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In this work, we explored the ac breakdown characteristics of C5F10O/CO2 mixtures under different electrode surface roughness. It was found that sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) outperforms C5F10O/CO2 mixtures in the ac breakdown experiments. The breakdown voltages of C5F10O/CO2 and SF6 are negatively correlated with the surface roughness, while SF6 is more sensitive to the electrode surface roughness than C5F10O/CO2. To reach the dielectric strength of SF6, an increase in pressure or mixing ratio of C5F10O/CO2 is needed, while the liquefaction temperature of C5F10O/CO2 will increase simultaneously. Considering the limitation of 20% drop in dielectric strength, the maximum acceptable surface roughness of the gases is determined. The controlling requirement of electrode surface roughness ${R}_{t}$ of 30 $\mu \text{m}$ in SF6 equipment is suitable for the design of C5F10O/CO2 equipment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To investigate the difference between the sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) decomposition characteristics initiated by two sorts of insulation defects — free metal particles and metal protrusion defects — under negative DC partial discharge (PD), SF6 decomposition data was obtained under different DC voltages on the basis of constructing a SF6 decomposition experimental platform. The differences between the characteristic components and the characteristic ratios of the two defects at the same discharge quantity and voltage were systematically analyzed. Results show that the two defects have significant differences in the type of decomposition components, the yield sizes of the components, and the changes in the component ratios. This paper proposed c(CF4 + CS2)/c(CO2) and c(CF4)/c(SO2F2) as the characteristic ratios to characterize the fault severity of the two defects, and their physical nature were revealed. The combination of the above ratios with the existing c(SO2F2)/c(SOF2 + SO2) can construct a feature quantity for identifying the two defects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The decomposition characteristics of SF6 gas-insulated equipment remarkably vary under different working pressures (0.3?0.7 MPa). Thus, the influence of pressure should be considered when adopting decomposed components for spark discharge fault diagnosis. A series of experiments on SF6 spark discharge decomposition under various pressures were performed on the spark discharge simulation experimental platform. The influence of pressure on SF6 spark discharge decomposed components were analyzed quantitatively combined with molecule chemical decomposition mechanisms. Results show that the species of spark decomposed components do not vary under different pressures. However, pressure directly affects the accumulated energy of the electrons in the spark channel, leading to diverse dissociation intensities of electrons on SF6. This phenomenon further affects the rate of neutral-neutral molecule and ion-molecule reactions responsible for the decomposed components. Finally, the yields and effective generation rates of decomposed components CF4, SOF4, SO2F2, SOF2, and SO2 decline with varying degrees under increasing pressure. Moreover, mathematic regression equations were derived for the effective generation rates of the components influenced by pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To figure out the influence rules of trace H2O on SF6 decomposition characteristic components under spark discharge, a series of spark discharge decomposition experiments with various H2O contents were performed using needle-plate electrode to simulate metal protrusion insulation defect. The changing rules and mechanisms of five decomposition characteristic components were achieved quantitatively, indicating that no matter how much H2O was, there exist five main decomposition components: CF4, SOF2, SO2, SOF4 and SO2F2. The contents of the five decomposition components increased with the time extended, and resulting in the contents of SF6 spark decomposition components by the order: SOF2 > SO2F2 > SOF4 > SO2 > CF4. Additionally, the higher H2O content is, the stronger promoting effect on the generation of SO2F2, SOF2, SOF4 and SO2 is. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SF6 decomposition characteristics under partial discharge (PD) are not only associated with insulation fault type and its severity but also closely related to the H2O content of in the equipment. This paper studies the decomposition characteristics of mixture gas SF6/H2O with six different gradients of trace H2O under the same PD energy, selects SO2F2, SOF2, CO2, and CF4 as the characteristic components, and analyzes the influence regularity of trace H2O on each of the component concentration, effective formation rate and characteristic ratio. Results show that H2O creates favorable conditions for generating SO2F2 and SOF2 owing to the capacity to capture F atom and inhibit low fluorine sulfides from recombining into SF6. As a result, the concentration and effective formation rate of SO2F2 and SOF2is positively related with H2O. Whereas H2O has no evident influence on CO2, it can consume intermediate by-products CF2 and CF3 which restrain CF4 generation. Each characteristic ratio decreases sharply and then becomes stable with increment of H2O. The defined effective characteristic ratio effectively reflects its relationship with H2O, whereas obtained mathematical expression between each effective characteristic ratio and trace H2O lays solid foundation for fault diagnosis of SF6 insulated equipment based on SF62 decomposition characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To obtain the influence regularity of trace O2 on SF6 decomposition characteristics under partial discharge (PD) and establish the foundation of using SF6 decomposed components to diagnose the insulation status of SF6 electrical equipment, first, a series of PD decomposition experiments with different O2 concentrations (%)were conducted on a special experiment platform. The variation regularity between the concentrations of characteristic components and the different content of O2 were obtained quantitatively. Second, the correlation coefficient r testing method was applied to identify the associated influence of trace O2 on the decomposed characteristic components and characteristic ratios. Based on this, an exponential regression model of the related characteristics was developed. Finally, the influence mechanism of trace O2 on SF6 decomposition progress was explained reasonably. The results show that under the PD caused by metal protrusion insulation fault without organic solid insulated materials, CO2, SO2F2, and SOF2 were the mainly decomposed components in the specific range of trace O2. Although no obvious influences of the trace O2 on the concentrations of CO2 and SOF2 as well as the ratio c(CO2)/c(SO2F2+SOF2), it is notable that the trace O2 is negatively and positively related to the concentration of SO2F2 and the ratio c(SOF2)/c(SO2F2), respectively. The exponential regression model can minimize the effect of trace O2 on the fault diagnostic result when using SF6 decomposed components. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Partial discharge (PD) with different energy always occurs before a serious breakdown in sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) insulating equipment. The high electromagnetic energy of PD can cause the insulation gas SF6 to decompose into various components. Component types and their formation rate are directly related with insulation fault severity. Hence, PD energy can be evaluated based on the characteristics of SF6 decomposition, which could be further used to diagnose insulation status. This paper focuses on the SF6 decomposition mechanism under PD, establishes the feature parameter to describe PD energy, and clarifies the feature parameter?s physical significance. In addition, this paper defines the effective energy characteristic ratio ERRMS and analyzes the relationship between ERRMS and PD energy. Finally, this paper discusses the influence regularity of trace H2O and O2 on ERRMS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]