & being operated at G Substation through the immunity test against the normal noise and open/close surge etc.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.543-544
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• 2015

GIS(Gas Insulated Switchgear:가스절연 개폐장치)는 절연성능이 뛰어난 $SF_6$가스로 절연되어 초고압 전력의 제어(차단,투입)를 담당하는 중요한 장치이다. GIS는 절연성능을 검증하기 위하여 현장 운전전에 공장검수시험(내전압시험)과 현장 가압 시험을 수행한다. 이 때 GIS의 조립/운반/설치의 오류로 인한 절연성능 저하로 절연파괴(내부아크)가 발생될 수 있다. 그러나 GIS는 $SF_6$가스로 밀폐되어 있어 절연파괴를 정확히 알 수 없을 뿐만 아니라 사고 위치를 확인하기 어렵다는 단점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이런 문제를 해결하기 위하여 GIS 내부에서 발생되는 사고를 신속하게 탐지하고 위치를 정확하게 표정할 수 있도록 개발된 GIS 절연파괴 위치 추정 시스템의 현장 적용연구를 수행하였다. 이를 통해 GIS 절연파괴 위치 추정 시스템의 성능을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07c
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• pp.1449-1451
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• 2002

A developed 800kV class composite hollow insulator for $SF_6$ Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) was tested as to insulation with their surfaces contaminated. The wet power frequency withstand voltage of the silicone rubber housing was about 135kV at an equivalent salt deposite density of $5kg/m^2$, to sufficiently satisfy the required performance. According to IEC 60507, the salt fog withstand voltage was measured at 565kV, and the highest measured leakage current was below 0.2mA. Therefore, it was clarified that the composite hollow insulator has sufficient insulation performance even when it is contaminated on the surface.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07c
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• pp.1797-1799
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• 2002

$SF_6$ 가스로 절연되는 GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear)는 매우 우수한 신뢰성을 확보하고 있지만 사고 발생 시 파급효과가 매우 크므로 상시 감시할 수 있는 진단기술이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 GIS 내부에서 발생하는 신호를 검출하기 위해서 전기적인 방법과 비전기적인 측정 법을 통해 전자파. 초음파, 전류펄스를 측정하고 비교하였다. GIS 내부알루미늄도체에 침 결함을 고정시켜 전원전압 인가 시 발생되는 부분방전신호를 UHF, AE, CT센서로 검출하였다. 측정 결과 UHF센서와 CT센서로 검출되어진 신호는 매우 유사하게 측정되었고 초음파와 전자파를 검출한 결과 진행속도 차이로 발생되는 시간지연현상이 발생되었다. GIS내 부분방전발생 시 발생되는 전자파 스펙트럼 분석결과도 650MHz에서부터 935MHz까지의 주파수대역이 측정되었다. 이후에는 현장에서 운전중인 GIS내부에서 발생되는 결함들을 실제와 가깝게 모델링하여 발생되는 부분방전신호를 스펙트럼 분석하여 대역에 맞는 UHF센서 개발에 노력하고자 한다. 또한 결함의 종류와 형태에 따라 다르게 발생되는 부분방전신호를 검출하여 측정하고 이를 진단하는 연구가 계속 진행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.