• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.36-39
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• 2003

HTS (High Temperature Superconducting) cable termination current lead has been designed based on simplified boundary conditions such as fixed temperature at both end and sdiabatic/convection in the side wall. However, in the real situation the current lead is enclosed with insulators and exposed to insulation oil and L$N_2$. Therefore it is necessary to consider them for the proper current lead design. In this paper, several important design parameters were chosen and their effect on the temperature distribution and heat loads on the current lead has been investigated. It was found that current lead has to be 2 stage to reach the minimum temperature requirement of insulation oil and insulator is required to reduce the cooling capacity of cryogenic system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.183-186
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• 2002

It is well known that a discharge in oil is the source of various physical and chemical phenomena. One of them is ultra-sonic wave, and its detection is a useful method to the diagnosis of the transformer insulation condition. Conventionally, ultra-sonic waves are detected by Piezo-electric trans-ducer(PZT), and we use optical method that has many advantages. In this paper, we constructed a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with optical fiber and investigated the principle of operation. Test of the ultrasonic-detecting ability was performed for both of PZT and fiber-optic sensor. Discharge test arrangement is based on the needle-plane electrode system in oil and applied AC high voltage. Ultrasonic waves were detected and showed time-delay characteristics. We analyzed the data with frequency domain and wavelet transform.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07c
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• pp.1912-1914
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• 2005

The electrical, chemical and mechanical characteristics in transformer insulations are changed due to thermal stress. It is known that characteristics of transformer insulations is deteriorated such as decrease of dielectric strength, deterioration of dielectric constant and tensile strength of paper as transformer oil and paper are aged by thermal stress. Furthermore, chemical characteristics of them are deteriorated as like increment of moisture contents and dissolved by-products in oil, etc. In this paper we have been investigated chemical characteristics of transformer by accelerated thermal aging. For this working we have made experimental test cell and aged at a temperature up to $140^{\circ}C$ for 500 hours. The oil-paper insulation samples have been measured at intervals of 100 hours. For analysis we used Karl-Fisher titration method and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.444-445
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• 2008

This paper reviews the known techniques for diagnosing the condition of OF cable system and improving the service reliability. These tests are periodically achieved and intended to provide indications that the insulation system has deteriorated. One of these tests is analyzing the gas in oil on Oil-filled cable that is well known and widely accepted method. In this paper, this method of analysis and the relevant measurement standards overview and the concrete example of preventing fault incidence by performing this test is introduced.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.579-588
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• 2003

There are many unfavorable conditions that lead to shortening life of cable by causing dielectric breakdown and aging such as field concentrations occurring in intermediate materials linking each cables, penetration of various impurities, and undermining of cable insulation layers. This paper simulated investigated partial discharge properties of XLPE which is widely used for ultra high voltage cable insulation materials and EPDM which is being used as insulation layer of cable joint materials kit, using Boundary Element Method. The result of computer simulation showed that inner-Void defect caused silicone oil to weaken the E-field effect. and we also found that E-field distribution in EPDM remained relatively lower than that in XLPE.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07c
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• pp.2023-2025
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• 2000

Globally, movements for an environmental preservation have been further extended in all the areas of industries. In the manufacturing area. environment-friendly properties for all the manufactured products are increasingly required by many national standards. For EHV oil-filled cables. Hard Alkylbenzen has been applied as an impregnated insulating oil. But as it flows into the soil during failures, such as oil leakage, the oil is not dissolved by microbes and then causes an environmental pollution. Recently some countries are increasingly requiring Soft Alkylbenzen which is dissolved by microbes. This paper describes the electrical and environmental properties of Soft Alkylbenzen. applied for a 230kV oil-filled cables at a Singapore's project.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.18-26
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• 2016

Mineral oil is the most widely used for electrical transformer, though some factors should be considered such as their environmentally harmfulness when it spill and low flash point. To cover these disadvantages, vegetable oil has developed because of its high biodegradability and thermal stability. However, it is necessary that many studies should conduct to reveal the detailed impacts of long-term operation as transformer oil. In this paper, we applied the accelerated aging test which simulate the real transformer circumstances using insulation paper, coil, steel at $150^{\circ}C$, which is higher than normal operation, for 2 weeks. To figure out the oxidation characteristics between mineral oil and vegetable oil test major properties and components such as total acid number, dielectric breakdown and dissolved gas components during that period. As a result of these tests, we found that vegetable oil has higher electric insulation ability than mineral oil though poor total acid number by hydrophile property. Vegetable oil also kept its thermal stability under the given circumstances.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.865-873
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• 2017

Converter transformer is the key equipment of high voltage direct current transmission system. The solid suspending particles originating from the process of installation and operation of converter transformer have significant influence on the insulation performance of transformer oil, especially in presence of DC component in applied voltage. Under high electric field, the particles easily lead to partial discharge and breakdown of insulating oil. This paper investigated copper particle effect on the breakdown voltage of transformer oil at combined AC and DC voltage. A simulation model with single copper particle was established to interpret the particle effect on the breakdown strength of insulating oil. The experimental and simulation results showed that the particles distort the electric field. The breakdown voltage of insulating oil contaminated with copper particle decreases with the increase of particle number, and the breakdown voltage and the logarithm of particle number approximately satisfy the linear relationship. With the increase of the DC component in applied voltage, the breakdown voltage of contaminated insulating oil decreases. The simulation results show that the particle collides with the electrode more frequently with more DC component contained in the applied voltage, which will trigger more discharge and decrease the breakdown voltage of insulating oil.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1991.11a
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• pp.415-418
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• 1991

This paper described an instrument for the detection and geometric location of partial discharge(PD) sources in oil transformer. This instrument measures electric current pulse and ultrasonic pulse simultaneously in order to determine the geometric location of PD in transformer. Laboratory experiment systems are made for detection and location of PD in oil transformer. It was observed that there are effects of the barrier, such as insulation papers, silicon steel plate and actual transformer with location and detection of PD in model transformer. Through the laboratory actual test, it was clarified that this measurement device could be used satisfactorily for location of pd in oil transformer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.35-40
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• 1997

As demand of electric power are growing and transmission line limited owing to enlargement of the downtown area The eonfidence of underground transmission cable which shows gradual growth are high. It is found whether insulating ability is good or not. In this paper, The exper iment result is shown that the fall of insulating ability and take preventive measure through the analysis of tans, water content, dielectric breakdown voltage, total acid number, volume resistivity , and gas in the oil in an accordance with the characteristic change of oil used very much for insulating oil of cable.