Partial discharge measurements in a high voltage gas insulated transmission line insulated with CO2

Widger, Phillip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0662-8590, Carr, Daniel, Reid, Alistair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3058-9007, Hills, Meirion ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3893-8486, Stone, Chris and Haddad, A. (Manu) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4153-6146 2020. Partial discharge measurements in a high voltage gas insulated transmission line insulated with CO2. Energies 13 (11) , 2891. 10.3390/en13112891

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Abstract

This paper uses practical experimentation to analyse the effect of replacing SF6 with pure CO2 in conventional gas insulated transmission line sections by studying partial discharge measurements taken with applied voltages up to 242 kV (rms). The results can also help in understanding the properties of new alternative gas mixtures which can be utilised with a ratio of up to and over 95% CO2. The experiments undertaken involved filling a gas insulated line demonstrator with 3 bars of CO2 and applying voltages up to 242 kV in both clean conditions and particle-contaminated enclosure conditions. The results demonstrate that CO2 can be used to insulate gas equipment without breakdown at high voltage, however, a higher gas-filling pressure may be needed to reduce the partial discharge found in the tests presented in this paper. Another aspect of the work showed that partial discharge (PD) measurements from internal ultra-high frequency (UHF) sensors compared with a direct measurement from a capacitive divider both clearly showed the effect of contaminating particles in CO2. However, the PD divider measurements also showed considerable external PD on the outside of the gas compartment, leading to the conclusion that UHF sensors are still regarded as having the highest sensitivity and noise immunity for gas insulated switchgear (GIS) or gas insulated transmission line (GIL) systems including when the equipment is insulated with CO2.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	MDPI
ISSN:	1996-1073
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	23 June 2020
Date of Acceptance:	3 June 2020
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 17:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/132743

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