Interruption Capability of Gases and Gas Mixtures in a Puffer-Type Interrupter
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Vol. 8 (4) , 362-367
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tps.1980.4317341
Abstract
SF6 gas has been widely used in arc interruption applications for the past 20 years. Reported here is a systematic, comprehensive effort to search for and evaluate gases and gas mixtures suitable as an arc interruption medium potentially superior to SF6. The search began with several hundred gases, narrowed down to about forty, and finally fifteen gases and gas mixtures were evaluated in a full size puffer-type interrupter under 60-Hz high-power conditions. The results showed SF6 stood out as having the best interruption ability with several mixtures having ~80 percent of SF6' s performance.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Fundamental investigation of arc interruption in gas flows. Final reportPublished by Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) ,1977
- The effects of SF6- N2mixture upon the recovery voltage capability of a synchronous interrupterIEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, 1976
- A Study of the Dynamic Response of Arcs in Various GasesTransactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Part III: Power Apparatus and Systems, 1958