Arc voltage characteristics of high current fault arcs in long gaps

Author

Goda, Yutaka ; Iwata, Mikimasa ; Ikeda, Koichi ; Tanaka, Shin-ichi

Author_Institution

Central Res. Inst. of Electr. Power Ind., Yokosuka, Japan

Volume

15

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

791

Lastpage

795

Abstract

This paper describes the arc voltage characteristics of high current arcs simulating fault arcs on 500 kV class transmission lines and the simulation result of the 50 kA rms class fault arcs. A high power arc test was carried out and the arc voltage in a 3.4 m gap and the voltage of the arc jet near the electrode were measured. The voltage gradient of the arcs and arc jets and the voltage-current characteristics of arcs were investigated. The test results showed that the voltage gradient of the arc jet was larger than that of the arc column. The high current fault arc voltages were calculated using numerical arc models and the arc parameters for the numerical arc model of 50 kA rms class ultra high current arcs were investigated. The calculated values were in good agreement with the measured data

Keywords

air gaps; arcs (electric); electrodes; high-voltage techniques; jets; power transmission faults; 3.4 m; 50 kA; 500 kV; arc column; arc jet voltage; arc voltage characteristics; electrodes; fault arcs simulation; high current fault arcs; high power arc test; long gaps; transmission lines; ultra high current arcs; voltage gradient; voltage-current characteristics; Arc discharges; Circuit faults; Electrodes; Numerical models; Power system faults; Power system simulation; Power transmission lines; Testing; Tungsten; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.853021

Filename

853021