Effect of Humidity on the Breakdown of Air Gaps under Oscillatory Switching Impulse Voltages

Bharadwaj, Raj Mohan and Prabhakar, BR (1996) Effect of Humidity on the Breakdown of Air Gaps under Oscillatory Switching Impulse Voltages. In: Conference Record of the 1996 IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation, 16-19 June, Montreal,Quebec,Canada, Vol.1, 320 -323.

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Abstract

Experimental investigations were carried out to study the effect of humidity on the breakdown of rod-plane gaps subjected to both unidirectional and bi-directional oscillatory switching impulse voltages. The humidity ranged from $14.1 - 36 gm/m^3$ at a constant temperature of 40' C. The gap subjected to uni-directional 6.3, 10, lQ kHz and bi-directional 4.2, 10,20 kHz oscillatory switching impulse voltages. The gap distance was varied from 8 to 30 cm. The experiments were carried out in a controlled atmospheric room. The results indicate an increase in breakdown strength with increase in humidity. The results are of great relevance at atmospheric conditions existing in Tropical countries.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > High Voltage Engineering (merged with EE)
Date Deposited:	06 May 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:26
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/6619

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