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Ute tates att 1191 [11] . 4,204,084 Mastroia et a1. [451 May 20,1980 [54] APPARATUS WITH DIELECI‘RIC GAS 4,110,580 8/1978 Farish ............................ .. 100/148 G MIXTURES IN SUBSTAN'I'IALLY UNIFORM FIELD OTHER PUBLICATIONS Mulcachy, M. J., et al., A Review of Insulation Break [75] Inventors: Martin J. Mastroianni, East Aurora; Sabatino R. Orfeo, Orchard Park, down and Switching in Gas Insulation, INSULA both of N.Y. TION/CIRCUITS, Aug. 1970, pp. 55 to 61. Bates, R. D., J of Chem. Physics, V. 57, #10, pp. [73] Assignee: Allied Chemical (Desperation, 4174-4190. Morristown, NJ. Khodeeva, S. M., Russian J of Physical Chem, vol. 40, [21] Appl. No.: 919,338 #8, pp. 1061-1063 (Aug. 1966). [22] Filed; Jun, 26, 1978 Primary Examiner-Richard R. Kucia [51] Int. Cl.2 ............................................. .. H01B 3/16 AttFriggger'fsongen .A t, or F‘"m —-A1 an M . Doem b erg ;J ay P. [52] us. (:1. .......................... .. 174/25 G; 174/17 GP; 174/26 G; 200/ 148 G; 252/635; 252/66 [57] ABSTRACT [58] Flew of g‘lgsgfégss Dielectric gas mixtures are described with improved ’ ’ ’ . ' ’ dielectric strength in uniform ?elds compared to pure [56] References Cited sulfur hexa?uoride. Sulfur hexa?uoride is mixed with Us PATENT DOCUMENTS about 1 to about 10 mole % of a noble gas such as he _I z’ _ iium, argon, krypton or neon and used in a device 2,75 7,261 7/3940 Lmgal ........................... .. 252/635 X wherein the dielectric gas is Subjected to a substantially 2,867,679 1/1959 Cobme ................... .. 200/143 G . 3,059,044 10/1962 Friedrich ......... .. 174/18 “mf‘mn ?ela such as Compressed gas msulated cable 3,249,6S1 5/1966 Eiseman . .. 174/17 GF 4,071,461 1/ 1978 Mears ....................... .. 174/17 GF X 7 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures 5 0 50 ‘a 4 G > ‘E . V '4 > 30 Q 16 Q 5Q 4Q 30 2G 10 0 Mi... % 35:5 US. Patent May 20, 1980 4,204,084 FIG. 1 BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE SF6/ He { "a 45 PSIA L 40 ‘ \ BDV(kV) 'FNNQPSIA\\ / I00 90 8O FIG. 2 BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE sF6 /Ar 50" M ’\4%PSIA 40 3O PSIA BDV(RV) 30 20 O I00 90 8O 70 60' so 40 3O 20 IO 0 MOL. 7. SP6 60 PIC-3.3 BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE SF5/Kr 45 PSIA \ \ (RV)BDV \ \ 26 _ \ IO \\\ \ \ OIOO 90 8O 70 6O 5O 40 3O 20 IO 0 MOL. % SP6 4,204,084 ‘1 2 lengthsof compressed gas insulated transmission sys APPARATUS WITH DIELECTRIC GAS MIXTURES tems rated between 145 to 800 kv, rms. IN SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM FIELD The present dielectric gas consist essentially of sulfur hexa?uoride and a noble gas. The noble gas is about BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION about l-lO percent of the mixture. In preferred devices, the dielectric gas is at a pressure between about 15 and Sulfur hexa?uoride has found increasing use as a about 100 psia (about 760 to 7600 millimeters of mer dielectric gas in high voltage electrical applications eury absolute). More preferred is about 45-65 psia wherein the dielectric gas is subject to a substantially 10 (about 2375 to 3400 mm Hg abs). Each of the noble uniform electrical ?eld. Such applications include com gases, helium, neon, argon and krypton is found in some pressed gas insulated cables of the type used in power preferred gas mixtures, with the following examples distribution substations for cables carrying high volt showing synergistic breakdown voltages in uniform ages, such as over about 100 kilovolts. The ratings of a ?elds for helium, argon or krypton. Mixtures of noble cable of this type depends on a combination of the di gases are not excluded from the present invention, but electric gas, the pressure to which the gas is subjected they are generally not preferred. and the gap between conductors ?lled by the gas. An The present dielectric gases may be used in the appa improved dielectric gas would improve the rated volt ratus or device in the conventional manner now used age if the other factors were held constant or permit a 20 for pure sulfur hexa?uoride. The construction and in relaxation of some other factor while retaining rated troduction of such a gas into such devices are well voltage. ' known to the art ‘and described, for example, in Com Many attempts have been made to formulate dielec~ pressed Gas Insulated Transmissian Systems: The Present tric gases including gas mixtures of sulfur hexafluoride 