Issue
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 40, Number C7, Juillet 1979
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
Page(s) C7-311 - C7-312
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19797153
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases

J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-311-C7-312

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19797153

STATIC BREAKDOWN ANALYSIS OF COMPRESSED SF6 IN POSITIVE ROD-TO-PLANE GAPS

M.S. Abou-Seada1 et KH. I. M. Ali2

1  Electrical Engineering Dep., Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo Egypt.
2  Electrical Mech. Res. Inst., Ministry of Irrigation, Cairo, Egypt.


Abstract
The peculiar variation of breakdown voltage Vs with pressure P in compressed SF6 due to corona-stabilization of the applied field is well pronounced in rod-to-plane gaps, Fig. 1(a ). In this paper a theoretical analysis of this stabilization effect is conducted. Accordingly a criterion is developed for computing Vs of compressed SF6 in rod-to-plane gaps.