15–19 Sept 2019
Orto Botanico - Padova
Europe/Rome timezone

HVDC insulation between shaped electrodes separated by large vacuum gaps

17 Sept 2019, 11:30
20m
Orto Botanico - Auditorium

Orto Botanico - Auditorium

Oral Experiments and Diagnostics Experiment and Diagnostics - Applications

Speaker

Dr Nicola Pilan (Consorzio RFX )

Description

The contribute describes and analyses some recent experimental results obtained at the High Voltage Padova Test Facility (HVPTF)
The results of four voltage hold -off experiments adopting stainless steel electrodes are presented and discussed. The conditioning histories in high vacuum, obtained by a fully automatic procedure, have been compared and analysed. A marked total voltage effect has been observed for gap lengths longer than 70 mm. The best hold –off performances in medium vacuum, up to 800kV, the limit of the system, were obtained by the stationary injection of Ar.

Authors

Dr Nicola Pilan (Consorzio RFX ) Dr Antonio De Lorenzi (Consorzio RFX ) Dr Silvia Maria Deambrosis (ICMATE-CNR ) Mr Michele Fincato (Consorzio RFX ) Dr Cristiano Fontana (Università di Padova ) Dr Renato Gobbo Mr Luca Lotto (Consorzio RFX ) Dr Emilio Martines (Consorzio RFX ) Dr Roberto Pasqualotto (Consorzio RFX ) Dr Patton Tommaso (Consorzio RFX ) Dr Felix Pino (Università di Padova ) Dr Emanuele Spada (Consorzio RFX ) Dr Silvia Spagnolo (Consorzio RFX ) Dr Matteo Zuin (Consorzio RFX )

Presentation materials