25 and Future, by A. H. Cookson of Westinghouse Electric with improved electrical properties. Thus such mixtures Corp. have been discovered with improved dielectric strength - EXAMPLE 1 in non-uniform ?elds or with dielectric strengths com Mixtures of sulfur hexa?uoride and l, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 20, parable to pure sulfur hexafluoride combined with im 30 40 and 80 mole % helium were prepared and tested for proved other properties such as lowered dew points. breakdown voltage in a uniform ?eld against pure sulfur Nevertheless other improved dielectric gases are still hexa?uoride and pure helium. The test cell included sought having such improved properties, especially for sphere to plane electrodes at 0.1 inch gap. Such tests devices of the type wherein the gas is subjected to a 35 were conducted at 15 psia, 30 psia and 45 psia which substantially uniform ?eld. correspond to about 790, 1580, and 2370 millimeters of mercury absolute or about 103, 206 and 310 kPa. In BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION these tests, the gases were injected into an evacuated The invention includes an improvement in an electri test cell to give the desired concentration and'the volt cal apparatus of the type having at least two electrical 40 age increased until breakdown occurred. The results at conductors separated by an insulative dielectric gas 30 psia are tabulated in Table l, and the results at all subjected to a substantially uniform electrical ?eld. In three pressures are displayed in FIG. 1. the improvement, the insulative gas consists essentially EXAMPLES 2-3 AND COMPARATIVE of about 1 to about 10 mole % of a noble gas preferrably 45 EXAMPLES 4—7 selected from the group consisting of helium, argon, krypton and neon, and about 90 to about 99 mole % of Example 1 was repeated, with fewer sampling points in some cases, with mixtures of sulfur hexa?uoride and sulfur hexafluoride. v argon (Example 2), krypton (Example 3), hydrogen The subject dielectric gas mixtures have increased (Comparative Example 4), nitrogen (Comparative Ex dielectric strength compared to pure sulfur hexafluoride ample 5), C2F6 (Comparative Example 6) and CCI2F2 and have potential advantages of lowered dew point (Comparative Example 7). The results at 30 psia are and increased thermal conductivity. tabulated in Table l, and, for examples 2 and 3, the BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 55 results at all three pressures are displayed in FIGS. 2 and 3. None of the Comparative Examples show the FIGS. 1 to 3 contain curves of the breakdown volt marked synergism at about 80-99 mole % sulfur hexa age of gas mixtures at various pressures. _ ?uoride that is displayed by the noble gases in Examples DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE l-3. INVENTION COMPARATIVE EXAMPLES 8 AND 9 The present invention is concerned with dielectric Example 1 and 2 were repeated for CF4 and 0, 1, 2, 3, gases for a high voltage apparatus or device with a 5, l0 and 20 mole % noble gas (helium in 8, argon in 9). substantially uniform electrical ?eld. By “substantially As shown in Table 2, some synergism was shown com uniform electrical ?eld” is meant a sphere to sphere, pared to the base values for CF4, but the increase was sphere to plane, or two coaxial cables or the like. Exam much less than as shown for sulfur hexa?uoride-noble ples of such devices are short sections of bus and longer gases in Table l. 4,204,084 3 4 TABLE 1 Sphere to plane electrodes, 0.1 inch gap, 30 psia(l03KPa) v ‘ ‘ Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Comp.Ex. 4 Comp.Ex. 5 Comp.Ex. 6 ' ' Comp.Ex. 7 SF6-He ‘ Mole % SP6 BDV (XV, rms) SF6-Ar Sfg-Kr SF6-H2 SF6-N2 SF?-CZF? SF6—CCl2F2 100 33.3 33.7 33.7 33.4 33.1 33.0 33.1 99 35.6 36.0 33.6 32.8 32.9v 33.1 98 38.5 37.3 38.7 33.5 33.0 33.0 _ 33.0 97 38.1 37.5 39.4 33.0 32.8 32.9 33.0 1 96 38.0 36.6 39.2 32.9 32.6 33.1 — 94 37.4 36.3 38.9 32.7 32.4 — — 90 36.2 35.1 36.3 32.0 31.9 32.3 33.7 80 36.2 32.6 33.2 — 31.6 31.3 34.2 60 31.8 30.6 —- — — 29.5 33.6 40 23.4 26.4 — — — 27.5 32.6 20 14.3 18.2 — -— — 26.4 30.6 0 4.8 2.5 4.2 - - 25.5 28.3 Table 2 gas consists essentially of about 1 to about 10 mole % of Comp. Comp. 20 a noble gas and about 90 to about 99 mole % of sulfur Mole % Ex. 8 Ex. 9 hejm?uorida N°bl8 Gas clizg?e Gig-3A’ 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said insulative 14 14 5 gas is at a pressure between about 40 and 70 psia. Z1, 14‘; “'6 3.