Wednesday 9
C. Glows and Breakdown
Chair: K. Hidaka, U. Ebert - Each talk is 10'+2' duration
› 10:40 - 10:50 (10min)
› Blaise
Experimental Investigation of CF3I-CO2 Gas Mixtures under Lightning Impulses
Muhammad Kamarudin  1, *@  , A. Haddad  2  , S.j. Macgregor  3  
1 : Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
2 : Cardiff University
3 : University of Strathclyde  -  Website
16 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XQ, Scotland, UK -  United Kingdom
* : Corresponding author

This paper describes sparkover characteristics of CF3I-CO2 gas mixture, with focus being given on 30%-70% ratio. Standard lightning impulse of 1.2/50 is used in this study, along with three different electrode configurations with variable gap lengths. It is found that higher gap length provides higher U50 and Emax for a given electrode configuration, although the rise in U50 is more obvious in sphere-sphere configuration, due to more uniform electric field. Breakdown strength is also increased with gas pressure, with tests being carried out up to 2 bar (abs).


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