• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.213-217
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• 2011

The nonlinear electrical properties and degradation behavior against an impulse-current of 400 A in the ZnO-$Pr_6O_{11}$-CoO-$Cr_2O_3$-$Y_2O_3$-$Er_2O_3$ (ZPCCYE) varistors were investigated with different $Y_2O_3/Er_2O_3$ ratios. The $Y_2O_3/Er_2O_3$ mole ratio has a significant effect on nonlinear electrical properties and impulse degradation behavior of the ZPCCYE varistors. The varistors added with $Y_2O_3/Er_2O_3$ = 0.5/0.5 exhibited the best nonlinear properties with 39 in nonlinear coefficient (${\alpha}$) and the best clamp characteristics, in which the clamping voltage ratio (K) was in the range of K = 1.62-2.18 at an impulse-current of 1-50 A. The varistors added with $Y_2O_3/Er_2O_3$ = 0.25/0.5 exhibited the best electrical stability, with $%{\Delta}E_{1mA/cm^2}$=-5.6%, $%{\Delta}{\alpha}$ = 6.7%, and $%{\Delta}J_L$ = -14.6% against an impulse-current of 400 A. On the contrary, the varistors added with $Y_2O_3/Er_2O_3$ = 0.5/0.5 were destroyed applying an impulse-current of 400 A.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.224-229
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• 2006

Many studies have been done on the application of residual charge measurement in cable degradation diagnosis. In this paper, the behavior of residual charges measured with water-tree degraded XLPE sheets and cable are discussed. At charge injection process, the charge is injected by applying dc voltage as a conventional method, suddenly cut-off ac voltage or impulse voltage. Therefore the residual charge is influenced by the applying process. At charge release process, transient dc current flows when applying ac high voltage and also ac high voltage superimposed to dc low voltage. From the results, new diagnosis method is suggested.