Polarity effect in DC withstand voltages of contaminated surfaces

Author

Ishii, M. ; Ohashi, Hirokazu

Author_Institution

Inst. of Ind. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

23

Issue

6

fYear

1988

fDate

12/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1033

Lastpage

1042

Abstract

The characteristics of partial arcs on contaminated surfaces are believed to dominate the withstand voltage of a contaminated insulator. The structure of a DC partial arc on an experimental model of an insulator surface contaminated with sodium chloride is investigated using a still camera and an interferometric method. The results reveal a difference in the structure of the positive and the negative partial arcs, and make it possible to explain the cause of the polarity effect in the withstand voltage of a heavily contaminated DC insulator, namely, the negative withstand voltage is lower than the positive. It is concluded that knowledge of the structure of partial arcs can be used in constructing an advanced mathematical model of the flashover phenomenon on a contaminated surface

Keywords

arcs (electric); flashover; insulators; DC insulator; DC withstand voltages; NaCl; contaminated insulator; contaminated surfaces; flashover phenomenon; interferometric method; negative withstand voltage; partial arcs; polarity effect; positive withstand voltage; still camera; Cameras; Character recognition; Dielectric liquids; Flashover; Insulation; Mathematical model; Surface contamination; Surface discharges; Switches; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9367

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/14.16530

Filename

16530